Teabagging
Started by TAP, Apr 10 2009 07:19 AM
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#20
Posted 15 April 2009 - 07:43 AM
i want to teabag meghan mccain
I'd like to tea bag that crazy bitch from Fox news Michelle Milken....
Cambell Brown would be fun, but she's got a bun in the oven.
"Whereas scientists, philosophers and political theorists are saddled with these drably discursive pursuits, students of literature occupy the more prized territory of feeling and experience." - Terry Eagleton
#23
Posted 15 April 2009 - 02:34 PM
They had a few fliers for this around campus. I planned to nab one and scan it in for you guys, but apparently they've been prompt about removing them on Tax Day.
Anyway, the reason I raise this is because the flier had Obama lookin' like the devil or something. His eyes were gone and replaced by this sinister glow. I'll see if I can find one tomorrow...they're really a must see.
Sister burn the temple
And stand beneath the moon
The sound of the ocean is dead
It's just the echo of the blood in your head
#25
Posted 15 April 2009 - 03:11 PM
Tax the Rich! Americans' Anger Over Obama's Plan Is Real, But Misplaced
Posted Apr 15, 2009 10:46am EDT by Aaron Task
The April 15 tax deadline means a lot of things to many people, with anger and frustration being an increasingly common theme. This year, a number of "Tea Parties" are being held across the country to protest the Obama Administration's plans to raise taxes on the wealthiest, as well as to express general frustration with the avalanche of government spending and Wall Street bailouts.
Whether the protests represent a genuine grass-roots uprising or are being organized by right-leaning versions of MoveOn.org, like Newt Gingrich's American Solutions and Dick Armey's FreedomWorks is immaterial, says Scott Bleier, president of CreateCapital.com.
"This is not a real grass-roots movement [but] when you reach into people's pockets they're going to get angry and the new administration wants to reach into people's pockets," Bleier says. "People are anxious. They're losing jobs, unemployment has not stabilized and taxes are going up. Plus, house values have stabilized down 30% [and] the stock market crashed. People are going to get angry. And there's got to be somebody to blame."
However, the real problem is not that Obama wants to raise the top marginal tax rate back to Clinton-era levels of 39.6% vs. 35% currently, he says. Top wage earners can handle that increase, largely because they itemize deductions and often pay total tax rates far below that level (Warren Buffett being a notable example).
A slightly higher marginal top tax rate isn't the problem, Bleier says. "It's all the ancillary taxes that are going to hurt", be it higher taxes on capital gains, dividends, and (most definitely) higher state and local taxes because municipalities must balance their budgets and are already suffering from lower tax revenue as the economy has cooled and consumer switch into savings mode.
If it turns out Americans are saving now only so they can afford to pay higher taxes next April 15? Well then people are going to get really angry.
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