Comments on: Graham: Americans Economic ‘Uneasiness’ Stems From ‘Concerns’ About When Bush’s Tax Cuts Will Expire

By: hgs3

hgs3 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:58:09 +0000

Also it is interesting to note that Lindsay Graham was elected right here in south carolina to fill the vacancy left by of all people … strom thermond … so we kind of tend to send them to washington for life…. please give us term limits PLEASE!!!!!

http://tenurecorrupts.com

By: hgs3

hgs3 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:54:38 +0000

I’m telling you .. we really need term limits …

http://tenurecorrupts.com

By: piltdown

piltdown — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:36:53 +0000

With the discussions of McCains economic plans, nobody is mentioning his “mortgage bailout” proposals. He’s against “bailouts”, but if you face foreclosure on your house, he’s proposing that these failing homeowners should be able to go to the post office, get a form for a guaranteed 30-year GOVERNMENT BACKED mortgage. Thereby putting the risk of lending to people who shouldn’t have gotten these mortgages with a BIG government bailout.

So he’s against bailouts. But yet he says the Bear/Stearns stuff wasn’t “going too far”, and that the government should bail out the people who are going to lose their homes due to foreclosure.

When this guy said he didn’t have any economic smarts, he wasn’t kidding, was he?

Maybe McPander was just having another “senior moment”

By: questioneverything

questioneverything — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:11:30 +0000

The headline on this story sent me home with a serious stomach ache. Seriously, I couldn’t believe this. Has there been some kind of bioattack on Washington that makes people like Graham delusional? Or are they trying so hard to hide their crimes against humanity, the constitution, and the American people that they will say anything?

Trolls here merely mean that Bush and KKKarl are on the job and $$$ is being paid for many, many people to fight the truth. The truth will come out. It already is. And there isn’t anything they can do about it.

By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins

Bilbo Hussein Baggins — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:37:29 +0000

specialist f Says:
And here comes reeses pieces to ruin yet another thread.

You could just ignore it. Since TP is no longer cleaning up this place, it has become extremely troll infested. I spent most of today at Huffington Post (I’m home sick) and Daily Kos because I can’t stand the stench of troll here. Just popped back to see if they were gone, but apparently not.

By: Alejandro

Alejandro — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:05:07 +0000

The entire thing was created by the Fed. Come on. Remember the Great Depression? Yeah, neither do I. Guess what. It was created by the Fed’s mismanagement of money. Greedy people will always screw things up if you give them power over the monetary market. Now, we want to give the Fed even MORE power? Come on people. Wake up.
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2008/tst041308.htm

The current market crisis began because of Federal Reserve monetary policy during the early 2000s in which the Fed lowered the interest rate to a below-market rate. The artificially low rates led to overinvestment in housing and other malinvestments. When the first indications of market trouble began back in August of 2007, instead of holding back and allowing bad decision-makers to suffer the consequences of their actions, the Federal Reserve took aggressive, inflationary action to ensure that large Wall Street firms would not lose money.

By: tombaker

tombaker — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:54:32 +0000

J.ingo
D.ittohead
C.oxucker

By: MCMetal

MCMetal — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:52:54 +0000

jdc Says:
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Indeed, Graham has a fairly solid history of making absurd claims, most recently saying that McCain has done “even more” than former Vice President Al Gore on global warming.

I can tell you 100% for sure Algore has contributed more to Global Warming than both McCain & Graham put together.

Check out the Warmth Monger’s mode of travel and home just for starters. Algore bets these 2 hands down.

April 15th, 2008 at 6:13 pm

Because McStupid’s multiple trips to Iraq to buy $5 rugs while being followed by tanks and friggin helicopters to protect his useless wrinkled old ass was accomplished by him swimming across the Atlantic , dipshit ?

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:36:28 +0000

Graham: Americans Economic ‘Uneasiness’ Stems From ‘Concerns’ About When Bush’s Tax Cuts Will Expire

Graham: Wealthy Americans Economic ‘Uneasiness’ Stems From ‘Concerns’ About When Bush’s Tax Cuts Will Expire, (and they will have to pay tax at a more fair ratio to their income).
Isn’t that what you mean, Lindsey?

By: TXProgressive

TXProgressive — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:04:22 +0000

The truly shameful part is that some folks are just dim-witted enough to believe the bull Graham is spoonfeeding them.

By: RobertSeattle

RobertSeattle — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:49:43 +0000

The Bush Presidency: So many things Squandered (Surplus, the world behind us after 911, etc)

By: fletc3her

fletc3her — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:45:48 +0000

I thought the tax cuts were our reward for the prosperity of the Clinton years? Remember the budget surpluses. The breathless debates about what we were going to do with all the money because it just wasn’t possible to retire the debt early? Anyone? Remember that?

By: JohnR

JohnR — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:34:14 +0000

I know this is going to sound cruel and elitist – however, when you represent a political constituency that demographically speaking is in the lowest IQ scale – what do you expect will represent them.
As Robo-Pope is in town, let’s keep God and Guns alive in the Carolina’s….
http://www.comedianforpresident.com/

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:26:44 +0000

Keltoi, thanks for the thoughtful reply. I would be in favor of completely removing the cap, on both sides amployer and employee. This would provide some disincentive for enormous management salaries.
A gradual increase in retirement age up to 70 is a good solution as well, but doesn’t address the inequity in taxes paid as a percentage of income…
BTW, I’m in the top fiver, us database gurus made da bucks.

By: Keltoi

Keltoi — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:15:34 +0000

Zed Lefflin Says:
Keltoi, thanks for ruining my day! I often wondered when “the rich” were going to get tired of carrying my ass and find ways to lessen their tax burden. I guess its time us poor folk started helping out a bit huh?

1. I will make no attempt to defend what I did not say but what you instead inferred from the IRS numbers I presented. My point was, “fair” is about the most subjective word in the world and those statistics at least call into question what is “fair”.

2. Your screen name kicks ass.

3. RUCerious, I don’t necessarily support the 96K cap. 96K ain’t what it used to be. I think a good first step would be to come up with a system to incrementally raise the retirement age for SS. We are richer than our grandparents and live much longer – why should we retire at the same time or even earlier? I plan on working into my 70s, not just for the money but to stay purposeful.

By: MCMetal

MCMetal — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:10:32 +0000

McShithead is on “Hardball” with Tweety Matthews right now , typically lying his stupid ass off ……….

By: zathrus

zathrus — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:07:27 +0000

Zimzone..

Not only did he sign the Declaration of Independence, but he voted against the Bill of Rights. At least that’s one position he hasn’t flip/flopped on.

By: MarkD

MarkD — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:06:07 +0000

How right you are, Sen. Graham!!

Making sure I still get that extra $7 a paycheck I got from Bush’s tax cuts is more important than, say, the $10,000 a year I pay in premiums and out of pocket maximums … or the utility bill that’s nearly doubled in the past six years … or the doubling (and nearly tripling) in gas prices since he took office … or the fact credit is harder to get than a Kansas City Royals playoff appearance … or the lack of raises for anyone in my company due to tight times (except the CEO, who got a 30% increase) ..

Yep. Losing that $14 a month is keeping me awake at night.

Can someone please tell me how the holy hell these people keep claiming they understand what the “average” American is going through? From where I’m sitting, they seem totally clueless.

By: MCMetal

MCMetal — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:02:31 +0000

Zimzone Says:
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Listening to Lindsay is taxing in itself. I guess living in a closet takes it’s toll on one’s access to information.

Did McCain really sign off on the Declaration of Independence?

April 15th, 2008 at 4:57 pm

He helped Moses carry the tablets down the mountainside , too………….

By: MCMetal

MCMetal — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:00:54 +0000

Reist Says:
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MCMetal Says:
April 15th, 2008 at 4:40 pm

And they call you…a liberal sucker?

Rich Republicans or not-so-rich Republicans, at least we can speak English.

April 15th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

Really ?

Since when have McStupid and Chimpy ever been threats to capture any type of oratorical contest , skid mark ?

Neither of them would even come close to winning the gold medal , even if the Special Olympics started holding essay contests…………..

BTW

I noticed you got mocked and internet b1tch-slapped in 2 or 3 other threads ; believe that you’re going to have better luck here , especially in trying to critique my grammar and sentence structure ?

LOL……….You don’t know very much , do ya’ ?

What a typical GOP/Chimpy nut hugging stooge you are…….