Kyl: McCain’s ‘Tax Program Goes Far Beyond’ President Bush’s
On Fox News Sunday today, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), an ardent supporter of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), defended McCain’s tax policies, saying that they aren’t just like President Bush’s because they go “far beyond” what Bush has proposed. “I can very enthusiastically support it,” said Kyl. Kyl said:
[McCain’s] made it very clear now. In fact, I think his tax program goes far beyond what President Bush has proposed and I can very enthusiastically support it.
Watch it:
If he’s talking about increasing the deficit, then Kyl is certainly right that McCain’s tax plans do go “far beyond” Bush’s.
In fact, a recent analysis by the Center for American Progress Action Fund found that McCain “would recklessly exacerbate the fiscal irresponsibility of the Bush Administration” by creating the largest deficit in 25 years and the highest amount of debt since World War II.
Apparently, Kyl is trying to argue that McCain isn’t a a third term of Bush economics because his tax policies are Bush’s on steroids.
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It’s apparent from this graph which party is more fiscally responsible. Vote for McBush, my friends, and we’ll fall even lower on the chart.
May 18th, 2008 at 2:47 pmYes, the rubes will be sold that in this time of rising gas and food prices and with wages stagnant of falling that they will receive a tremendous tax break by voting for McCain. They will see GPD and productivity increase because of fat corporate tax breaks that will be used to ship what few remaining manufacturing jobs overseas. The rubes will find the jobs in service industries with low pay, no benefits but the chance to serve the gentry and every once in a while eat the scraps falling from their master’s table (better known as trickle down economics.)
Yes, the rubes will find that unemployment, welfare, assistance to subsidize health insurance will all be cut to the bone because the wealthy and the corporation will pay little tax. However, the rubes will enjoy trying to negotiate on their own against the large health care insurance companies or forced into high risk pools with incredibly poor coverage and extremely high costs.
Yes, life will be wonderful because the Republican elites have been planning for this for a long time. They want to return
May 18th, 2008 at 2:48 pmAmerica to the days of the Robber Barons where the rich are respected and the low life know their place.
If he’s talking about increasing the deficit, then Kyl is certainly right that McCain’s tax plans do go “far beyond” Bush’s.
Funny, that was more or less what went through my mind when I read the header to the thread.
Maybe Kyl is referring to George W Bush’s tax cuts… McCain is planning on giving even larger tax cuts for big donors to the Republican cause, perhaps?
May 18th, 2008 at 2:54 pmIf Kyl enthusiastically supports something, you can be certain it’s a really bad idea. Why is it that meatheads like this never get asked the obvious question: “If tax cuts for the wealthy are so damn good, why is the economy in the toilet? Why is the dollar so weak?” Maybe tax cuts are a great idea, provided they’re not instituted at the same time as a ruinous military excursion overseas, I dunno. I’d be more inclined to try that than four more years of tax cuts, deregulation and war war war. That one has pretty much played out for anyone who isn’t rich or doesn’t have his head deeply implanted up his own butt.
May 18th, 2008 at 2:59 pmThe fascists of the Grand Ole Party don’t get the fact that the Reaganomics have failed three times now. Move over you nitwits, you had your chance to do something and you failed miserably. Go take a class in economics or something. You hate government therefore should never be allowed in responsible position within government. All you guys do is shift the burden of paying for your useless, unlawful wars, from you, the upper income to us, the middle and lower class. You are thugs!
May 18th, 2008 at 2:59 pmKyl: McCain’s ‘Tax Program Goes Far Beyond’ President Bush’s
Yeah , there’s a single word that best describes it .
Insanity.
May 18th, 2008 at 3:15 pmI don’t know about anyone else, but my tax rate went from 11% in 2000 to 17.5% for 2007.
I can’t afford more of the McSame under another repug presidency.
May 18th, 2008 at 3:22 pmTax cuts have not helped the economy and have not reduced government spending. Worse it has resulted in higher deficits because of interest on loans.
May 18th, 2008 at 3:29 pmLets also not forget that when the dollar, which has devalued some 40%, creates a hidden tax because of the rise in prices.
May 18th, 2008 at 3:30 pmCall it what all Republican wont call it…tax on amierica
May 18th, 2008 at 4:04 pmKyl, “Bush made it shitty and McCain will make it shittier.”
May 18th, 2008 at 4:16 pmMcPain, Kyl, and Huckleberry all the way. A sample of things not to come.
NEWS FLASH
18 May 2008
Phoenix, AZ (AP)
Senator John Kyl (R) and Congressman Trent Franks (R) announced today that they will introduce a joint resolution in their respective bodies early next week. The resolution, based on a young San Francisco entrepreneur’s invention that utilizes used cooking oil to power his fleet of vehicles and an adaptation of a Twilight Zone episode titled “To Serve Man,” promises a series of recipes that will counter the high prices for food and fuel while eliminating the illegal immigration problem. The solution is really simple in that the resolution calls only for the mandatory eating of Mexican Food at least five times a week. The excess cooking grease will be used to power our vehicles and, as in the referenced Twilight Zone episode the illegal immigrants will be encouraged to come to this Country. The recipes offer variations of the most common Mexican dishes such as Tijuana Tacos, Ensenada Enchiladas, Tampico Tamales, and Baja Burritos. These delicious dishes are to be accompanied by Hispanic Rice and Refried Beaners.
The two pols indicated that as soon as they can get the necessary permits from the Atomic Energy Commission to deposit the excess male bovine excrement at the Yucca Mountain Repository in Nevada they will expand their menu to include Tex-Mex food.
May 18th, 2008 at 4:33 pmLet’s have a laugh..Let’s let Kyl pay, personally, for the road/bridge repair, health systems, education reform. etc. that this country is so far behind with…Say $5 TRILLION dollars… Ah, can’t pay?? - Off to JAIL for you assclown..
Just for my own edification, is that Cornyn that you can’t make out in the picture with his hands in Kyl’s shorts?? I thought so..
May 18th, 2008 at 4:40 pmThis might be an explanation of why Mexicans flee to America.
May 18th, 2008 at 5:17 pmJeannie See Says(14)
This may be a little crusty even for me but maybe instead of Iran McPain could bomb Mexico City and Kyl could hold a big back-yard bar-b-que.
May 18th, 2008 at 5:47 pmKyl needs legal help. Hopes a pardon is in his future instead of prison. Nice try from another criminal. Check what he has done to help his friends, and his wallet.
May 18th, 2008 at 9:04 pmCan someone explain to me why the gray (history) line in the graph goes up beginning in 2008 and reaches a balanced budget in about 2012? Can someone please explain this to me? Is there some crystal ball page I failed to read?
May 19th, 2008 at 1:21 amAs the country approaches Ten Trillion Dollars in debt, it is no longer feasible to buy votes with phony tax cut promises. They never cut anybody’s taxes that I know, but they changed the fed withholding tables to make it SEEM like the taxes were lower. That is part of why we are getting this “rebate”, an advance on next year’s tax refund, which is just a way to “steal” money from a likely Democratic controlled administration.
May 19th, 2008 at 5:32 amSo, the waaahhhpublicans are still promoting their credit card economy policies? For the past seven years, we have been borrowing from Peter to pay Paul and we all know where that has gotten us, smack in the middle of a recession. Perhaps grampy McLame has a vision with his plan, to bring us back to the cherished times of his youth…the Great Depression of the 1930’s.
May 19th, 2008 at 6:04 amThe post and the link provided don’t explain the deficit graph very well. I’d think if the y-axis was deficit, up would mean increased deficit. Clearly from the article at the link, it’s the opposite. Maybe it’s related to the difference between debt and revenue. Can anyone with more experience in this area help explain it?
The link has graphs for projected debt and revenue. You should take a look. The debt graph is really scary. And it looks like the projected values are based on an assumption that revenue will not go down which means if it does, we’re really in trouble.
May 19th, 2008 at 12:11 pmSt. John’s McWife needs a new yacht.
May 19th, 2008 at 3:05 pm