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| Hillary: Raise Taxes To Pay For Katrina |
| 2005-09-08 |
| 2008 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that she favors rolling back the Bush tax cuts to fund reconstruction efforts in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Asked where the money to rebuild the city should come from, Mrs. Clinton told NBC's "Today Show": "It comes from the first instance in not making those tax cuts for rich people like us permanent." "Let's get back to shared sacrifice," Clinton insisted, defending her tax hike plan. "Let's take care of each other. Let's plan for the future. Let's do what is necessary to put Americans first again." Mrs. Clinton has consistently argued for a tax hike ever since she was elected to the Senate. Last year she told a San Francisco audience: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." In 2003 Clinton argued for a tax hike to pay for the Iraq war. In Nov. 2001, the former first lady blamed the 9/11 attacks on the Bush tax cuts, telling CNN: "If we hadn't passed the big tax cut last spring, that I believe undermined our fiscal responsibility and our ability to deal with this new threat of terrorism, we wouldn't be in the fix we're in today." Sounds like Jacques Chirac, no? |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #11 Raise taxes on the top 2 percent of the earners in this country and give all of Gawds chillun a 2,000 Dollar Debit Card of Love. |
| Posted by: Sister Townsend Barbie 2005-09-08 19:55 |
| #10 Or (seriously) how 'bout we cut 50% out of the recent transportation bill. I mean, I REALLY was looking forwarding to driving across that $200+ million bridge in Alaska, but I'll live with my disappointment. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-09-08 18:55 |
| #9 How 'bout a ten dollar a pop tax on comparing any person (apart from real WWII Nazis) to Hitler. MoveOn alone could fund the reconstruction of New Orleans. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-09-08 18:53 |
| #8 "It comes from the first instance in not making those tax cuts for rich people like us permanent." I'm not aware of any law that forbids her from voluntarily paying the difference. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-09-08 15:08 |
| #7 It's called the "Big Pig" to some. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-09-08 11:46 |
| #6 How about one year PORK FREE. Talk to your buddy Teddy and the "Big Dig". What is it, 15 Billion and still sucking? |
| Posted by: Flack Elmegum1744 2005-09-08 11:44 |
| #5 Sorry, Secret Master - I didn't refresh before I posted. |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-09-08 11:24 |
| #4 Hillary on Bush's tax cuts (sometime last year): "We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Freakin' socialist to the core... |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-09-08 11:23 |
| #3 Like I said yesterday, GIVE THIS BITCH A BUCKET AND GET HER FAT ASS DOWN THERE TO DO SOMETHING USEFUL FOR ONCE! NOW!!! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-09-08 11:21 |
| #2 "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Does this woman seriously expect to run for President? |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2005-09-08 11:18 |
| #1 How about a one time fee levied against future building permits in the affected area? Let them finance their own reconstruction. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2005-09-08 11:03 |