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Thu Jun-21-07 06:45 PM
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| 30. And he's not running? |
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The man is running. You heard it here first.
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| -Gore calls for elimination of payroll taxes |
elehhhhna |
Jun-21-07 05:15 PM |
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Y'know Mr. Gore, you could really help make these things happen if |
Phredicles |
Jun-21-07 05:16 PM |
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The payroll tax is among the most regressive |
ikojo |
Jun-21-07 05:18 PM |
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right - indeed a simple tax cut for Dems is a 2% payroll tax cut for employees - no cut for |
papau |
Jun-21-07 05:40 PM |
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You said it papau. |
ozymandius |
Jun-21-07 07:36 PM |
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And only up to $50,000, I beleive-- |
tblue37 |
Jun-21-07 06:10 PM |
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closer to $90K |
mopinko |
Jun-21-07 10:32 PM |
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... but it pays for a program that only benefits workers. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jun-22-07 10:16 AM |
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Gosh, he's sounding very Presidential for a non-candidate |
melody |
Jun-21-07 05:22 PM |
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I kind of noticed that to. |
BurtWorm |
Jun-21-07 05:24 PM |
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He IS presidential. He IS our president. Go AL!! |
AikidoSoul |
Jun-21-07 09:19 PM |
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Al Gore is the |
malaise |
Jun-21-07 05:33 PM |
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Does he have Secret service? |
Skink |
Jun-21-07 05:22 PM |
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No. Former VPs don't. NT |
NYCGirl |
Jun-21-07 05:34 PM |
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No - only former Presidents and their families get secret service protection for life. |
Pirate Smile |
Jun-21-07 05:36 PM |
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Used to be |
Retired AF Dem |
Jun-21-07 06:08 PM |
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What a shock that a Republican Congress decided to do that during the Clinton Administration. |
Pirate Smile |
Jun-21-07 06:21 PM |
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Yup -- Bush will only have protection for 10 years after he leaves office |
SharonRB |
Jun-22-07 01:24 PM |
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Cheney too? n/t |
rzemanfl |
Jun-21-07 06:27 PM |
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I don't know if the Dick Cheney/Fourth Branch of Government is covered. |
Pirate Smile |
Jun-21-07 08:01 PM |
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LOL! Dick is busily drafting a special Dick ( as opposed to executive) order |
PA Democrat |
Jun-22-07 07:01 PM |
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Swoon....Let's make it HAPPEN, President Gore. |
AzDar |
Jun-21-07 05:25 PM |
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Thanks for the thread elehhhna. |
Uncle Joe |
Jun-21-07 05:29 PM |
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Anytime. I like to repost this periodically. |
elehhhhna |
Jun-21-07 05:36 PM |
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Run Al and make it so. |
sellitman |
Jun-21-07 05:36 PM |
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How would this work? What kind of tax breaks would the poor and |
glowing |
Jun-21-07 05:37 PM |
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The CO2 tax is not on individuals, but on corporations and other large polluters. |
NYCGirl |
Jun-21-07 05:42 PM |
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Would that inspire more corporations to move to oversea operations? |
glowing |
Jun-21-07 05:50 PM |
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Big polluters are captive-- power generation and concrete manufacturing. |
elehhhhna |
Jun-21-07 06:28 PM |
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Why get complicated like Gore is doing - a simple 2% reduction/wage cap removal is a no brainer-then |
papau |
Jun-21-07 05:43 PM |
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Considering overpopulation is the root cause of pollution/global warming, there should be policies |
gulfcoastliberal |
Jun-21-07 06:46 PM |
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So, I should be penalized for having a child? |
glowing |
Jun-21-07 07:40 PM |
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Urbanization all over the globe is causing the birth rate to drop. |
diane in sf |
Jun-21-07 07:49 PM |
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You can discourage all you want, but accidents do and will happen. |
Clark2008 |
Jun-22-07 03:54 PM |
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Run Al Run |
proud patriot |
Jun-21-07 05:45 PM |
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I Call On Gore to Run For President |
otohara |
Jun-21-07 05:48 PM |
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From the small business perspective -- me -- this would be a dream. |
byronius |
Jun-21-07 05:48 PM |
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Because a self-employed person has to pay both the employee's |
tblue37 |
Jun-21-07 06:09 PM |
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You do realize he means Federal Taxes, not just Soc sec. |
elehhhhna |
Jun-21-07 06:30 PM |
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All income tax? I had not realized that. n/t |
tblue37 |
Jun-21-07 06:59 PM |
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He may or may not have meant that... |
lumberjack_jeff |
Jun-22-07 10:22 AM |
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He's been tyalking about this for 14 years and he DOES mean |
elehhhhna |
Jun-22-07 01:44 PM |
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I vote for that! Show me the law where it's legal for them to tax my |
B Calm |
Jun-21-07 06:30 PM |
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The 16th amendment to the Constitution |
whopis01 |
Jun-22-07 01:16 PM |
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I've seen it argued that this amendment was never properly |
rzemanfl |
Jun-22-07 05:45 PM |
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I've seen it argued that the moon landing was faked. |
whopis01 |
Jun-22-07 06:55 PM |
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If Bush/Cheney were in office at the time of the moon landing |
rzemanfl |
Jun-23-07 10:27 AM |
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since this thread is dealing with the legality of income taxes |
whopis01 |
Jun-23-07 02:21 PM |
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EXACTLY!!! |
B Calm |
Jun-23-07 05:21 AM |
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And Ohio was not a state until 1953, making Taft an illegal president, right? n/t |
whopis01 |
Jun-23-07 02:27 PM |
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What is the number of the bill passed to authorize taxing our wages?? |
B Calm |
Jun-22-07 08:02 PM |
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It is hard to name just one bill as there have been several |
whopis01 |
Jun-23-07 12:00 AM |
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He could do that if he would just Run Al Run |
dogday |
Jun-21-07 06:32 PM |
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And he's not running? |
Stephanie |
Jun-21-07 06:45 PM |
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Go Gore! This is an extremely progressive tax proposal n/t |
ProgressiveAmPatriot |
Jun-21-07 06:50 PM |
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This could be great--I believe it's part of the Apollo Energy platform. |
diane in sf |
Jun-21-07 07:37 PM |
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Wow!! I've no doubt Gore is running. n/t |
DemGa |
Jun-21-07 10:54 PM |
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Run, Al, run! |
SharonRB |
Jun-22-07 01:27 PM |
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He sounds like an environmentalist to me |
RestoreGore |
Jun-22-07 03:46 PM |
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It's said even computers emit CO2 into the air... |
HypnoToad |
Jun-22-07 04:12 PM |
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"pollutant taxes" REALLY TURNS ME ON ON ON!!! |
sicksicksick_N_tired |
Jun-22-07 05:50 PM |
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I would support such a move. Anything to shift the burden of taxation off the poorest people. n/t |
Selatius |
Jun-22-07 07:05 PM |
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I love Al, but disagree with him on this. Social Security survived because it is regressive |
yurbud |
Jun-23-07 02:47 PM |
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