Fox home page flies the pirate flag at half-mast over "wealthier families getting hit the hardest"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Boo fuckin' hoo, wealthiest families. Eat me.

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Expiring Tax Cuts Hit Americans at Every Income Level



If lawmakers don't reach an agreement on extending soon-to-expire Bush-era tax cuts, nearly all their constituents back home will get big tax increases, with wealthier families getting hit the hardest.

http://www.foxnews.com/

[KharmaTrain]

1. More Dazzling Bullshit...

Firstly...there's a reason those who are rich pay more in taxes...it's cause they control so much of the money. Thus when these shitstains claim they're paying more and more of the taxes, they are admitting they control more and more of the wealth. Fully selfish...and freeloaders as they'll be the first to bitch about roads crumbling or poor education or police.

The ugly truth are many of the rich are sitting on billions in "losses" when the market went down and they've got millions to use against future profits. A smart rich person has a good "book"...an accountant who knows the loopholes that can reduce their tax load well below whatever what they should be. Then, of course, their level is frozen...once you reach the top bracket when you make more money your burden drops in comparison with actual earning. Thus the hardest bite on actual earning is on the "middle incomes"...those between 50-100k that are still stuck in bracket creep and whose bite is a lot harder than some million or billionaire who really doesn't feel the bite other than seeing it on paper. While the middle class guy goes without a vacation or new car, the rich dude has to take a pass on the newer Gulfstream.

The big lie that tax cuts either create jobs or more money in the economy should have been put to bed after the 8 years of kleptocracy under the booosh regime. But the corporate media will never let that meme die...they're selfish, too.

[nykym]

2. the wealtist getting hit the hardest

is a complete fabrication. You and I, the people making under $250K pay taxes on what we earn in a job. The rich pay very little on what they make at a job. Most of their earned income is from stocks, bonds, sales of real estate, inheritance, capital gains and so on which is taxed at 15% way below the 25% bracket most of us are in.

[Kalyke]

3. How to we condense that into a salient talking point?

Keep in mind, the average voter has a 2-second attention span.

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. For today's Murica, it's got to be even shorter -- bumpersticker-length.

Me, I got nothin'.:shrug: