Cheney: Economy Needs Permanent Tax Cuts

[wicket]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041215/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_economic_conference

Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday that it is critical to make President Bush's tax cuts permanent during his second term, while achieving broader reforms in the tax code and bolstering Social Security.

Speaking at the start of a two-day White House conference on the economy, Cheney said the administration would put a top priority on making the tax cuts, which are all due to expire after 2010, permanent as a way of bolstering future economic growth.

Cheney said the administration had accomplished a great deal in its first term but a number of unfinished items remain for Congress to address.

"We still have more work to do, but we believe we are on the right track," Cheney told the audience of business leaders, economists and Washington lobbyists.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. A death wish.

Hello, feudal age, how ya' doin'?

[WI_DEM]

2. we've had four years of tax cuts

and how has it helped the economy? What it has done is leave a legacy of debt for our children which will ultimatly lead to higher interest rates.

[wicket]

3. They certainly haven't created any jobs!

[The Zanti Regent]

19. You mean four years of DEFICIT INCREASES!

but who cares when Jesus is coming to take us away, ha ha?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

44. A legacy of debt for our children

From the cocksuckers who say they are for family values

[snippy]

4. Someday someone needs to tell the republican welfare queens

that government costs money. Good government costs money and bad government costs money and someone has to pay for all of it. The republican welfare queens want all of their government benefits for free.

[durablend]

9. Don't you worry about it...

Still plenty of wealth in poor/middle class hands that needs to be redistributed into the "right" (rich) hands.

And the added bonus, of course...once they're broke, they become the perfect military fodder!

[noamnety]

5. They haven't finished redistributing the wealth yet.

The poor still have too much.

[flordehinojos]

6. will the democrats in congress believe this crap like they say they did

the WMD one?

[Stinky The Clown]

7. I see the dead man has crawled out of his hole

Hey Dick .... fuck you.

[nickshepDEM]

15. I love your comments.

Everytime I see one of your posts I laugh out loud. Funny as shit.

[Stinky The Clown]

20. I'm not funny. I'm old and mean and cranky.

But thanks!

:)

[Tyler Durden]

8. We need a remote control for his "shocker."

I want someone to zap this fucker and then we watch him tap dance like Bojangles.

I would laugh my nastly little ass off, I can tell you.

[rodeodance]

11. the attack dog has climbed out of his bunker to make pronouncements!!

cover his mug back up!!!!!

[snippy]

14. Outstanding idea. n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

45. Maybe a microwave remote to mess with his pace maker

High frequency radio waves tend to be very directional.

[louis-t]

10. Still more work to do. Like more money to military

which will run up more debt, privatize social security which will bankrupt the system, cut more taxes for the wealthy, raise salaries for their cronies, remove all regulation from big business, remove all environmental protections, threaten the rest of the world, gut the Constitution...It's haaaard work. And the repubs will still want roads, bridges, airports, buildings named after this idiot.

[durablend]

12. Don't forget the STATUES!

Gonna need some HEFTY funding for all those * statues.

(then again, they'll probably buy em cheap from China and have them shipped in)

[Norquist Nemesis]

13. Gee, that tape's wearing thin...

more work to do...on the right track...<rewind>

[Ed C. Finley]

16. Flat Tax

I support a flat tax of 16% which was the tax rate Teresa Heinz Kerry paid on her income last year. Her income was about75 times my wife and my income and we paid over 25%.

[Norquist Nemesis]

22. Help us out here, Ed

What were Bush and Cheney's rates?

Oh, and while you're at it...did you donate as much as THK? How are your philanthropic activities going?

[TexasChick]

25. Good one, Norquist Nemesis! It's amazing how these Freeptards never

think that Chimp and Satan Cheney have billions to their names!

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

26. Gee Ed, have a problem with what Theresa paid last year,

do you? Let's see, why not take that particular issue up with the asshole who dreamt that tax method up? Mr. Tickle-on II himself, aka Commander Bunnypants. But surely it his not his fault that you are not part of the ownership class Ed, must be something lacking on your part. Why surely you must have what it takes to become a self-made man in the same image as King Georgie Boy.

Until you make it, Ed, keep repeating your inane comments to yourself over and over again, and if you forget a word or two of the litany, turn on Fox News to get your daily propaganda fix.

Here let me help, Ed - "deficits don't matter...grow the economy...jobs are increasing...government paid health-care is socialism"...

Now fuck-off and get back to work...and quit your whining...

[Ed C. Finley]

48. I'm back

Sorry I was out working, you ought to try it sometime. And for the record I don't watch Fox news, nor am I one of those Bush worshiping freepers. Sorry to spoil your illusion. (Insert various curse words back at you here.)

[sweetladybug]

28. Hey Ed Cl Finley, I wonder what %tax rate Bush and Cheney paid last year

It's strange how you mentioned Teresa Heinz but not Bush or Cheney. You have to give Mrs Kerry credit and Bill Clinton and Al Gore and other rich Democrats, at least they were willing to take same of the financial burden off of the middle and low income people and pay more in taxes themselves in order to do this, but Bush and Cheney and other rich Republicans had rather take from the poor and give to the rich (And these Republicans call themselves compassionate, they are disgusting)

[JanMichael]

32. Bad logic. She should've paid more.

Why shouldn't she pay 30% or 40%? It's not like she can't afford it. Then maybe 42,000,000 Americans wouldn't have to go without Health Insurance...

PS~ I'm assuming your 16% is legit.

[Deja Q]

36. Or even paying 25%...

Hell, I pay 35% of my income in taxes and I make under $50k/yr.

WHy do these rich bastards pay half the amount I do when they make 1000 times more than I do?

They're all getting a $pecial place in Hell, that's for sure.

[Bono71]

17. I hate people who mail letters, post offices use tax dollars!

[nickshepDEM]

18. When they say "PERMANENT"

does that mean if we win control of the congress in 2006 and the Presidential election in 2008 it can NOT be overturned?

[wicket]

21. Tax cuts

I think what they mean is to take out the provision that the tax cuts will expire in 2010, so even if they do succeed in doing this, it can always be put back in there when we take back control :D

[Lone_Star_Dem]

27. I hope that is what they mean.

I just don't trust them.

[TexasChick]

23. Good God! These people are trying desperate to bankrupt the US all

to hell! Damnit!!!

[Deja Q]

37. 59+ million Americans clearly want this too.

Or were they too busy watching Britney spears get randy with a stripper pole while playing "marriage go round" with a group of guys to care?

[texpatriot2004]

24. The "temporary" tax cuts are hurting enough, don't need them

PERMANENT!

[donkeyotay]

29. Yes, lets make them FICA tax cuts

We've been paying "extra" on the payroll withholding since 1984, just so you republican bastards could give it away to the Haves and the Have Mores. If you want to cut taxes, cut them for the working class.

[pdurod1]

47. How 'bout a people who don't have kids tax cut, and can't afford them,

who have served in the military, raided their 401K's, had their job outsourced and now make less than $10/hr, work with Mexicans that question why rich American people don't share, watch stupid rich men try to compensate small dongs with a clean (armor-all tires) Hummer. And all there is to listen on the local AM radio is Rush, Hannity and stupid local talk radio hosts (who even make less than me) blow smoke up this administrations ass. What gives?

[last_texas_dem]

30. Hey Cheney

Go fuck yourself, man.

That the second most powerful (OK, maybe that's debatable...) man in America believes in these ridiculous supply-side policies seems so surreal sometimes...

[Art_from_Ark]

41. Of course he believes in this shit

It's letting him keep more of the truckload of bucks that he's making now and will be making once he's officially allowed to cash in his Halliburton chips for a nice fat profit

[steely]

31. They'll decrease Fewer federal taxes, and then quietly push

for a national sales tax.

[Zerex71]

33. Cheney Cheney!

As in, verb-noun

[moondust]

34. You'll have to clear that with China and Japan first, Dick.

They own you.

[Deja Q]

38. And Cheney owns corporations who utilize China and Japan.

funny ol' world...

Still, it's our just desserts if foreign investors see what sort of economic lunacy is going on and pull out like they would with the Rhythm method...

[ally_sc]

43. you speak nothing but the truth...eom

[Deja Q]

35. Uh-huh. 4 years of cuts have given us 0 growth worth writing home about,

and a gigantic devaluation of the dollar.

Not to mention of the loss of jobs.

Cheney can go cheney himself.

[VegasWolf]

39. Yea, make permanent a failed strategy. He must be angling for a medal. n/

[Lorien]

40. That was my first thought too

like those cuts have worked so well already. :eyes:

And these are the people who call themselves PATRIOTIC? Sorry, but if you aren't paying your fair share to help America remain a superpower, then you're Anti-American.

[Supersedeas]

42. MORE OF THE SAME....Media, you missed that during campaign

Do you hear them NOW!!!

[sakabatou]

46. With tax cuts

The government has less money to spend with, but they spend like loonies anyway!

[struggle4progress]

49. Borrow and Spend! Borrow and Spend! eom

[Stinky The Clown]

50. These people are fucking CRAZY

Tax cuts?

Yeah, sure Dick, fuck the old people who depend on Social Security, right? Fuck the women who need help providing for their kids (that you are trying to stop them from controlling the production of), right? Fuck the homeless and the ones with no health care and the disabled vets and the poor kids trying to go to college and the workers who were injured on the job .... and ..... and ....

You despicable fuck. I hope the hole in the end of your dick heals shut and your nuts explode.

Fuck you, Dick Cheney. And the same to your slimey-assed wife.

Now .... go have a nice day ..... :hi:

......... fucker ..........

[Person_Of_Interest]

51. ha ha ha ha ha

Hey you forgot to say fuck bush as a matter of fact they should just fuck eachother ...Love your post:hi:

[Hotler]

54. Best read all day..

made beer run out my nose. I'm posting this in the lunch room tomorrow.

[truth2power]

57. That's great, Sparkly.

You certainly have a way with words! ROFL! :evilgrin:

[ElaineinIN]

52. Well, I'll agree with the big Dick on this....

IF we pass tax cuts, they OUGHT to be permanent (in terms of not self-terminating) and shouldn't be any of this gradual increase, phase in bull shit.

Dick and Bush are actually right on something... it does make it difficult to plan, and as an economic matter, are really counterproductive.

The thing that chaps my ass, though, is that they broke it, they bought it. The reason why these cuts sunset is because they were so expensive in the out years, they couldn't pay for them. Because they weren't offsetting in the out years, they wouldn't have complied with Senate rules. So, the price they paid for having these damn cuts is the sunset.

In addition, we haven't even seen the really big cuts yet. Amazingly enough, the really big cuts come first in 2004 (election year) but then in 2008 and 2009--after Bush's second term. Delay the big cuts, delay the pain, delay having to take some fucking responsibility for the mess you're creating. But hey, I can say today, I gave you marriage penalty relief, I got rid of the dreaded death tax blah blah blah, but I won't be around when the real shit hits the fan.

Assholes.

[HuskiesHowls]

53. Quoting John Fiske

..."It is now time to observe that robbery may be committed by governments as well as by individuals. If the business of governing is placed in the hands of men who have an imperfect sense of their duty toward the public, if such men raise money by taxation and then spend it on their own pleasure, or to increase their political influence, or for other illegitimate purposes, it is really robbery, just as much as if these men were to stand with pistols by the roadside and empty the wallets of people passing by. They make a dishonest use of their high position as members of government, and extort money for which they make no return in the shape of services to the public."...

"Civil Government in the United States" pp. 8-9, Houghton, Mifflin and Company ©1892

[VegasWolf]

55. But now the entire republican party does it. n/t

[Rose Siding]

56. "Justice ought to be fair"

That's the president of the US, folks.