tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355458.post5015016197318650770..comments2023-11-03T04:34:44.489-04:00Comments on Drinking Liberally in New Milford: The Real Reason For McCain's Friday Night Phil Gramm DumpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355458.post-18333771611535956262008-07-20T20:41:00.000-04:002008-07-20T20:41:00.000-04:00Scott, supposedly the leaker gave local government...Scott, supposedly the leaker gave local governments only lists of names that were of personal interest to their local authorities. There are reportedly 3 CDs with the 19,000 Americans and their billions of tax dodging dollars handed over to US authorities.<BR/><BR/>Isaac, you raise an interesting point, though it is off topic. I know that my kids (and their kids, etc.) will be paying for the bush follies for generations to come. <BR/><BR/>I see nothing but death and taxes on into infinity under continued GOP rule. If we end the insanity now we can only hope a few generations off will have finished paying for these "conservative" mistakes.Connecticut Man1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08923884330387123010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355458.post-54131595261662913012008-07-20T20:25:00.000-04:002008-07-20T20:25:00.000-04:00From the february edition of the New Republic: R...From the february edition of the New Republic:<BR/> <BR/>Rich Avoid Taxes, So Let's Give Them Tax Cuts <BR/><BR/>When Chris Wallace sits down for a not-quite-Valentine's Day love fest with President Bush, you can be sure there will be some fun moments. This one caught my eye:<BR/><BR/>WALLACE: "How does [McCain] overcome all of that and..."<BR/><BR/>BUSH: "Because there's two big issues. One is, who's going to keep your taxes low? Most Americans feel overtaxed and I promise you the Democrat party is going to field a candidate who says I'm going to raise your tax.<BR/><BR/>If they're going to say, oh, we're only going to tax the rich people, but most people in America understand that the rich people hire good accountants and figure out how not to necessarily pay all the taxes and the middle class gets stuck.<BR/><BR/>We've had -- we've been through this drill before. We're only going to tax the rich and all you have to do is look at the history of that kind of language and see who gets stuck with the bill".<BR/><BR/><BR/>What a truly remarkable answer. The Democrats want to raise rates on the wealthiest Americans, but Bush is saying that in fact this will screw the middle class because the rich have ways to avoid paying taxes. The obvious question is, then, why has Bush spent so much time giving tax cuts to the rich?!?!<BR/><BR/>--Isaac ChotinerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355458.post-33898768757941227392008-07-20T19:12:00.000-04:002008-07-20T19:12:00.000-04:00According to an AP report, a newspaper in Italy pu...According to an AP report, a newspaper in Italy published the list of tax cheats, but I don't know if that was just the Italians or all of them. I couldn't find it online after a brief search, but perhaps someone can track it down.Scott Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03393071448515738228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355458.post-52439053276992441072008-07-20T17:11:00.000-04:002008-07-20T17:11:00.000-04:00Howdy, too! New Milford, Connecticut?With Gramm's ...Howdy, too! New Milford, Connecticut?<BR/><BR/>With Gramm's involvement in so many failures on the economic front (UBS, Mortgages, Enron, etc) It is hard for him to leave the McCain campaign after McCain calls him his guru.<BR/><BR/>Judging by what the Capetbagger report said, we should continue to operate under the assumption that Gramm has only symbolically stepped aside and keep slamming McCain for his special BFF. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments.Connecticut Man1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08923884330387123010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355458.post-28977908214223420372008-07-20T16:29:00.000-04:002008-07-20T16:29:00.000-04:00my memory of what bush said is that rich people ha...my memory of what bush said is that rich people have accountants.<BR/><BR/>what i want to see made public is the list of 19,000 people who were hiding income.<BR/><BR/>perhaps the bigger issue than gramm being employed by USB is his name and the names of republican "leadership" and corporate bigwigs turning up on that list. "getting rid of gramm" at least takes the name USB out of the spotlight, reducing somewhat the chance that someone will start naming names.<BR/><BR/>my aunt and uncle used to live on taylor terrace there in good old new milford ('60s-'80s). howdy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12355458.post-82790891446413631452008-07-20T15:02:00.000-04:002008-07-20T15:02:00.000-04:00I seem to recall Bush having fairly recently made ...I seem to recall Bush having fairly recently made a typically snide comment about the futility of substantive tax reform; that the super rich will invariably seek out and find tax shelters to avoid pulling their weight. If this scandal explodes prior to November, I'm confident Obama will see fit to incorporate that quote in his stump speech.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com