Read My Lips: "No New Taxes"


Blog For Free!


Archives
Home
2005 June
2005 May
2005 April
2005 March
2005 February
2005 January
2004 December
2004 November
2004 October
2004 September
2004 August
2004 July
2004 June
2004 May
2004 April
2004 March
2004 February

My Links
GiveUpAlready
Stepdad's Blog
Just My Opinion...But I'm Right
The Conservative Hitman
JB's Sanctuary
Vultures Sitting on the Internet
Thought's and Panderings
Lynnkramer's Blog
Red Tigress' Lair
Polymath of Korea
Sixth Sense of Humor
Anukis' Blog
Mmajamis' Blog
You Decide 08
A100wwe's Blog
Conservapundit

tBlog
My Profile
Send tMail
My tFriends
My Images


Sponsored
Blog


Cool tBLOG quotes:

"Soldiers dying in Iraq are dying to defend the US against terrorism as a victory in Iraq is a victory in the war on terror. They are dying to defend freedom and democracy in the US and to spread freedom and democracy to Iraq. They are dying for the interests of the US, her allies, and by extension, all Americans (whether they understand it or not). They are not dying for Haliburton, oil, or any other ridiculous shit / slant the anti-war types or conspiracy theorists want to spin. Haliburton is a company (among many others, both US and foreign) that seized a chance to profit in REBUILDING Iraq. There is a big difference between that and war-profiteering. Haliburton did not start the war, terrorists and those that support them did. Putting the chicken before the egg just won’t fly." -polymath

"[B]efore you [Europeans] write us off as just a bunch of sweaty, hairy-chested, Bible-thumping morons who are more likely to break their fast by dipping a Krispy Kreme into a diet cola than a biscotti into an espresso - and who inexplicably have won more Nobel prizes than all other countries combined, host 25 or 30 of the world's finest universities and five or six of the world's best symphonies, produce wines that win prizes at your own tasting competitions, have built the world's most vibrant economy, are the world's only military superpower and, so to speak in our spare time, have landed on the moon and sent our robots to Mars - may I suggest you stop frothing at the mouth long enough to consider just what are these ideas we hold that you find so silly and repugnant?"
- LynnKramer

"Democracy may have been invented in Greece, but cowardess was invented in France where it lives and thrives to this very day."
- RedTigress

"I'm referring to the Iraqi terrorist bastard fighters. The ones liberals insist are either not in Iraq, or are there by the thousands, depending on which liberal you listen to."
- noguru

"How is it that the Left can believe absolute crazy shit, like the Bush-Saudi Arabian money connection, or the even worse and totally false Bush-bin Laden connection (based on 100% lies) and look at you straight and say there was absolutely no way that Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda had ties?"
- reducto


Read My Lips: "No New Taxes"
02.20.05 (4:15 pm)   [edit]

Well I'm back from my trip across Virginia, and I didn't get my usual 10+ hours of talk radio, but I got enough to pick this up.


http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-s ocial18feb18" title="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-s ocial18feb18" target="_blank"http://www.latimes.com/news/p...,1,4242712.story?coll=la-headlines-p olitics&ctrack=1& cset=true



 WASHINGTON — President Bush's push to transform Social Security is in trouble, despite intense salesmanship designed to build support in Congress and with the public.

Democrats are united against the president on the issue. A new national poll shows the idea is losing ground with taxpayers. Many Republicans in Congress remain hesitant to promote letting workers under 55 privately invest a portion of their Social Security payroll taxes.




















  
 

  
 


And Thursday, Bush's political challenge became more daunting as one of his key constituencies — economic conservatives — fumed at his new willingness to consider a tax increase to pay for the changes.

The president has called for a broad overhaul of Social Security, contending it will be bankrupt by mid-century. But the private accounts at the center of the overhaul come with a high transition cost — estimated at $1 trillion or more.

During the transition, less money would be paid into the system even as it paid out at current benefit levels. Bush said earlier this week that he would not rule out paying those transition costs by raising the current wage cap of $90,000 that can be taxed for retirement.

On Thursday, a number of conservatives said that directly contradicts Bush's earlier promise that he would refuse to raise taxes.


So I leave for a few days and Bush goes and starts "Kerrying" it up.  I realize he's just putting it on the table, but that's bad enough.  Everything was looking up.  Conservatives were on top of the world, but Bush is thinking about sacrificing all that.  Of course our little democrat friends are on board, which is hardly ever a good sign, so to quote Family Guy: "Come on, come on." 


I'd complain more, but the Simpsons is on, the more political than ever Simpsons. 

 
Your Name:


Your Comment:


Want to contact me? Got hate/fan mail?

Listed on BlogShares