mark, Oh, as if the federal income tax is the ONLY tax that exists in this country.
On Oct 4, 1:21 pm, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh is warning Americans about the 30 > percent of the people in the country who pay no federal income taxes, > because they will forever be in favor of higher taxes on everyone > else. > > Limbaugh quoted extensively on his program today from an op-ed by Brad > O'Leary, author of "The Audacity of Deceit: Barack Obama's War on > American Values." > > "The Audacity of Deceit", released by WND Books, has hit the nation's > largest bookstores in a head-to-head clash with Obama's release of his > campaign book, "Change We Can Believe In." > > Eric M. Jackson, president of WND books, says it will "shed new light > on a public figure who's enjoyed a meteoric rise with little > scrutiny." > > "The greatest find, the greatest discovery in the political world is a > new voting bloc, and his book and his research here is targeted at > proving that Obama's big voting bloc is the 30 percent-plus of > Americans who pay no income taxes," Limbaugh said. "These people get > polled a lot, they are played to constantly, and they are all for ever > higher taxes on everybody else 'cause it means more for them, in their > own version of 'trickle down.'" > > Citing the article's title, "Forgotten Foot Soldiers In War On > Success," Limbaugh said, "That's exactly what the Democrats are > waging." > > Limbaugh quoted from O'Leary: "When writing my latest book, 'The > Audacity of Deceit: Barack Obama's War on American Values,' I > discovered a relatively unknown constituency: the 30 percent of > American voters who do not pay federal income taxes. These Americans > are exempt from paying income taxes either because their income level > is below the threshold that would require them to pay, or their total > deductions leave them with no income-tax liability." > > O'Leary continued, "So I set out to determine exactly who these people > are and what makes them tick. In conjunction with Zogby America, I > conducted a series of carefully orchestrated polls. > > First, I found that 60 percent of likely voters among non-taxpaying > Americans favor Obama for president, whereas only 31 percent favor > John McCain. In addition, a majority of the 30 percent of Americans > who don't pay federal income taxes agree with Obama's $65 billion plan > to institute taxpayer-funded, universal health coverage. On the other > side, a majority of the 70 percent of Americans who pay federal income > taxes (i.e., the folks who would have to foot the bill for this > boondoggle) are opposed to Obama's health care plan." > > O'Leary's work found that 70 percent of Americans shoulder the > majority of the federal budgetary burden for all Americans now, so > Obama's claim for a plan to cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans is a > logical impossibility. > > "Is he going to give more money to nontaxpayers?" O'Leary questioned. > "You can't give a tax cut to 95 percent of Americans if only 70 > percent of them pay federal income taxes in the first place. Then > again, math may not be Obama's strong suit." > > http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76971 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
