Challenge every teabagger you meet: Name one tax that you pay that has gone up under Obama

[scheming daemons]

They can't.

They just mumble and stutter and say, "We KNOW he has raised our taxes!"

Yet they cannot name a single instance of their taxes being raised in the past 20 months. Not one.


And the reason they can't is because there hasn't been any tax increases. Not one.

[Frosty1]

1. Cigarette Taxes have gone up

Big Time

[awoke_in_2003]

10. I am a smoker...

and confirm that, but you know what- it is our own damn fault. I am going to try giving up again- I have 3 more in my pack. Guess I won't have any beer for a while.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Was that Obama, or State Governments? See New York

Blaming the FEDERAL government for taxes and FEES raised by STATE and LOCAL governments shows basic ignorance of the US System of Government. I recommend a reading of the US Constitution for clarification.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

23. Obama. The Fed Tax on rolling tobacco. A 775% increase.

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. Hmm how can anybody charge you for rolling your own cigs?

Just damn curious.

[The Magistrate]

32. The Tax, Ma'am, Is On The Tobacco You Roll Them With

Taxes on that article have gone up considerably, though it is still much cheaper than a pack of cigarettes, by weight.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

38. Until I gave up smoking cigarettes 12 days ago, I was making my own for close to 2 years.

The price of making a pack of cigarettes went up from about .80 a pack to $2.50 using rolling tobacco. Considering that a pack of cigarettes where I live in NY is up to $9.50, it's still a "bargain".

I am now on the e-cigarette, which is costing me under $1.00/day.

[nadinbrzezinski]

40. But aren't those STATE taxes?

I don't smoke, so of course I'd not know.

[The Magistrate]

41. It Was Not Called Bureau Of Alcohol, Tobacco And Fire-Arms For Nothing, Ma'am

Everybody taxes tobacco, from the Federals on down.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

37. They increased the taxes on the actual tobacco, itself. It is a Federal tax. It is tied to S-Chip.

[WCGreen]

30. Most sales and excise taxes are levied at the local level.

[dkf]

2. Yet...

Everything is scheduled to go up.

[The Magistrate]

3. Show the Schedule, Ma'am

[dkf]

15. Here ya go. The big ones are elimination of 10% bracket, $500 child tax credit and marriage penalty

Tax Brackets EGTRRA created six tax rate brackets--10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33% and 35%, based on income levels. If no extension is passed and signed into law, then the pre-2001 tax rates will go back into effect starting in tax year 2011. The 10% bracket would disappear, and those taxpayers would move up to the 15% bracket, which would apply to all incomes below $34,550. The other tax rates would increase to 28%, 31%, 36% and 39.6% for the highest earners making more than $379,650.
 
Child Tax Credit One major provision that will expire at the end of 2010 is the child tax credit, which EGTRRA doubled from $500 to $1,000 per child. Unless Congress votes to extend the child tax credit, the maximum amount will revert back to $500 for tax year 2011, and the number of families eligible for that amount will be much less as tougher eligibility standards that existed prior to EGTRRA will go back into effect.
 
Capital Gains/Qualified Dividends The maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends were also reduced to 15%, with lower income filers facing a 0% tax rate. The sunset provisions would move the capital gains rate back to a maximum of 20%, and qualified dividends would resume being taxed at the regular tax rate of the filer, or as high as 39.6%.
 
Marriage Penalty EGTRRA also eliminated the so-called "marriage penalty" and gave a married couple filing jointly a standard deduction twice that of a single filer. Tax rates were also adjusted for joint filers to remove the penalty. These provisions are set to expire as well.
 
Other Expirations Another legacy of the two tax cuts was the elimination of the phase out of the personal exemption, which was gradually eliminated over time. If no extension is passed, then the phase out will resume at incomes above $122,500.

http://mobile.forbes.com/device/article.php?CALL_URL=http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/22/expiring-bush-cuts-affect-personal-finance-taxes.html?

[The Magistrate]

25. Thought You were Being Serious, Ma'am, About An Administration Proposal

It is true enough that Bush's tax plan included expiration of the present rates at the start of next year. This was to give people camouflage regarding the damage he was doing to the county's fiscal situation, and bring the thing in reach of the 'reconciliation' process in the Senate.

President Obama proposes to maintain the present rates for ninety-eight percent of taxpayers, more or less, so these people will see increased taxes only if the Republicans, and the likes of Ben Nelson and Lieberman, successfully hold ninety-eight percent of Americans hostage to the benefit of two percent of the country, with most of the swag going to a few thousand billionaires and multi-millionaires.

[dkf]

26. It looks to me like all or nothing at least for the next year.

I saw Paul Ryan's proposal and it is appalling.

[The Magistrate]

28. Make Them Vote Against Ninety-Eight Percent For Billionaires, Ma'am

"Battle creates clarity."

[dkf]

29. They will.

[The Magistrate]

31. It Has To Be Actually Done, Ma'am

If the cloture vote fails,it has stio be brought up again, and again,and again, and nothing else done till it either passes or the session concludes.

It must be done in a way that grinds people's faces in the fact that the Republicans will screw over ninety-eight percent of Americans for the sake of further enriching a few thousand billionaires and multi-millionaires.

"Anything worth doing is worth doing right."

[TBF]

35. Exactly right Mr. Magistrate,

we could wipe out that deficit easily by the right kind of increases on wealth (and I'm not talking about those of us in the city making a good income but barely living middle class these days - I'm talking about those with inherited wealth, millions in salary, tech stock options, that sort of thing). What is left of the middle class has been through the wringer - it is time for the CEO's to pony up.

[LiberalFighter]

4. What is scheduled to go up?

By definition a schedule is something that is going to happen

without any further action.

Since Obama doesn't have a hand in it occurring he didn't raise the taxes.

[dkf]

16. See my post above.

[HughBeaumont]

5. Everything, PER THE REPUBLICAN TAX CUT, is set to expire.

The REPUBLICANS baked that EXPIRATION IN.

WE aren't increasing ANYTHING.

WE are letting their cuts EXPIRE on the DUE DATE THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE, PER THE REPUBLICANS.

Why paint it as a Democratic increase when it isn't?

Why keep letting the wealthy off easy?

The wealthy FAILED us and FAILED America. They sat on the cash and hoarded it. Zero job growth in a decade. The numbers don't lie, the jobs are not there; what they said was going to happen DID NOT HAPPEN. And they had nine YEARS.

To keep doing something in that caused catastrophe to future and present America is jaw-droppingly STUPID.

Time to start making these selfish greedy liars start paying their fair share.

[unblock]

7. allow me to reframe: the republican tax HIKE

[dkf]

18. Are we really going to try that explanation on the electorate?

[Jack_DeLeon]

20. Our party is in charge they should make sure the average tax payer doesnt face a hike...

Something is wrong when the lowest bracket of tax payers is going to face a 50% tax hike. Alot of these folks are probably have a tough enough time making it. I know I do sometimes. So when you increase their taxes by 50% that isnt likely to go over well.

Our party needs to do something so that we dont all get a tax hike which could hurt our economy even more.

[awoke_in_2003]

11. If you are talking about Bush's tax "cuts" expiring...

my taxes did not change one whit due to them, and when they expire my taxes will not go up. Right wing talking points.

[Jack_DeLeon]

19. so you pay no taxes?

lowest tax bracket will go from 10% to 15%, the only way you wont see a tax increase is if you dont pay any.

[renate]

6. I really hope the point you're making so well makes it into a campaign ad

I say "I hope," but I'm actually not terribly hopeful. I'm past the point of believing that the Democratic party has any clue about how to catapult the propaganda for this November, besides being hunkered down in a corner sobbing quietly. Maybe Obama's speech today is the start of a new phase, though.

[cbdo2007]

24. This is exactly what some Dem candidates should do - like here in Missouri, is challenge these ridic

ulous "raise taxes" crap. When they have a debate or something, one of them has got to say it and embarrass the other candidate or the tea party person on tv. It will be great.

[Politicalboi]

8. They can still lie

We don't know what everybody taxes are or how much they pay. I mean they probably know that their taxes haven't gone up, but they will find ANYTHING to make it not so. These are the same people who are willing to put a nitwit who writes on her hand in the WH. Why even try talking tax cuts with them. It's not worth it. Sarah should be the end all for anyone with a brain, but they continue to support her. Hello Wall!

[awoke_in_2003]

9. My taxes increased....

the same amount they dropped due to Bush's tax cuts- zero, nada, and zip.

[Riley133]

12. Medical

In January of 2011, medical devices will be taxed. You can no longer use FSA/HSA funds to purchase anything that doesn't require a prescription. The medical deduction for out of pocket expenses was raised to 10% from 7%.

As it stands right now, I am not going to be having medical insurance in January and will be using the ER. I have never not had insurance, and I am scared to death. The state health exchange is still too expensive, as I am unemployed - plus I didn't meet the qualifications because I had used COBRA.

Signed,
Very Disillusioned Dem who wants to know why we didn't get single payer?

[HughBeaumont]

33. We'll never get single payer because that would give WE the PEOPLE more control

Think about it: how many would start businesses? How many would quit shitty low-to-no-benefit jobs? How would insurance conglomerates keep up their legalized theft of the American people? How many uninsured "haven't got shits" wouldn't have to worry anymore?

Single payer would not only spell curtains for Big In$urance, it would become an employEEs market. And the Corporate Junta can't have that. Only WE'RE supposed to be "competitive", not them.

[Chemical Bill]

13. Property taxes.

The fact that property taxes are local is too much for their little minds.

Bill

[Chemical Bill]

14. Grover Norquist says that next year will bring a huge tax increase.

I tried to point out to one pea brain that a change in tax brackets is not the same as a tax increase, but he wasn't listening to anyone but old Grover....

Bill

[Jack_DeLeon]

17. 50% tax increase in the lowest tax bracket...

if nothing changes, when the Bush tax cuts expire I and everyone else in the lowest tax bracket, will be bumped up from the 10% bracket to the 15%. Thats a 50% tax increase.

[Drale]

22. YES!

This is how ive been challenging republicans and tea baggers especially, also every time I see one of those fucking dumb ass obama/hitler signs I was come back with "you realize hitler and the nazis where right wing nut jobs not to dissimilar to yourselves also if he was hitler you and your crazy friends would all be locked up right now because the nazis banned any opposing political parties. READ YOUR HISTORY!

[MattBaggins]

34. The tax on tanning beds...

Some girl called Snooker or something is apparently pissed about it.

[clarence swinney]

36. tax kings 3 OF THEM

DEMOCRATS ATTACK AGENDA

From 1980 to 2009
20 years 3 conservative Presidents
18 years conservative Senate
12 years conservative House
6 years TOTAL CONTROL=HELL

WHAT DID AMERICA GET IN THOSE 20 YEARS

600B to 3600
1000B to 10,000
237,000 to 99,000
1 to 9
0 to 2
Poe to Hoe
B to W
H & F

Any fool can memorize and use this short (8)list of disasters
only a loser will refuse to yell this information to the people

What do they mean?

Spending
debt
jobs
international conflicts
wars
peace to hell
best to worst
ideology to deja vu ideology

1980-2009
Spending—600B to 3600B Teapartiers are you listening?
Debt-1000B to 10,000B Deficit Hawks are you listening
237,000 Net New Jobs down to 99,000
1 convicted felon to 137 investigated/charged
2 major illegal horrid wars
Peace on Earth to Hell on Earth
Best rated World rated President to Worst
Houing Tsunnami & Financial Volcano

Ladies and Gentlemen How can a populace elect that record to rule our nation????

It is simple. The Rich Man's party owns Wall Street $$$$$—Media--Vote Count Machines

A Simpleton and a Fool if one votes for a Republican to Congress if :
Social Security Recipient
Medicare Recipient
Medicaid Recipient
Food Stamp Recipient
Child Care Recipient
Disability Recipient
Veteran Pension Recipient
Veteran Health Care Recipient
College Loan Recipient
Home Foreclosed
Member of Military
Minority
Minister
Christian
Muslim

This list is endless—Republican was known for decades as The Country Club Party now known as Wall Street Of America Party—owned by $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

SOUND THE HORNS TELL THE PEOPLE

Awaken The Evil Ones are coming after you
They (14M) own 93% of Total Financial Wealth and will steal-lie-cheat-rob-kill to get the remaining 7% from you (127M)

clarence swinney
political historian since 1991 on Reagan-Clinton-Bush administrations
author-Lifeaholic—story of Workaholic failure to Lifeaholic success
Available for Lecture-Hootenanny in nc-va-sc-tenn
olduglymeanhonest

[Javaman]

39. All 3!

Lee Mercer is not amused.