Don't Republicans want to have their cake and eat it too??

Question

They don't want to pay taxes, but they say they want a strong military, safe roads and BRIDGES, crime control, and homeland security. Those things cost money. I guess they think the solution is to "borrow and spend"

And if you blame the poor, why don't you just kill them, pro-life hypocrites!

WOW Mr. Mc Crevice! Let's cut ALL taxes, then we could pay for Iraq. If revenues are so UP, why is the debt growing a billion a day?

Answer 1

Reading some of the posts I LOL at some of the responses. We want the money spent right. Fine, I have no problem with that but please define the right reasons for spending.

Another says they pay more than their share of tax. What is their fair share? Everyone thinks their tax burden is too high. It is human nature.

The comment about spending money to resurface a bridge rather than look at fixing it. Perhaps the cost of repaving is all they could afford. Taxes probably were cut to such a degree that they couldn't afford to pay for the complete retrofeit of the bridge.

With the GOP borrow and spend policies one must ask when do we pay back what we borrow? Who is going to pay it back.? While the Democrats may tax and spend it is a pay as you go thing. Those using the goods and services pay not their great grandchildren.

Both sides are wasteful. A prime example is the bridge to nowhere in Alaska. That was a GOpiggie if there ever was one. The Dems have their spending too.

I also laughed at the claim that the Republicans are for smaller government. If that is so, why is it that most of the time when the government grows it is during a time when Republicans are in the majority or in the White House or both? Bill Clinton's governmnet was smaller than Dubya's.

When you speak of eating cake it seems, often that the attitude of some in the GOP toward the poor is as Marie Anoinette said "let them eat cake". So the rich have the cake while the poor must eat it to survive.

Answer 2

Gosh, I LOVE this question!

Remember how Reagan was able to do that? He simply cut down state aid payments drastically. That enabled him to do all of the above but cost the states big time! In the same ilk, he changed the name of some taxes to "user fees". Ergo, we had lower "taxes".
And you are precisely correct on"borrow and spend Republicans". I'd rather go with the "tax and spend" Democratic programs. At least you have a more truthful method with the Dems.
Now with "W" (At least Reagan had some conscience), if you aren't with him, you're "a'gin" him. Ramrodded the "Patriot Act" literally overnight. The legislators got their 800 odd page bill the night before the vote....only Feingold from Wis voted against it because there was no way he was voting on something he had no chance to read. Kudos to him....since no way anyone could have read it in that time.
Let's see, oh yeah, the war. A bunch of Saudis destroy WTC, part of the pentagon and destroy a 4th plane in PA. What to do? I know! Invade Iraq! Boggles the mind doesn't it? And sadly, most of us were in favor of it.
He took the budget from a surplus to (as of this morning) almost 9 trillion national debt.
Well, I could rant and rave a little more but don't want to be a bore. By the way, I'm not a bleeding heart liberal. I lean a little left, but not much. If the Dems had done the same thing, I'd be ranting too. Thanks

Answer 3

Republicans want to eat their cake and have everyone else's.

The top ten percent get 90% of the income and pay 36% of the taxes, by their own estimates.

That means that the bottom 90% pay 64% of the taxes on 10% of the Gross National Income. A tax rate roughly 54 times what the Rich pay as a percentage of income.

A lot of those Social Services that Republicans claim go to freeloaders go to working poor and military families, so they are actually subsidies to companies who underpay their workers. Adding insult to injury is the fact that people with incomes under $15,000 pay about 40% of their income in State, Federal and Local Taxes. I think Service Families shouldn't be paying any taxes at all.

"Borrow and Spend" is just an extension of the Republican philsophy that someone else should pay for everything. In fact you have to wonder if the pro-coathanger movement is really about making sure that the unborn are around to pay the bill they are going to get stuck with.

But, at least Republicans have a plan for dealing with our crumbling infrastructure--the Bush tax breaks for buying 4 wheel drive SUV's.

Answer 4

I really hate when everyone tries to put biased questions on here. I am an independent because I can't stand this political bickering.

The answer is simple yes they want all this stuff, but the Democrats want it to. If you have not been watching the news, the Deomocrats are the ones who want to raise the taxes. Unfortunately, you have to have some taxes to get this stuff. I live in Connecticut which is a Democractic state. It seems like every time we turn around the taxes are increased. Mostly on gasoline. The few Republicans in this state cannot put up their word because the Democrats will always shoot it down because a Republican said it.

Clinton if you recall did not object to tax hikes.

George H. W. Bush had once said this...

"And I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third resort. But when a politician talks like that, you know that's one resort he'll be checking into. My opponent, my opponent won't rule out raising taxes. But I will. And the Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no. And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say, to them, ‘Read my lips: no new taxes."

He said that he will not place more taxes then there is already available.

Another problem is that if you place a tax cut on something, someone is going to become angry. It is a win or lose situation. you are right in the fact you have to borrow in order to spend and that is life. There are times that a politician will go back on his word because there might be any other solution. Then sometimes it is not is fault for the increased in taxes. Congress and the state governments also have a say in this process. Therefore to not get angry at him because he is trying to help this country while everyone else is trying to break it apart.

All in all, speaking from a politicians stand point, no matter what you do there is always going to be someone angry at you.

Answer 5

Whoa - calm down! Here we go with the categorizing again Republicans - are you referring to all Republicans - or just a few in your circle of friends who are against what you feel is right?

First of all - I pay taxes, I pay a lot in taxes and yes I am Republican, I don't really think about it, it is just a way of life, you know, like breathing, you just have to do some things.

I love how all of a sudden the latest tragedy, the collapse of the bridge, is now the big topic in so many questions, all against the Republicans, or Bush or both. When will you people get a life, and worry about real issues, and not what you make up and stop sitting there pointing fingers?

You don't want to get me started on Democrats, but then I guess the best thing that could happen to the whole lot of you, (Democrats) is for Hillary to be President! Ha!

Answer 6

I'm not a Republican, but I want each of the things you mentioned.

It is the government's responsibility to provide a strong defense, infrastructure, and law enforcement.

However, those things account for right around half of the federal budget.

So where does all of the other money go? To finance the unfunded entitlement and liabilities that Democrats have promised over the years. I wonder if they will admit their role in bankrupting this country when the baby boomers retire en masse and the payment structure collapses. Probably not.

So by my estimate, we should be able to cut taxes, and still provide all of the services you mentioned. But the government is too concerned with buying votes by making promises and paying for them with other people's money.

Answer 7

nice question, tom. the piggies are squealing, so you must have hit a nerve.

to the poster who commented about the bridge disaster-bush wasted no time getting there for his kodak moment, did he? i haven't forgotten about katrina.

i notice that a lot of cons/republicans talk about freeloaders. the rant is so old and lame. your party wants less restrictions and rules so that they can make more money and pay out less. if it wasn't for the dems minimum wage would still be $3.25. then you would talk about all the great jobs that bush had created.

the war that we need is on poverty and undereducation and homelessness. this country was founded on humanity, you guys talk about values, but the only value that you care about is your stock portfolio. christian values are caring for your fellow man. not the bogus tripe that bush talks about.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Actually, I've long said the same thing but differently:

Ronald Reagan taught Americans to believe that there IS such a thing as a free lunch.

Answer 10

I have such a really, really hard time trying to fathom how some people turn a blind eye to all the mountains of tax dollars spent on the newest military toys, the endless military research for killing people, but scream at the top of their lungs at the drop in the bucket this country spends on its poor, homeless, infirm, elderly.

It just doesn't make sense to me.