Congress,
Do you like
green eggs and ham (or peas)
I do not like them,
Sam-I-am.
I do not like
green eggs and ham. (or peas)
Would you like them
Here or there?
I would not like them
here or there.
I would not like them
anywhere.
I do not like
green eggs and ham (or peas)
I do not like them,
Sam-I-am

All we are saying….is give peas a chance.

Peas sucked when I was forced to eat them and they suck even more hearing this guy tell me to eat them.

I’m partial to green beans myself.

Funny stuff. After two years of doing everything he can to avoid the deficit/budget issue (and he still hasn’t offered any specific plans for solving the problem), Obama now has the nerve to walk in and go “Who, me? I’ve always had the budget as my top priority. It’s everyone else that has been avoiding the issue.” Amazing. That sort of slight of hand might work for the Jon Stewarts of the world, but the American people aren’t so stupid as to believe that.

Only one way to describe Jon Stewart and that is hysterically funny!

This was awesome and why Jon Stewart is the best in the business. And see right wingers he takes a lot of shots at Obama here as well:) Oh wait he would never do that right?

“Buy me a keg and I wont burn your f*cking house down”.

Nailed it.

Republicans can careless about the average person, so that’s why you have to treat them like little kids or they won’t cooperate.

The GOP only care about the interests of their big corporate donors. An average or poor person would have to be an idiot to vote for them and the ones that do are called teabaggers.

Frances Martel said:
On August 2nd, America could very well default on its debt.

Wrong Frances. We take in plenty enough revenue EVERY MONTH to cover our monthly debt service, pay social security, pay the military, pay disability and cover medicare and medicaid. It’s all the other bloat that we can’t cover. Obama, Geithner and Reid’s lies about default are nothing more than political games. They can CHOOSE what to pay and what to shut down. That’s a fact. And the low-level-marxist-agitator-in-chief is doing what he does best… agitate and obfuscate.

BFD said:
“Buy me a keg and I wont burn your f*cking house down”.

Nailed it.

Night Shift!!

Nature Freak said:
Congress,Do you likegreen eggs and ham (or peas)I do not like them,Sam-I-am.I do not likegreen eggs and ham. (or peas)Would you like themHere or there?I would not like themhere or there.I would not like themanywhere.I do not likegreen eggs and ham (or peas)I do not like them,Sam-I-am

Fact: Grow up wimp!

The Evil King Obama is far worse than Jimmy Carter .

“It has taken three decades, but Americans are finally living through Jimmy Carter’s second term.

Now we’ve got Jimmy Jr. barking at us from the White House about eating our peas and ripping off our Band-Aid. He might not even let us have our Social Security checks.

These are just the latest in a long line of nagging lectures. Already, we have been taught how we should sneeze into the crook of our arm. We need to drive less. And we need to caulk up those drafty houses of ours.

What ever happened to the soaring rhetoric and big bold ideas President Obama promised us in that historic election of his?

One of the most unpleasant things about Mr. Carter was the condescending disdain he could barely disguise for struggling Americans and their irritating malaise.

Increasingly, Jimmy Jr. is having difficulty concealing that very same disdain for us as the political winds around him turn hostile and all of his bright ideas lie fallow as nothing more than socialist hocus-pocus.

But even Mr. Carter never laid bare so baldly and plainly as Mr. Obama did earlier this week his deep-seated contempt for this whole annoying process we call “democracy.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/12/hurt-welcome-to-jimmy-carters-2nd-term/?page=all#pagebreak

Yoda002 said:
Republicans can careless about the average person, so that’s why you have to treat them like little kids or they won’t cooperate.

Fact: Children here are democrats who max out US credit cards borrows more from China then they ever plan to pay back. Then threaten the old on retirement income social security since they broke the treasury money press pressing out dollars like a bubble machine then expect to tax and spend more to correct the debt fiasco they themselves made on the Freddy Mac and Fanny Mae, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and Maxine Waters coupe that let unemployed minorities buy half a million dollar homes on tax payers dime and then keep them in place again robbing future generations of earnings then blame Bush on their own doings. Well morons you eat the peas pay all the taxes they want and I will cut my spending down to survive it out myself and say blow it up someone’s else’s A$$!

Rokker said:
The GOP only care about the interests of their big corporate donors. An average or poor person would have to be an idiot to vote for them and the ones that do are called teabaggers.

Fact: Teabaggers are gays that vote for democrats 99% of the time moron. Idiots vote for tax and spend democrats and they themselves have an inferiority complex about making decisions without government’s guidance!

Now that the Congressional Republicans have given up on the pretense of seeking to create jobs and on the pretense of reducing the deficit, I am a little bit unclear where they go now. Since January, they have devoted almost all their efforts to social conservative issues, but on a very, very small scale lest they drive suburban women out of the party. I don’t see them getting aggressive about social conservative issues with everyone already shifting to election mode. I suppose they just sit around drawing government checks and guzzling US $350.00 bottles of wine.

Just4thefax said:
Rokker said:
The GOP only care about the interests of their big corporate donors. An average or poor person would have to be an idiot to vote for them and the ones that do are called teabaggers.

Fact: Teabaggers are gays that vote for democrats 99% of the time moron. Idiots vote for tax and spend democrats and they themselves have an inferiority complex about making decisions without government’s guidance!

Not so much:

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/enough-whining-teabaggers-actually-i

Just4thefax said:
Fact: Teabaggers are gays that vote for democrats 99% of the time moron. Idiots vote for tax and spend democrats and they themselves have an inferiority complex about making decisions without government’s guidance!

Republicans do not tolerate gays, so why should they vote for them? As for taxing and spending, that arrangement was made back in the 1780s when we voted to approve our Constitution which spells out both the authority to tax, and specific and general things that we are supposed to pay for.

The Lantern of Truth said:
These are just the latest in a long line of nagging lectures. Already, we have been taught how we should sneeze into the crook of our arm. We need to drive less. And we need to caulk up those drafty houses of ours.

Check your tire pressure and save the planet!

THE REAL RABID KOOK said:
Since January, they have devoted almost all their efforts to social conservative issues, but on a very, very small scale lest they drive suburban women out of the party.

They devoted all their efforts, but on a very, very small scale? Do you have any idea how stupid that statement is, Kook?

Obamo doesn’t care about the debt…he never has. It’s nothing but a can for him to kick down the road. He was against it before he suddenly decided his very political life depended on being ‘For’ it.

Obamo is an ass-clown. I hope–actually, declare–that the best month for job growth will be the first month after he’s been sent to the Land of Misfit Toys.

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Not so much: http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/enough-whining-teabaggers-actually-i

Fact: Just about you! To place one’s scrotum in another person’s mouth as a sexual practice and this is your democrat of today using such trash to any conversation. Party of no morals ever!

ChrisNH said:
Obamo doesn’t care about the debt…he never has. It’s nothing but a can for him to kick down the road. He was against it before he suddenly decided his very political life depended on being ‘For’ it. Obamo is an ass-clown. I hope–actually, declare–that the best month for job growth will be the first month after he’s been sent to the Land of Misfit Toys.

Did Bush and republicans care about the debt when they went to war and reduced taxes at the same time? The ONLY reason the republicans are all debt conscious now, is because that is part of their strategy to oppose Obama, and the politices he campaigned on when he was elected by a wide margin.

tigerprez said:
Funny stuff. After two years of doing everything he can to avoid the deficit/budget issue (and he still hasn’t offered any specific plans for solving the problem), Obama now has the nerve to walk in and go “Who, me? I’ve always had the budget as my top priority. It’s everyone else that has been avoiding the issue.” Amazing. That sort of slight of hand might work for the Jon Stewarts of the world, but the American people aren’t so stupid as to believe that.

That sort of ‘slight of hand’ is the stuff of news cycle soundbites and for that part of the public that has the attention span of a gnat. It’s the sort of gaslighting BS that narcissists are pros at. “No, teach, I didn’t cut class, I was in the back the entire time. Matter of fact, I spent the entire weekend working on my project…”

See, he was really working. Really. It was his TOP priority. As long as I sound like a POTUS with the right priorities, it doesn’t matter what I actually do.

“don’t punish the most successful”

That was funny. A conservative poster here said that to me just the other day.

Just4thefax said:
THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Not so much: http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/enough-whining-teabaggers-actually-i

Fact: Just about you! To place one’s scrotum in another person’s mouth as a sexual practice and this is your democrat of today using such trash to any conversation. Party of no morals ever!

I well remember seeing some zany obese woman with tea bags stapled to a straw hot calling herself a teabagger on national television. I laughed heartily. I have never applied the label to a tea partier myself, however. If you respected the truth, you would admit that.

Pablo said:
THE REAL RABID KOOK said:
Since January, they have devoted almost all their efforts to social conservative issues, but on a very, very small scale lest they drive suburban women out of the party.

They devoted all their efforts, but on a very, very small scale? Do you have any idea how stupid that statement is, Kook?

You’ve never studied logic as a philosophical discipline, have you? I made the point the Republicans have done squat in that formulation. You’re far to easy. No challenge at all.

valkyrie101 said:
Did Bush and republicans care about the debt when they went to war and reduced taxes at the same time? The ONLY reason the republicans are all debt conscious now, is because that is part of their strategy to oppose Obama, and the politices he campaigned on when he was elected by a wide margin.

Uh, circumstances were different back then, although 9/11 and anthrax scares were a good excuse.

As to why now? Uh, did you notice the crash on Wall Street? The change in the economy on a worldwide scale? What do you think that conservatives were thinking/worried about in September of 2008?

You guys were the ones crying over hope and change. The rest of us were looking at the spreadsheets and going HOLY CARP! IT’s also what the 2010 elections were all about and why the Dems lost the House. We started yelling at TEA parties over the WHOLE issue from Bush to Obama. Obama dumped a trillion dollars on meaningless projects and then immediately turned his entire attention to Obamacare. We took to the streets…

Now he shows up acting like he gave a **** all along, and the bobbleheads go ‘uh huh, he cares”. Almost three years later for all of you, but most especially him?

Let me quote Dr Phil “that dog don’t hunt”. From his ‘caring’ to blaming Bush, none of it washes. Thanks for playing.

valkyrie101 said:
Did Bush and republicans care about the debt when they went to war and reduced taxes at the same time? The ONLY reason the republicans are all debt conscious now, is because that is part of their strategy to oppose Obama, and the politices he campaigned on when he was elected by a wide margin.

Fact: Look skunk terrorist attacked America due to weak foreign policy in Clinton years. That was why under oath that Bush responded to the threats and made war on our enemies so that they would stop attacks on our soil. If attacks continued on our soil continued at that time we would not be on internet now. Tax cuts were made and it increased employment and kept goods flowing. You would see this if you get off mama’s tit!

valkyrie101 said:
Did Bush and republicans care about the debt when they went to war and reduced taxes at the same time? The ONLY reason the republicans are all debt conscious now, is because that is part of their strategy to oppose Obama, and the politices he campaigned on when he was elected by a wide margin.

Very true. The Republican Party under the leadership of George Bush gave us the largest increase in the size of government since FDR. The recent Republican fervor over small government is far less ideological than political. As I’ve said before, all you have to do is ask yourself where was the Tea Party during the Bush years or even when the recession began in 2007 and became its worst in 2008. I firmly believe that if John McCain had become president there would be no tea party or current Republican intransigence over raising any revenue.

CosmosDan said:
“don’t punish the most successful” That was funny. A conservative poster here said that to me just the other day.

Fact: All that pays tax now pay too much. Lower spending and start taxing the 40% that don’t pay any at all and then and only then will we all pay our fair share. Quit trying to steal from others because it’s not yours.

Just4thefax said:
All that pays tax now pay too much. Lower spending and start taxing the 40% that don’t pay any at all and then and only then ….

Remind me: What is your first language?

WillP said:
Very true. The Republican Party under the leadership of George Bush gave us the largest increase in the size of government since FDR. The recent Republican fervor over small government is far less ideological than political. As I’ve said before, all you have to do is ask yourself where was the Tea Party during the Bush years or even when the recession began in 2007 and became its worst in 2008. I firmly believe that if John McCain had become president there would be no tea party or current Republican intransigence over raising any revenue.

Fact: You’re an idiot. Tea Party has no affiliation to republicans or democrats. Tea Party votes for people who carry the banner of lees government and less spending and less taxes. John McCain is a RINO. That’s it! Revenue is coming but you have to live under the amount that comes in.

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Remind me: What is your first language?

Fact: English First with God and Morals that loves America.

valkyrie101 said:
The ONLY reason the republicans are all debt conscious now, is because that is part of their strategy to oppose Obama, and the politices he campaigned on when he was elected by a wide margin.

So, three years of trillion and a half dollar deficits has nothing to do with it? Good to know.

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
You’ve never studied logic as a philosophical discipline, have you? I made the point the Republicans have done squat in that formulation. You’re far to easy. No challenge at all.

Fact: You have no clue about history or politics. The couse you support has failed every time it’s been introduced and it will soon fail here too. Vote the spenders out in 2012. No more socialism. Get a job join the fun!

WillP said:
As I’ve said before, all you have to do is ask yourself where was the Tea Party during the Bush years or even when the recession began in 2007 and became its worst in 2008.

All you have to do is ask yourself where the organization was before it existed! If you’re wise, you’ll answer yourself that it was right there with the trillion plus $ deficits.

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Remind me: What is your first language?

How ’bout we try some English. How do you think Hussein’s demand for unlimited borrowing without hinderance by the debt ceiling aligns with this:

“”[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.” –Benjamin Rush, letter to David Ramsay, 1788

THE REAL RABID KOOK said:
You’ve never studied logic as a philosophical discipline, have you? I made the point the Republicans have done squat in that formulation. You’re far to easy. No challenge at all.

I’ve studied bullshit, Kook. You’re soaking in it. Of course, that bit of knowledge is easily observed, even by the untrained eye.

Just4thefax said:
banner of lees government

By “Lee’s Government” do you mean the CSA or Korea? You do know that Davis was the CSA president, not Lee?

Davo said:
How ’bout we try some English. How do you think Hussein’s demand for unlimited borrowing without hinderance by the debt ceiling aligns with this:

“”[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.” –Benjamin Rush, letter to David Ramsay, 1788

Of course, the point is that the Chinless Mitch-Boner surrender authorized this as a matter of law.

Pablo said:
I’ve studied bullshit, Kook. You’re soaking in it. Of course, that bit of knowledge is easily observed, even by the untrained eye.

If there is one thing we know in Texas, it is BS. But, one can’t soak in it. Especially in this heat and drought.

WillP said:
recession began in 2007 and became its worst in 2008. I firmly believe that if John McCain had become president there would be no tea party or current Republican intransigence over raising any revenue.

Fact: Democrats won majority in Senate and Congress and it all when to shit! Very True!

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Of course, the point is that the Chinless Mitch-Boner surrender authorized this as a matter of law.

So, you’re saying that ignoring the law IS the law? Now, that/s desperate, even for a Dim.

Cummon, King, you’ve got more sense than that……………you’ve seen the numbers like we all have. Hussein lies about tax hikes being the solution when we all know that he can take everyone he deems unworthy of their wealth, shoot them through their heads and confiscate all their property and wealth, but that wouldn’t line the bottom of the pit Hussein has dug in hopes of burying America in it forever.

All, of course, with the help of Dims who freely volunteer to be Hussein’s enablers in evil.

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
By “Lee’s Government” do you mean the CSA or Korea? You do know that Davis was the CSA president, not Lee?

Fact: What are you posting about now Forrest? Huh?

Davo said:
So, you’re saying that ignoring the law IS the law? Now, that/s desperate, even for a Dim.

Cummon, King, you’ve got more sense than that……………you’ve seen the numbers like we all have. Hussein lies about tax hikes being the solution when we all know that he can take everyone he deems unworthy of their wealth, shoot them through their heads and confiscate all their property and wealth, but that wouldn’t line the bottom of the pit Hussein has dug in hopes of burying America in it forever.

All, of course, with the help of Dims who freely volunteer to be Hussein’s enablers in evil.

Is it a case of ignoring the law or of acting in accordance with the law, albeit a bad law?

Just4thefax said:
Fact: You’re an idiot. Tea Party has no affiliation to republicans or democrats. Tea Party votes for people who carry the banner of lees government and less spending and less taxes. John McCain is a RINO. That’s it! Revenue is coming but you have to live under the amount that comes in.

fact: lees = LESS RRK is a Troglodyte

JR said:
Uh, circumstances were different back then, although 9/11 and anthrax scares were a good excuse.

They were the same. When you decide to spend a few trillion dollars, you must raise taxes to pay for that. It was arrogance to think otherwise.

valkyrie101 said:
They were the same. When you decide to spend a few trillion dollars, you must raise taxes to pay for that. It was arrogance to think otherwise.

Fact: Quit spending like a family would under credit debt dipstick! Familys can’t tax out of debt and neither should we!

Obama is just playing to what brings him votes in 2012, regardless of the impact on country as a whole. He has to avoid talking about the economy as much as possible. it’s a wreck. The housing industry is now facing a “generational” slump like the other industry “bubbles” that have burst. There are over a million and a half new homes sitting empty after foreclosures. Obama’s efforts have been aimed at slowing down the foreclosures and letting people who cannot afford their homes continue to live in them. Just like he is doing with entitlements. We can’t afford it. If the economy continues to stagger, and yet this charlatan gets re-elected, look for real chaos. And yet we are supposed to start paying for a massive Utopian government takeover of the health care industry, where everyone gets the same access to health insurance even if they can’t (or don’t) pay ? I know you kids love Obama, but the problems we face are not just opposition party polemics. We face true chaos. Wake up. Obama does not care if another liberal ever gets elected, as long as he wins the next one.

The Democratic Party is like a pig. Just as you don’t get a pig to lose weight by feeding it more slop, you don’t get Democrats to cut spending by increasing taxes. The Democratic pigs will simply spend more taxpayer dollars. Since most of them have never held a job in the real world, i.e., the world outside of local, state, or federal government, they think they have a right to spend our hard earned money. Sorry Democratic pigs, but it’s time to go on a diet.

Just4thefax said:
Fact: Quit spending like a family would under credit debt dipstick! Familys can’t tax out of debt and neither should we!

Why? The only people who have the money are the super rich. At all other times in history during war taxes were high on the upper brackets because it was thought that no one should be obcenely profiting during war. Taxes are at a 60 year low, and all we hear is how bad taxes are. And a small group of people are using those low taxes to fund investment of our trickle down share into Chinese manufacturing, and splitting the profits with the Chinese government..

Azarkhan said:
The Democratic Party is like a pig. Just as you don’t get a pig to lose weight by feeding it more slop, you don’t get Democrats to cut spending by increasing taxes. The Democratic pigs will simply spend more taxpayer dollars. Since most of them have never held a job in the real world, i.e., the world outside of local, state, or federal government, they think they have a right to spend our hard earned money. Sorry Democratic pigs, but it’s time to go on a diet.

Seems odd coming from a group including the likes of Lard Limbaugh and Haley Barbour.

valkyrie101 said:
The only people who have the money are the super rich. Taxes are at a 60 year low.

I don’t understand how someone can click on ‘thumbs down’ on this comment. It’s the simplest, easiest thing to understand.

1% of 1% of 1% of the population controls 95% of the wealth, and you, the bloggers on this site, the Conservatives in this country think that they should NOT contribute their fair share of society? I can’t think of a possible scenario in which any human being with the brain capacity of more than a 3 year old could not understand this.

What is your endgame? Should one person control 100% of the wealth? Would that make you happy? How about 12 people controlling 99% of the wealth? No? How about 400 people controlling the majority of the wealth? Well GUESS WHAT – THEY DO! And that’s OK with all of you?

valkyrie101 said:
taxes were high on the upper brackets

In 2006, the top 5% of U.S. taxpayers, those with gross annual incomes of at least $153,500, paid about 60% of all income tax collected. In contrast, the 50% of taxpayers with incomes under $32,000, paid less than 3% of the total taxes collected. Taxpayers in the top 1%, those with incomes of $388,800 or more, paid almost 40% of all taxes collected.

The 40% of all federal taxes paid by the wealthiest 1% of Americans represents the highest percentage of all taxes they have paid since 1986, according to a July 21, 2008 report (.pdf) issued by the Joint Economic Committee (JEC).

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/incometaxandtheirs/a/taxburden06.htm

valkyrie101 said:
The only people who have the money are the super rich

“But right now, the fact (is) that according to the Committee on Joint Taxation, 51 percent — that is, a majority of American households — paid no income tax in 2009. Zero. Zip. Nada. … Actually, to show how out of whack things have gotten, 30 percent of American households actually made money from the tax system by way of refundable tax credits — the Earned Income Tax Credit, among others. So 51 percent of American households paid no income tax in 2009, but 30 percent actually made money under the current system.”

So, is it true that a majority of Americans aren’t paying any federal income tax? The answer is that Cornyn is correct. And the backstory is interesting….

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jul/08/john-cornyn/john-cornyn-says-51-percent-american-households-pa/

Azarkhan said:
“But right now, the fact (is) that according to the Committee on Joint Taxation, 51 percent — that is, a majority of American households — paid no income tax in 2009. Zero. Zip. Nada. … Actually, to show how out of whack things have gotten, 30 percent of American households actually made money from the tax system by way of refundable tax credits — the Earned Income Tax Credit, among others. So 51 percent of American households paid no income tax in 2009, but 30 percent actually made money under the current system.”

So, is it true that a majority of Americans aren’t paying any federal income tax? The answer is that Cornyn is correct. And the backstory is interesting….

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jul/08/john-cornyn/john-cornyn-says-51-percent-american-households-pa/

“On the other hand, PolitiFact rated as Mostly True a recent statement by President Barack Obama that “if you’re a … wealthy CEO or a … hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are … lower than they’ve been since the 1950s.” And by international standards, the U.S. tax burden remains modest.”

fishchef said:
1% of 1% of 1% of the population controls 95% of the wealth, and you, the bloggers on this site, the Conservatives in this country think that they should NOT contribute their fair share of society?

Their fair share? 1% paying 40% of the bill is not enough for you?

fishchef said:
What is your endgame? Should one person control 100% of the wealth? Would that make you happy? How about 12 people controlling 99% of the wealth?

My endgame is to worry about my money and not other people’s money, because I’m not entitled to it and it’s none of my business.

obama offers a 4 trillion dollar spending cut solution, the republicans offer a 2 trillion dollar one. Now who’s serious about cutting spending again?

valkyrie101 said:
Why? The only people who have the money are the super rich.

You don’t have any money, valk? Have you considered getting a job? That’s one way of getting money from richer people.

Pablo said:
Their fair share? 1% paying 40% of the bill is not enough for you?

My endgame is to worry about my money and not other people’s money, because I’m not entitled to it and it’s none of my business.

the lowest taxe rate since the 1950s isn’t good enough for pablo, he wants to abolish all taxes so that the government disappears entirely.

Just4thefax said:
Fact: Quit spending like a family would under credit debt dipstick! Familys can’t tax out of debt and neither should we!

families cut spending and then use what cash they have to get out of debt. the exact plan of barack obama.

Pablo said:
Their fair share? 1% paying 40% of the bill is not enough for you?

So it’s ok with you that Exxon makes more profit than ANY entity in the HISTORY of the KNOWN UNIVERSE and pays not a single LINCOLN PENNY in federal taxes? That’s ok? That’s fair?

Pablo said:
You don’t have any money, valk? Have you considered getting a job? That’s one way of getting money from richer people.

I’m a Lebowski, you’re a Lebowski. Where do I fit in?

Nationman said:
the lowest taxe rate since the 1950s isn’t good enough for pablo, he wants to abolish all taxes so that the government disappears entirely.

No, I’m a Fair Tax guy. I want the IRS to disappear.

Nationman said:
obama offers a 4 trillion dollar spending cut solution

And you were dumb enough to believe he meant it. How does that make you feel?

fishchef said:
So it’s ok with you that Exxon makes more profit than ANY entity in the HISTORY of the KNOWN UNIVERSE and pays not a single LINCOLN PENNY in federal taxes? That’s ok? That’s fair?

The tax code is an utter mess and needs to be completely overhauled.

Pablo said:
My endgame is to worry about my money and not other people’s money, because I’m not entitled to it and it’s none of my business.

So we shouldn’t tax people because they make a lot of money?

Pablo said:
The tax code is an utter mess and needs to be completely overhauled.

What would you do differently?

Azarkhan said:
And you were dumb enough to believe he meant it. How does that make you feel?

proof that he didn’t? or is this more right wing baseless claims?

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Seems odd coming from a group including the likes of Lard Limbaugh and Haley Barbour.

Now you are going to argue points based on people’s weight? Well, I guess when you got nothin’ else.

valkyrie101 said:
Why? The only people who have the money are the super rich. At all other times in history during war taxes were high on the upper brackets because it was thought that no one should be obcenely profiting during war. Taxes are at a 60 year low, and all we hear is how bad taxes are. And a small group of people are using those low taxes to fund investment of our trickle down share into Chinese manufacturing, and splitting the profits with the Chinese government..

Fact: Castro… Chaves…. etc…

valkyrie101 said:
Why? The only people who have the money are the super rich. At all other times in history during war taxes were high on the upper brackets because it was thought that no one should be obcenely profiting during war. Taxes are at a 60 year low, and all we hear is how bad taxes are. And a small group of people are using those low taxes to fund investment of our trickle down share into Chinese manufacturing, and splitting the profits with the Chinese government..

Fact: Why not just spend what is earned and nothing else?

fishchef said:
I don’t understand how someone can click on ‘thumbs down’ on this comment. It’s the simplest, easiest thing to understand. 1% of 1% of 1% of the population controls 95% of the wealth, and you, the bloggers on this site, the Conservatives in this country think that they should NOT contribute their fair share of society? I can’t think of a possible scenario in which any human being with the brain capacity of more than a 3 year old could not understand this. What is your endgame? Should one person control 100% of the wealth? Would that make you happy? How about 12 people controlling 99% of the wealth? No? How about 400 people controlling the majority of the wealth? Well GUESS WHAT – THEY DO! And that’s OK with all of you?

Fact: Why let the government steal it? Why doesn’t the Kleptomaniac inside you do it for them!

Nationman said:
“On the other hand, PolitiFact rated as Mostly True a recent statement by President Barack Obama that “if you’re a … wealthy CEO or a … hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are … lower than they’ve been since the 1950s.” And by international standards, the U.S. tax burden remains modest.”

Fact: So they where offered that money and they took it! Not your money. Try pay go like Nancy Pelosi your hero stated but didn’t make the spending cuts as promised by her.

Nationman said:
obama offers a 4 trillion dollar spending cut solution, the republicans offer a 2 trillion dollar one. Now who’s serious about cutting spending again?

Fact: With 10 trillion in more spending. Wow what a deal!

Nationman said:
families cut spending and then use what cash they have to get out of debt. the exact plan of barack obama.

Fact; What dope are you on!

fishchef said:
So we shouldn’t tax people because they make a lot of money?

Fact: People with money do get taxed but some use loop whole to pay less than need be but a tax raise doesn’t correct the problem! Correcting the tax system does. 30 plus percent across the board in Taxes is too much. I agree with the consumption fair tax method.

Just4thefax said:
Fact: With 10 trillion in more spending. Wow what a deal!

no i didn’t see that anywhere.

Just4thefax said:
Fact: Why not just spend what is earned and nothing else?

fact: why not use what you have to pay off a debt?

Just4thefax said:
Fact: With 10 trillion in more spending. Wow what a deal!

i’ll say it again, this sounds like a load of bs.

Azarkhan said:
since 1986

Yes, taxes went down then. They were at 50% reduced to 38% in 1987.

CFL bulbs contain mercury, which when broke, requires you to leave the room due to cancer concerns. In addition, about 5% of the population, mostly women, can be prone to CFL bulbs causing migraines due to the flickering lights. Same health issue (flickering lights) also an epilepsy concern for people prone to seizures).

So, you’ve got a health risk from both the mercury (known risk), and light flickering believed to cause seizure and migraine issues for those suffering those conditions. Yet, our government chose to force these health issues to reduce energy issues. Why are these bulbs made in China? Surely it’s because a factory of mercury-bulbs is unhealthy.

Let’s be smarter, and give people choices…

valkyrie101 said:
They were at 50% reduced to 38% in 1987.

Link? Or are you just making that up?

lane said:
CFL bulbs contain mercury, which when broke, requires you to leave the room due to cancer concerns. In addition, about 5% of the population, mostly women, can be prone to CFL bulbs causing migraines due to the flickering lights. Same health issue (flickering lights) also an epilepsy concern for people prone to seizures). So, you’ve got a health risk from both the mercury (known risk), and light flickering believed to cause seizure and migraine issues for those suffering those conditions. Yet, our government chose to force these health issues to reduce energy issues. Why are these bulbs made in China? Surely it’s because a factory of mercury-bulbs is unhealthy. Let’s be smarter, and give people choices…

why are they debating this instead of the budget?

valkyrie101 said:
The ONLY reason the republicans are all debt conscious now, is because that is part of their strategy to oppose Obama, and the politices he campaigned on when he was elected by a wide margin.

Kinda like when Obama opposed the debt ceiling when Bush was President?

Nationman said:
obama offers a 4 trillion dollar spending cut solution, the republicans offer a 2 trillion dollar one. Now who’s serious about cutting spending again?

This big fake talk about deficit reduction is really all about slowing the growth of the deficit and is not an actual reduction at all.

They aren’t talking about a $4 Trillion reduction over the next two years, which happens to be the same amount of time that it took the Democrats to increase it by $4 Trillion; they are talking about $4 Trillion over 10 years. That’s only $400 Billion a year. Hardly even a drop in the bucket.

In addition the $4 Trillion is backend loaded. The vast majority of the reduction in spending occurs in the very last years of the ten-year plan. No one with a brain is not able to figure out it isn’t going to happen. Obama will be long gone by then and he knows it. He can say anything he wants.

2012freedom said:
This big fake talk about deficit reduction is really all about slowing the growth of the deficit and is not an actual reduction at all. They aren’t talking about a $4 Trillion reduction over the next two years, which happens to be the same amount of time that it took the Democrats to increase it by $4 Trillion; they are talking about $4 Trillion over 10 years. That’s only $400 Billion a year. Hardly even a drop in the bucket. In addition the $4 Trillion is backend loaded. The vast majority of the reduction in spending occurs in the very last years of the ten-year plan. No one with a brain is not able to figure out it isn’t going to happen. Obama will be long gone by then and he knows it. He can say anything he wants.

the ryan plan does literally the exact same thing, in the exact same amount of time for the exact total amount.

Obama (governemnt) is Stewart’s Daddy? Makes sense as to why Stewart views things the way he does.

He’s (it’s) not my daddy. He’s my president who didn’t make mention of the debt ceiling in his State of the Union, address, has held 10 times the number of fundraisers than did W.Bush in the same time period in lieu of honestly attempting to broker a deal and not demagoguing the issue and presented a budget that was defeated 97-0 because it was laughably unrealistic, even for the congressional Dems. Stewart had better take another look at which party is the responsible one.

Oh, but Daddy must have made a very authoritarian impression on Stewart when Obama’s administration told him sternly not to touch those bad, bad light bulbs. Because that issue is settled, according to Stewart. And we must not question Daddy, or fix his mistakes.

Tack on 5 minutes of ideologic ‘taxes solve everything’ garbage, and we have another prototypical Stewart segment.

Just4thefax said:
Fact: People with money do get taxed but some use loop whole to pay less than need be but a tax raise doesn’t correct the problem! Correcting the tax system does. 30 plus percent across the board in Taxes is too much. I agree with the consumption fair tax method.

Fact: When the rich were taxed at the highest percentage in this nation’s history – 90% in the 1950′s – this country was at it’s most prosperous. The middle class prospered and was able to work and make money. With so much of the wealth controlled by so few people, it is harder for middle class to make ends meet. It’s really not complicated.

fishchef said:
Fact: When the rich were taxed at the highest percentage in this nation’s history – 90% in the 1950’s – this country was at it’s most prosperous. The middle class prospered and was able to work and make money. With so much of the wealth controlled by so few people, it is harder for middle class to make ends meet. It’s really not complicated.

Post WWII boom with all of America’s major economic competitors in shambles. We weren’t bombed day and night. Our cities weren’t firebombed and nuked. Millions hadn’t died in our countryside. Our exports were through the roof because nobody else had much domestic production – they were climbing out of massive debt and rebuilding their infrastructure. America couldn’t help but have a vibrant economy IN SPITE OF the high tax burden. It’s not really complicated.

Progressives don’t know jack about cause and effect.