Paying Higher Taxes Is Patriotic Says Biden, Who Averaged $245,000 Per Year In Salary For 10 Years But Only Avereraged $380 In Charitable Donations
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says that paying higher taxes is the patriotic thing to do for wealthier Americans. :
Biden told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Thursday that, in his words, “it’s time to be patriotic : time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut.”
He also blames our current financial crisis on tax cuts, which makes no sense at all:
We should try to correct the problems that caused this. And what’s caused this? The profligate tax cuts to the very, very wealthy that John wants to continue. What’s caused this is the failure to have regulation so that, in fact ” John talks about these CEOs getting these big bailout packages.
Ed:
Now Biden wants to tell us that paying higher taxes is patriotic. You know what would be patriotic? Congressmen like Barack Obama and Joe Biden attacking government spending, not trying to beef up government revenues (and doing so in the most destructive way, by attacking capital needed for investment). Biden could be patriotic by revealing his pork-barrel record, something he has consistently failed to do. Who gets Biden’s earmarks? Why can’t Biden be patriotic and forego earmarks?
Most Americans look at their tax bite and figure they’re patriotic enough. They’d prefer electing people who start acting responsibly with their money, rather than demand even more from them to prove their patriotism.
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Others blogging:
- Wanna Be A True American Patriot? « Beltway Snark
- Club for Growth
- Swamp Hermit’s *QUICK* Bits « The Swamp Hermit’s Report
- Charity: Not Biden’s Strong Suit; Theft Through Government On the Other Hand: « The Dude’s Blog
- Did the patriots check out our national debt? « Cowardly political musings:
- Michelle Malkin » Smirky: If you don’t pay higher taxes, you hate your country!
- Will Obama Actually Decrease Tax Rates? : Stop The ACLU
- Will Obama Actually Decrease Tax Rates? » Pirate’s Cove ” Barracuda Patrol!
- Common Folk Using Common Sense
- Biden: Blame Bush Tax Cuts For Mortgage Crisis
- A Blog For All
- Thanks Joe Biden! I no longer wish to be Patriotic anymore. « Assaulting the Spire
- Bloodthirsty Liberal » Cone of Silence Update
- David’s Blog of Common Sense » More taxes make you Patriotic?
- Patriotic to pay more taxes? Obama-Biden seem to think so. « Republican Party of Jefferson County, TN
September 18, 2008 - 09:13 AM on September 18th, 2008
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September 18, 2008 - 12:21 PM on September 18th, 2008
More from a ultra liberal tax and spend demacreep whats more can you ever expect from this party of the socialists scum BOSTON TEA PARTY 2 LETS DUMP DEMACREEPS
September 21, 2008 - 10:55 AM on September 21st, 2008
JOE BIDEN OPEN MOUTH INSERT FOOT DISCARD BRAIN