The Return of the Liberal Tax Increase

[Army_of_One]

An article from the Newtster. You can find this information on other websites but I figured I would post it from Newt just to rile some people up. The liberal media isn't reporting much on this...for obvious reasons. Why don't the dems run on what they REALLY want to do. Cut and run and raise taxes. I think a tax raise this large will KILL our economy....

The Return of the Liberal Tax Increase by Newt Gingrich - HUMAN EVENTS


The Return of the Liberal Tax Increase
by Newt Gingrich

Posted: 04/02/2007
Tax increases are personal for all of us. They take money out of our pockets and hurt the economy, destroying job opportunities for millions of Americans.

But tax increases are personal for me for another reason. Remember the Clinton tax increase of 1993? It was, at the time, the largest tax increase in history -- a whopping $240 billion of our hard earned cash went to government over five years. So it came as no surprise to most of us (except the liberal authors of the tax increase) that this raid on the taxpayers helped set the stage for an unprecedented Republican victory in 1994.

The (New) Largest Tax Increase in History

Americans take tax increases personally -- and so do I. Liberal tax-and-spend policies helped motivate Americans to elect a new center-right House majority for the first time in 40 years.

But guess what? Liberals are at it again.

Just three months into their majority, Democrats are once again proposing the biggest tax increase in history.
This month, the House of Representatives will debate the Democrats' 2008 proposed budget. If it is passed, this budget will impose the largest tax increase in history on American taxpayers -- totaling nearly $400 billion over five years. Families with children, low-income families, and small businesses all would be hit with hundreds if not thousands of dollars in increased taxes.

Just what taxes will be raised? Here are some of the specifics of the liberal proposal:

The 10% Tax Bracket Will Become 15%: More than five million families and individuals who previously owed no taxes will become subject to taxation.
Marriage Penalty Relief Will Be Eliminated: 23 million Americans will owe an average of $466 in additional taxes in 2011.
The Child Tax Credit Will Be Cut in Half: 31 million Americans will pay an average of $859 more in taxes in 2011.
The Liberal Tax Increase: How Much More Will You Pay?

But enough cold, impersonal statistical analysis. How much more in taxes will you and your family pay if this massive liberal tax increase is passed?

The Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee crunched the numbers and came up with some results that should frighten all of us, regardless of whether we're Democrats, Republicans or Independents.

You Know You're Going to Pay More Under the Liberal Tax Increase When ...

... You're a family of four earning $60,000 a year: Your income-tax bill will rise 61% in 2011, from $3,030 to $4,893.

... You're an elderly couple earning $40,000 a year: Your taxes will go up by 156% in 2011, from $583 to $1,489.

... You're a woman: You could be one of the 83 million American women who could see their taxes rise by an average of $2,068.

... You're married: You could be one of the 48 million married couples who will pay an average of $2,899 more under the liberal tax increase.

... You have kids: 42 million families with children will pay an average of $2,181 more in taxes.

... You're a small-business owner: 26 million small-business owners will get a tax bill for an average of $3,960 more than before.

Which one are you?

Where Are Your Representative's Priorities?

One more thing: While liberals in the House were busy voting to cut off funding for our troops in Iraq last week, their allies in the Budget Committee were busy making sure that amendments to the budget bill to reverse these tax increases will never get a vote on the floor of the House.

It's a depressing indication of the new House majority's priorities: They don't want to stop at defunding the troops -- they want to defund the taxpayers, too.

But we don't have to take this lying down. All of us owe it to ourselves to see how our representatives in the House vote on this massive tax increase. Members of the Winning the Future community should contact their congressmen and let them know we're watching.

Tell them to vote "no" on the liberal tax increase. And in the process, send them this additional, critical message: There is a new coalition of Americans emerging.

We're Republicans, Democrats and Independents.

We're committed to smaller, better government and the solutions that will create a much better future for all Americans.

And we're ready to use all the tools of democracy in the information age -- this newsletter, our e-mail, our networking, and our votes -- to make our voices heard.

P.S. -- After leading the House effort to cut off funding for our troops in Iraq, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) is planning to travel to Syria this week to visit a regime that sponsors terrorist attacks on our troops. The Logan Act, which was passed in 1799 under President John Adams, prohibits private citizens from negotiating with foreign governments without official sanction. Before she crosses the line drawn by the Logan Act, Speaker Pelosi should cancel her trip to Syria.

[Outofdodge]

Originally Posted by Army_of_One

An article from the Newtster. You can find this information on other websites but I figured I would post it from Newt just to rile some people up. The liberal media isn't reporting much on this...for obvious reasons. Why don't the dems run on what they REALLY want to do. Cut and run and raise taxes. I think a tax raise this large will KILL our economy.....

Liberal media, cut and run, tax raises......sheesh some things never change.

You're a day late and a dollar short, Highway posted something similar yesterday. But the point remains the same, another republican accusing the current congress of doing something it has not done.

This "tax increase" is brought to you and voted into effect by the former republican led congress, senate and hopefully to be former republican adminstration who enacted a sweeping tax law change and gave it an expiration date. In the subsequent five years after the passage of the act the Republican Congress was smart enough to not make it permanent, why should the current congress do it?

Originally Posted by Army_of_One

After leading the House effort to cut off funding for our troops in Iraq, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) is planning to travel to Syria this week to visit a regime that sponsors terrorist attacks on our troops. The Logan Act, which was passed in 1799 under President John Adams, prohibits private citizens from negotiating with foreign governments without official sanction. Before she crosses the line drawn by the Logan Act, Speaker Pelosi should cancel her trip to Syria.

She did not lead the efforts to cut off funds to the troops, she led the effort to force the administration to live up to expectations. Remember, it was George who said in the State of the Union address that our committment was not open ended. But since you give this current bunch of slapstick comedians a free pass on Walter Reed, not using the Powell Doctrine, not equiping our troops, and every other screw up along the way that has led to this quagmire, why should I expect anything different?

And why is it a bad thing for the person third in line to the presidency to visit Syria when three republican members of congress were there this past week? And if it was illegal why did the State department brief her? Open minds want to know!

[wordsmythe]

Originally Posted by Outofdodge

But since you give this current bunch of slapstick comedians a free pass on Walter Reed, not using the Powell Doctrine, not equiping our troops, and every other screw up along the way that has led to this quagmire, why should I expect anything different?

Lets not forget ethe violations of the Hatch Act.

YouTube - Hearing on Allegations of GSA Misconduct: Braley Questions

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by wordsmythe

Lets not forget ethe violations of the Hatch Act.

YouTube - Hearing on Allegations of GSA Misconduct: Braley Questions

How cute! Grandma Nancy is posting clips of the things she wants you to see. Do you subscribe to her propaganda list?

[notyoubob]

For anyone who really truly believes the US government can keep spending billions and billions and billions of taxes with out an increase of the tax flow, please step up to the kool-aid stand — again.

[lurker]

Think "taxflation" ....... which is the art of inflating dollars to repay old debt.