Sponsored Content
« Obama Admin to Reissue Economy-Killing Drilling Moratorium | Main | After Stealing Car, Then a Police Cruiser, Naked "Dirty, Hot, and Slippery" Woman Faces Felony Charges, Marriage Proposals »
June 23, 2010

Dems in a Bad Economy: "Let's Raise Taxes!"

The Democrats are living in fantasy-land:

The majority party on Capitol Hill does not feel bound by that pledge, saying the threshold for tax hikes will depend on several factors, such as the revenue differences between setting the threshold at $200,000 and setting it at $250,000.

“You could go lower, too — why not $200,000?” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). “With the debt and deficit we have, you can’t make promises to people. This is a very serious situation.”

Sen. Byron Dorgan (N.D.), chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, concurred, saying, “I don’t think there’s any magic in the number, whether it’s $250,000, $200,000 or $225,000.

“I’m not hard and fast on $250,000,” said Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). “Quite frankly, it could be somewhat lower than that. $250,000 — is that the top 1 percent of Americans, or half a percent? I mean, come on!”

Household income data compiled by the Census Bureau in 2008 shows that families earning over $250,000 fall into the top 2 percent.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) hinted in a speech Tuesday that House Democrats do not consider family incomes of $250,000 an inviolable threshold, despite Obama’s pledge.

Oh, yes, raising taxes in a bum economy...during an election.

This is the Dem civil war. It's between the hard-left in Blue states -- secure in their seats -- and the hard-left in Red states -- doing lipservice to "moderate" voters. The Blue staters want to keep spending money on Libtard projects deferred for the eight Bush years, but the federal government is so far overbudget that the Dems have tossed up their hands and given up. So they'll happily take more of it from taxpayers.

The Red staters want to spend money too, but they know they'll lose their seats if they do. Obama managed to trick them into voting for high-cost healthare, but (they're wise to his lies now.

Here's the danger: if (when) the Democrats lose big in November, I wonder what they'll be doing during the lame duck session...


digg this
posted by Gabriel Malor at 10:53 AM

| Access Comments




Recent Comments
Lady in Black: "If Biden easily beat Trump before (which is laugha ..."

jim (in Kalifornia): "off sock ..."

Dr. T: "Impeach Biden. Who cares that it won't make it ..."

Clearance Cleanwater Retrieval: "Don't go around tonight, Well, it's bound to take ..."

Axeman: "Bragg has promised that there will be no judge sho ..."

Mister Scott (Formerly GWS): "And it doesn't really matter whether FL. Extradite ..."

Leftard Activists: "Ok. Call me ignorant. Did not know anyone got a ch ..."

Peaches: "which means there will be judge-shopping Posted ..."

old chick: " 517 In circumstances such as these I always reme ..."

Cicci: "Which gang within the Democrat Syndicate is Bragg ..."

President Select Decaf: "It could be changed to "small business only" week ..."

JQ: "Great idea. Punish the businessman who still has t ..."

Recent Entries
Search


Polls! Polls! Polls!
Frequently Asked Questions
The (Almost) Complete Paul Anka Integrity Kick
Top Top Tens
Greatest Hitjobs

The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)
Powered by
Movable Type 2.64