CNN Says Obama's Cut Taxes 'Like Crazy,' Suggests Wealthy Should Pay More
CNN brandished liberal talking points on taxes during its morning and evening programming on Monday, in light of President Obama wishing to extend the Bush tax cuts to only those making less than $250,000 a year.
The President "has been cutting taxes like crazy," insisted anchor Christine Romans, and both she and host Piers Morgan questioned the economic benefits of the Bush tax cuts. Morgan suggested that the wealthy should indeed see their taxes go up. [Video below the break. Audio here.]
"[I]f a country's in real financial strife, as America is right now, what is wrong with those at the richer end of society paying a little bit more than those at the poorer end?" Morgan asked Republican guest Tim Pawlenty, in lock-step with the President's proposal. "Why is it unfair? That those who've got more help out a little bit more?"
Morgan shrugged off claims in favor of the Bush tax cuts for all. "And let's be honest, the Bush tax cuts demonstrably didn't do a lot of good for the American economy, did they?
Romans, for her part, asked the same question on Monday's Starting Point. "Let me interject, because we've had tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans for 10 years now. 10 years now and it hasn't created this boom of jobs that – we keep saying don't tax the rich, but respond to me on that," she challenged the vice chairman of the Joint Economic Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Tex.).
Morgan also hit many Republicans for being "intransigent" on tax cuts. He told GOP strategist Kellyanne Conway that "you're completely intransigent. If you're like one of the Grover Norquist signatories and you basically say never again in the history of the world are we going to raise taxes, how can that possibly be in a nation's interest?"
He continued: "What is actually wrong in principle with just saying, if we ever really need to, then we should be free to raise taxes? Isn't that what a sort of modern smart democracy does?"
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'Bout the only time I see Free in any sort of debate of late..
Submitted by upcountrywater on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 11:58am.
[...]then we should be free to raise taxes?
Screw liberty, it's about fairness, er fareness now.
Taxed Enough Already
Spent Enough Already
You Didn't Build That.
flat tax - problem solved
Submitted by TruthMonger on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 12:04pm.
flat tax - problem solved
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
Good grief. Are these people
Submitted by texastommy on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 12:08pm.
Good grief. Are these people stupid, or just so blinded by their own ideology that they can't see the obvious.
It's not the taxes, you idiots, it's the spending!!!! Why try to squeeze another $12 billion from taxes, when you just upped spending by almost a trillion?
Please, somebody help me understand these idiots in the media.
Piers Morgan is useless
Submitted by I hate marxists on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 12:20pm.
nothing more refreshing than comments made by a Brit about our country and politics and a talking teleprompter reader. Very academic
they just can't see the forest for the trees...
Submitted by Stan T on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 12:54pm.
I keep bringing this up, but the liberals just aren't able to comprehend...When the Bush Tax Cuts/Credits started, he had a republican congress...while they spent too much, it wasn't until the democrats took over congress in 2007, that the deficit exploded by over a $1 trillion a year...when the dems are spending $4 trillion a year, they want to tax the rich $85 billion over ten years...that's $8.5 billion a year. That's only 2/10 of 1% of the spending...let's see...$8.5 billion a year, and the national debt is $15 trillion....so if they increase taxes on the rich, they can pay off the national debt in 1764 years, but that's only if the dems stop spending $1.4 trillion more a year than they have....oh, excuse me, with the tax increase it's only $1.392 trillion.
Joseph Goebbels tactics....
Submitted by James3 on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 1:29pm.
Repeat a lie enough times and it becomes fact. That's what the MSM has become.
Then why propose an extension?
Submitted by Model850 on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 1:39pm.
"Let me interject, because we've had tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans for 10 years now."
If the cuts were for "the wealthiest" then why is Dumbo (it's the ears; I can't help it) proposing extending them?
Sorry. You can't have it both ways. Well if you're a lib maybe you believe you can.
Whose taxes has the Dear Ruler cut?
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 9:49pm.
Romans is either a reflexive liar or a complete idiot.
-Dave
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