Our own wholesale business has been in the toilet for a year now, many people are losing their jobs, and housing prices have plummeted - exactly how much more do these smugly superior high paid jounalists expect those of us in the middle class to "suffer and sacrifice"? I wonder how they would respond if someone suggested that it was okay for the poor to have "suffered and sacrificed"?

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

....write the first check.

The phrase I've been using, "The nerve endings of the country are exposed."

That's a co-incidence:

The phrase I've been using,

"The nerve of these multi-millionaire liberal celebutards with tax shelters and trusts to hide their true income, who keep telling me I have to sacrifice by PAYING MORE FRACKIN' TAX."

"The nature of an ideology is not determined by majority vote—but by logic... The logic of environmentalism leads to a society without technology... even if various environmentalists would deny this." Ayn Rand, 1971

why don't they inflict it on themselves?  Any of them can easily make voluntary contributions to the IRS in excess to their legal obligations.  Send that nice big check to Uncle Sam and feel righteous.

"EMANUEL: Look, first of all, let's be clear that the middle class didn't really participate in the tax cuts that you talked about in the last eight years;"

This lie is becoming tiresome.

These people are all economic illiterates.Further tax cuts would be a huge boost to the economy, if made in the right places.

We Americans already have a $225,000 tax bill hanging around our necks. If Obama's hideous bailout plan goes through, that number is going far higher. Hell of a sorry legacy to leave future generations of Americans.

The government caused this current economy, not the middle class. If anyone should be forced to sacrifice it should be the government.

"In the roundtable, Tom Brokaw suggested the time for debate and dissent is over:"

Sorry, you brainless elitist, the debate and dissent hasn't even gotten warmed up yet.

-Dave

“Them that’s going get on the wagon. Them that ain’t get out of the way.” -While there is still time.

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"Look, first of all, let's be clear that the middle class didn't really
participate in the tax cuts that you talked about in the last eight
years; that they have worked harder, earned less and are paying more.
And the middle class have the fundamental different approach."

Look, Rahm, the only reason I didn't participate in the "middle class" tax cut is because local Democrats and RINOs grabbed every danged cent of my tax cut by increasing property, occupational, sewer, school, gasoline, recycling, and income taxes. They completely nullified any benefit I received from any kind of federal tax cut.

Liberals are idiots. The only bigger idiots are the people who work in the media. I'm sorry, but the kind of talk that is bantered about Washington and on t.v. is downright un-American.

Any further increase of my taxes will spell trouble for my family. I pay thousands and thousands of dollars in taxes every year.

Just cut spending you bunch of danged fools.

I also have a phrase that I've been using lately: accelerating ignorance. Ignorance accelerates to escape velocity when liberals talk among themselves without any conservatives around.

Politicians (to be fair, from both sides) have committed vast sums of money, and now we discover that the money is largely untracked and utterly wasted. The people didn't want to commit that money in the first place, because it's stupid to give more money to people who blew it in the first place. Now, when that bill comes due, the politicians hand the bill to the public and indignantly claim that we need to prove our patriotism by paying taxes?

How much tax money do they think we can "contribute" to cover their promises? We're talking trillions of dollars to fund their promises. If they think that we need to balance their budget (which is what taxes do) at the expense of any productivity of our own, they've already achieved the escape velocity of ignorance.

Let's remember that principle: you don't give more money to those who blow it in the first place. Jesus even told parables about it. But now, the politicians want us to give them more money? I'm sorry - they're asking us to do exactly what Jesus told us not to do.

There's got to be a way to bring power back to the people. If we could get some type of coalition started to protest the government using financial means, maybe they will begin to listen. For example:

1. What would happen if 200,000 people boycotted paying their taxes? They couldn't possibly jail everyone.
2. Can average citizens create legislative bills with enough petitions? If so, why not pass a bill that lowers the senate salaries to $50,000 per year? Maybe then the career candidates who are in it for a buck will leave and/or they'll get the point.
3. People who are members of the coalition system will barter goods/services amongst each other in order to bypass having to pay taxes.
4. Maybe we start boycotting those businesses that donate vast amounts of money to government candidates.

There's a lot we could do. All I have to say is, I wonder what people will say if Obama renigs on his promise to cut taxes for the middle class?

I think it's ironic that they want a sacrifice from the American taxpayer, but I bet when they go to their accountant, they look under every rock, stone and pebble for a deduction.

I wonder how much they would scream if Congress would propose they cap the MSM pay at a certain level.

If they went from the withholding method to writing a monthly check  for their taxes, the MSM would finally do their jobs and be screaming about all the wasteful spending Congress does.

Try cutting spending for a change on Capitol Hill.  

Tom

The big 3 and oil companys and Wal Mart should all take their buisness offshore and show the Damocrats whoes boss. 

 Ever notice how many of these Dam-O-Crats become million aires overnight and tell us we need to  scrafice???? As soon as they get close to a Dam O Crat president they are instant millionairs along with the Pres. 

You can have my $500 if that even happens--apparently you aren't used to living on peanut butter and ramen. I think $500 is meaningless, too, actually--I say we sit down with China, get a chunk, and give every family $50K or $100K--something tasty. Message: We blew it and don't know how to fix it but you people seem to be stumbling along okay--see how you do.

Ok I give, you go first in sacrificing for the good of all........What you're not willing to give up your millions? Well I thought so.

What the hell does Blowchow call having 1/3 of my income confiscated by the feds?? That's not sacrifice enough for that elitist pig?