Sunday, May 01, 2005
A Republican tells the truth! In the New York Times article, Social Security: Help for the Poor or Help for All?, we read: (emp add) "I know some rich people, and if you ask them whether they would rather have a tax increase or their benefits cut, they'll immediately say, 'Cut the benefits,' " said Representative Bill Thomas of California, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Exactly. Let the word go forth from this time and place, that rich people say, "Cut the benefits."
posted by Quiddity at 5/01/2005 09:29:00 AM
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Yeah! All those poor and middle-class people? Let them eat cat food!
Anyone who thinks Republicans are not wagin class warfare is asleep or stupid.
When Andrew Card was asked today on Meet the Press about the Presidents plan to cut benefits 30-40% for middle class recipients, he said it was because if nothing was done benefits would have to be cut (26%). Some plan, have a plan that cuts benefits because if you did not have a plan you would have to cut benefits.
From Meet the Pres Transcript
RUSSERT: The average wage this year is about $36,000. People who earn somewhat more than that in their working years -- the equivalent of $59,000 this year -- would see a 30 percent reduction.
CARD: .....It's a pay-as- you-go system. And if nothing happens, benefits are going to be cut by 26 percent, and that is not sustainable for retirement.
Even dopier was Republican Senator George Allen, he was asked if it was worth it to repeal the tax cut on the top 1% so benefits would not have to be cut for middle SS benificieries, of course he sided with the top 1%. That shows the true intent of the right wing, to elevate the richest people in the country at the expense of the middle class.
From Meet The Press transcript
SEN. DODD: Well, all right, but--do it that way. You asked me how to do it. Do I want to cut 50 percent of a middle-income person's retirement benefits or do I want to ask the top 1 percent of income earners to do with a little less of a tax cut on a permanent basis? That choice is easy, and I think most of my colleagues, Republicans and Democrats, would prefer that option.
MR. RUSSERT: Would you make that choice?
SEN. ALLEN: No, it's a tax increase, and a lot of those top earners are small-business owners.
MR. RUSSERT: So you prefer tax cuts for the most affluent rather than benefit cuts for middle class?
SEN. ALLEN: I'm for tax cuts for taxpayers. I want to make this country more conducive than competitive.
SEN. DODD: That's ridiculous.
Remember the class war? Aaaahhhh, those were the good old days...
If one defines the government as a buissness which provides services in exchange for taxes, the rich people (and therefore - the people most experienced with making investments and dealing with money in general) have concluded that the return on investment is quite poor and would rather invest that money themselves.
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