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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (174844)	10/28/2011 10:45:01 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 541355

Risky? Thursday, October 20, 2011 Public Supports Raising Taxes On The Rich The Republicans want to give the richest Americans even more tax cuts -- in spite of the fact that the rich are currently doing better than they have in decades, and control more of the nation's wealth and income than they have since 1928. It simply makes no sense to give the rich more tax cuts when they are the only people in America who haven't been hurt by the recession. But the Republicans are alone in this silly proposition. Poll after poll has shown that huge majorities of the rest of America would agree to an increase in taxes for the rich. The two charts above show the results of two new polls on this question -- and they back up what all the other polls have shown. The top chart shows the results of a CNN Poll done between October 14th and 16th. It shows that 63% of Americans would agree to a tax raise for everyone making over $250,000, and it shows that an even larger percentage, at least 76%, would like to see a surtax on everyone making over $1 million. Those are some pretty solid majorities. A National Journal Poll done between October 13th and 16th shows basically the same thing. That poll shows 68% of the population would agree with a 5% surtax on those making over a million dollars a year. And when they break it down demographically, we can see that all races and political divisions would be in favor of the tax with at least a 60% showing (except for Republicans, and 37% of them would agree with the tax hike). On this issue the people are agreeing with the progressive Democrats, while the Republicans (and blue dog Dems) are peeing into the wind and risking the ire of voters. The president needs to continue pushing this issue, along with the rest of his jobs plan (which the public also supports), and not let it die until the next election. Every time the Republicans kill it, the president needs to make it know as loudly as possible what they did -- and then change it slightly and re-introduce it. He needs to keep the pressure on until the public understands that the Republicans care only for the rich. It's time to play political hardball, and the jobs and taxing the rich issues are perfect for doing that. jobsanger.blogspot.com == 23 Polls Say People Support Higher Taxes to Reduce the Deficit10 Aug 2011 capitalgainsandgames.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (174844)	10/28/2011 11:37:36 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541355

Sarah Silverman was on Rachel Maddow's program. Rachel Madow asked her if Obama would win. She said she hoped so. Then Rachel said: "will you schlep for him"? and she said: "not unless he makes some changes. And that is the reality. I have asked many of my intelligent liberal dem friends about Obama and to a person they see what we see. Something was wrong with the equation with how he governed as opposed to how he campaigned. It is easy to see what clowns the Republcians are. Dangerous clowns but still real easy to see for most. Like addding 2 an 2. But what we have seen on SI over the last year has been an eye opener. I keep asking myself, why do these dems refuse to see what is right in front of their face and get so mad when people point it out? I can excuse someone for not being able to see something. Nothing they can do about that. But to not be able to face reality or llisten to it when it is clearly presented is depressing. I am in the midle of my new book on Einstein watching how he worked for so many years to figure out his relativity equation. He would work so hard trying to find an equation that could predict gravity in spacetime. He would tinker here and tinker there and talk constantly with other scientists who all had a part of the answer. And then how he was so alone opposing Germany in both wars. I then think how you and I and a few others worked so hard to figure out Obama. Anyone can see the crazy right wing. That is easy. But Obama was tough to figure out. So many saw our attempts to understand him as simple bashing. It was never that. It was trying to figure out a very complicated personality with a few others who also saw the accepted equation like Newtosn was not quite right and had parts of the equation that was right. Bill Maher saw it and so did Matt Damon and all the black pundits, but still people refused to learn? But all of history has been hard on the people committed to figuring out the truth of things.