In a special session of the Senate December 4, Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill said that the Republicans were intent on giving billions of dollars to the rich. She was talking about their opposition to the Obama tax increases.
Let's get this straight, Claire. What the Republicans are intent on is letting those people keep the money they've earned. They don't intend to give them a single dime.
Similarly, there was a photo in the paper of a rally outside the offices of Senator Chuck Schumer. One uninformed class-envious nut held up a sign that said, "Our holiday wish: No millionaire bailout." OK, clueless, let's get this straight. We are not talking about bailing out millionaires. We are talking about resisting the urge to confiscate the money they've earned in order to give it to those who haven't earned it.
Now let's get one other thing straight -- we are not talking about tax cuts here. No one is going to pay less in taxes next year. We are talking about not increasing taxes. That's two different things. If you don't think it is, then you can let them not increase your taxes, and I'll take a tax cut. That should make us both happy.
"Broad tax cut deal is sought." The Dallas Morning News; December 3, 2010; p. 1A.
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