Rave if you believe Obama wants America to go over the fiscal cliff and taxes to be raised on everyone

Ciggarette tax, gas tax, obamacare, yep, he doesnt much care for us keepin more of our money

It's funny that you even say this, since it was your party that held the economy hostage in 2010 and 2011...

Held the economy hostage...duct tape?

Good one!!!

Please people wake up and smell the coffee, Team Obama did not take a vow not to work with republicans, but the republicans have taken a vow to block anything that Team Obama is supporting and what the republicans are during is stopping progress and that unAmerican in my book.

both. Obamas agenda for America is to be part of the one world government. We will be poor and we will be watched by big brother. We will also pay 50% in taxes.

Already do

what state do you live in?

It’s just what Oman wants destroy the middle class and the country is domed as well, and then a one world currency.

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Maobama...i likey!

Obama is doing everything in his power to ruin this nation. Making it impossible for businesses to thrive & for people to work & thrive, all while making life blissful for those who choose to sit around all day and do nothing.

Not only does he want you to be down, he wants to kick you when you're down by imposing an ( impossible for most people to afford ) mandatory health plan. Does this sound like a fiscally intelligent man to you ? Obama has no clue about what makes this country tick, but boy he has no problem buying his group of welfare followers. I hate to see what America will be like after this crowd gets done moving 'Forward' ... right over the cliff.

Hard times ahead,sadly to say.

He is an idiot!

Yes,sweet and simple.

He doesn't care one way or another. He gets his way or he lets us suffer. All the same to him since he hates this country unless it is funding his desires.

We need a new plan. My family can barely afford food anymore. Thanks, Obama.

If the rich already pay 80% of the revenue the government takes in and we have about 1.9 trillion to 2 trillion a year in revenue and entitlements alone are about 2 trillion headed for 3.9 trillion when Obamacare kicks in then all the rich pay now is for welfare programs thus we have a nation sinking in debt because the running of our nation cost 2.5+ trillion a year not including entitlements. So by adding more cost by adding more agencies, employees and entitlements to our failing government you will find it wont be fixed by taxing every single person in the USA by 80% of their income. Jobs are leaving our nation faster than water draining from a bucket with no bottom. Less jobs less revenue. Go figure. Entitlements anyone?

Entitlements are just things we paid for all our lives. I've been paying for medicare since 1966. Social Security since 1965. Don't call it an entitlement. Those things are insurance I paid for and expect to get. Anything else would be fraud.

I am talking about welfare, food stamps, section 8, medicaid, and energy assistance. Combine them all and it is almost 2 trillion a year now.

i like that plan and the free ride for the uber wealthy must end

That the plan.

Like Bill Maher said, Republicans have been treating President Obama like an angry black man with a liberal agenda. That is exactly what President Obama should do by becoming an angry black man with a liberal agenda.

Couldn't agree more. Problem with Obama is no backbone and a tendancy to be a blue dog.

Republicans don't seem to get it. As long as they play hard ball like they have been doing for the last four years, the fiscal cliff will happen - and then they will have a dilemma, to go on record opposing a tax cut for the middle class and the poor after January 1 when legislation is proposed, or voting for it.

With reelection, President Obama is holding most of the cards in this game. If the American people wanted taxes cut for the rich, Romney would have been elected.

But they want tax cuts for everyone. When the govt is giving away billions in foriegn aid, is it fair to ask for more money

Foreign aid has been a part of this countries way of doing business for many years. Look at the Marshall Plan in 1948. This country gave $13 billion to Europe after the war to rebuild their economies. While $13 billion may not sound like too much, our GDP for 1948 was $258 billion, so we gave Europe 5% of our GDP. If we gave away 5% of our GDP today, that would be $760 billion. In 2010, the US spent $57 billion in foreign aid.

The primary reason why our national debt is so high today is because of the tax cuts passed by Reagan and GW Bush. When Reagan took office, our national debt was only $930 billion. By the time GW Bush took office, our national debt was at $5.7 trillion, and by the time Obama took office that debt had grown to $10.6 trillion. When Reagan took office, the top tax bracket in this country was at 60%, and he lowered it to 28% in seven years. Clinton raised the top tax bracket to 40%, and the national debt only grew by $1.6 trillion in his eight years, and our debt was actually decreasing in parts of 1999 and 2000 because we had a budget surplus for those two years. From 9-30-1999 to 9-30-2000 our national debt only increased by $18 billion, and if Bush didn't cut taxes, our debt would have grown by about 33% in eight years, or by $1.8 trillion, so that when Obama took office our national debt would have been around $7.5 trillion.

I dont care about the percentage we give away, i only care that we do. If I give my money away do i have a right to take yours to make it up? No. The tax hike Obama wants will bring in 80-90billion, we gave away 57 by your own admission. You dont see a problem with that?

It's amazing to me how so many people will ignore the US Constitution. I suggest that you read the XVI amendment to that document. Here, I'll quote it for you.
"The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without appointment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration."

Government representatives are ELECTED in our country, and it's up to them how our tax dollars are spent. Geopolitical considerations requires foreign aid.

Hey, im outta money because I gave it all away, i need yours so i can get some beer. Id like 20's please

Your argument makes no sense. If you are arguing that this country should not be giving foreign aid, then I suggest you take it up with your representative.

I'll repeat myself one time only. Our ELECTED representatives determine how our tax dollars are spent, and the rate that those taxes are.

Just think if you were a millionaire in the fifties. The top federal income tax bracket from 1951 through 1964 was at 91%. That means you would get to keep $9 out of every $100 you made, and you're complaining about the tax rates or how they're spent today?

If my first dad raped me in the butt and my second dad only punched me in the gut my second dad would only be ok by comparison. In actuality they both suck. I email Mr Blunt about foriegn aid but its not like he cares. If I was a millionaire in the fifties i wouldnt have lived here. Id have moved to Egypt, started a sharia shadow govt, launched a coup and then told the US I need more money to maintain peace

In 97 the capital gains tax was also dropped from 28 to 20%. This helped lead to some of that prosperity, along with massive reductions in military spending

You are citing a Republican myth - that trickle down economic principles work. It does not, and that was proven time and time again. The economic prosperity in the late 90's was due to the passage of PAYGO in 1991, that prevented Congress from spending more monies than revenues were taking in, which resulted in budget surpluses for two years in a row in 1999 and 2000.

Dont forget the .com bubble

The dot com bubble refers to the value of internet stocks, not the number of people employed. During the Clinton administration, there were 22.5 million new jobs created, and the internet companies made up no more than 6% of those new jobs, or about 1.35 million jobs, while about $5 trillion of market value was lost with the dot.com bubble bursting.

It helped revenues during Clintons golden yrs

A little, but it was the tax increase in '93 that had the most effect.
In 2000, revenues as a percent of GDP was at 36.93%, but after Bush tax cuts in 2003 they fell to 31.03%, at least 2% lower than at any year during Clinton.
http://www.usgovernmentrevenu...

Spending in the Bush yrs also went through the roof. Two wars didnt help any there. Spend, spend, spend, the DC plan.

We agree on that. From 2000 to 2008, federal spending rose from $1.9 trillion a year to $3.2 trillion a year, or an increase of 69%.
http://articles.businessinsid...

What this country needs is to get revenues back to 2000 levels at 36% to 37%. In 2010 we were at 32.47%. Plus, spending has to decrease on everything, from the defense budget to Medicare. Tax increases and spending cuts are the only way to address the deficit.