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"Everybody In The Country Keeps Their Tax Break On The First $250k They Earn"
« on: July 11, 2012, 11:55:33 PM »
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Messaging 101: "Everybody In The Country Keeps Their Tax Break On The First $250k They Earn"

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Michael Smerconish pointed out the poor messaging Team Obama and Obama himself are doing on extending the bush tax cuts for another year. They make it sound like the 98% who make "up to $250,000" get to keep their tax cut, while "the top 2%" LOSE ALL of their tax cut.

That. Ain't. Correct.

The truth is that under Obama's proposal, the bush tax cuts will continue to apply to the first $250,000 earned by ANYONE. Millionaires and billionaires as well. That makes it FAIR, because the cut-off point is the same for everybody, just like FICA taxes apply only to the first $106,800 one earns.

Obama should be selling this as a FAIR TAX CUT - EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME CUT UP TO THE SAME AMOUNT OF $250,000.

EVERYBODY will now pay an additional tax ONLY ON INCOME THEY EARN ABOVE THE $250,000 CUT-OFF.

"The millionaires and billionaires get the same tax cut as you, and you get the same tax cut as the millionaires and billionaires."

Surely, the truth of the matter is a more powerful message than the one being used up to now. Why make it sound like some people (rich people) are losing the entirety of the bush tax cuts? It isn't true, and it makes Obama look like he's got something against rich people.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002934149

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Good luck getting anyone to hear it, though.

The thing about a noise machine is it makes it hard for anyone to hear anything.

Seriously do they really believe this will make a difference? Odds are anyone affected by 0bama's pending tax increases probably knows the tax code much better than anyone else since they are the ones who get screwed the most by it. The reality is, they will end up with a larger tax bill and that is what matters.  No amount of spin will counter the fact that many Americans will end up paying more in taxes if this happens.

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Re: "Everybody In The Country Keeps Their Tax Break On The First $250k They Earn"
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2012, 05:13:02 AM »
Smerconish doesn't understand that the point of this is to drive a wedge between 'the 1%' and everyone else. 'fair' is the last thing Obama wants.
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Re: "Everybody In The Country Keeps Their Tax Break On The First $250k They Earn"
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2012, 12:10:44 PM »
How soon will it be "anything above 250K a year belongs to the Gov."?
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Re: "Everybody In The Country Keeps Their Tax Break On The First $250k They Earn"
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2012, 12:18:27 PM »
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and it makes Obama look like he's got something against rich people.


Nooo!  Ya don't say.  Obama?  Hates the rich people? 
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Re: "Everybody In The Country Keeps Their Tax Break On The First $250k They Earn"
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2012, 04:21:10 PM »
Quote from: Karin on July 12, 2012, 12:18:27 PM
Nooo!  Ya don't say.  Obama?  Hates the rich people? 

He hates rich people who won't say they want their taxes raised, he loves rich people who claim they want their taxes raised, he spends a lot of time with them.
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Re: "Everybody In The Country Keeps Their Tax Break On The First $250k They Earn"
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2012, 06:18:57 PM »
Hey, DUmmie stopbush.

What if someone making $300K/year decides he's NOT gonna pay one more damned dime to Uncle Barry.

SO, instead of earning $300k, and paying more taxes on the last $50K, he decides to stop working in October, and instead, vacations in Bermuda for 2 months.

How much more will THAT tax increase bring in?   :lmao:
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Re: "Everybody In The Country Keeps Their Tax Break On The First $250k They Earn"
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2012, 06:45:59 PM »
Obama wants everyone making over $250,000 a year to be slaves to the welfare bums and freeloaders.
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