Dem irrational behavior on health care continues — Senator Reid wants to decrease Medicare by half a trillion, and increase the Medicare payroll tax.
From today’s New York Times: “Reid Mulls Medicare Tax Increase.”
Uh, huh. (Dem Lemmings Unite!)
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Herman Cain at CPAC 2012: pledges to use his new web site to encourage conservatives to become PCs!
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With Heartfelt Gratitude...Thank You, Daniel Hannan
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A Slip of the Lip from Mitt?
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My First Night at MN GOP Caucuses
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Whitney Houston Dead at 48; Connie Smith still Alive and Kicking at 71
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"Let's Move!" I Fully Support Michelle Obama on this one--- So, Accordingly, I've Lined Up a Mayflower Van for Her and Her Husband...
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Neil Stevens: It's not often I say KBH, McCain, and Murkowski are right. On opposing the cyberseucurity bill, they absolutely are. #rsrh
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Moe Lane: MoeLane: #rsrh So, about this Santorum abortion thing. http://t.co/rokwHbYx
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Steve Maley: Alternative Energy: No Free Lunch. #rsrh http://t.co/LF4ItCnN
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Daniel Horowitz: The President’s budget will increase debt from $15.35 trillion to $25.90 trillion in FY 2022 #rsrh
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Moe Lane: MoeLane: #rsrh Joking aside, armed robbery is terrifying. http://t.co/UL9i9JfP
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Moe Lane: MoeLane: #rsrh Those miserable MMfA... so-and-sos. http://t.co/ut60KEFS
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Jake Walker: Again, I'd rather be governed by 535 randomly selected #CPAC attendees than the entire Congress & Senate. #tcot #CPAC2012 #rsrh
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Moe Lane: MoeLane: #rsrh So, AttackWatch is back! (NSFW) http://t.co/0za5hxTr
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Steve Maley: An energy boom looms, despite Obama. #rsrh http://t.co/u7h9w1fC
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Daniel Horowitz: Remember lasy year Obama's budget projected a $1.3 trillion budget for FY 2012 . This year it will be $1.33 trillion. #rsrh
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bk (Diary) Friday, November 13th at 8:46AM EST (link)NYT: “Employers and employees each pay a tax equal to 1.45 percent of wages…. One idea is to increase the tax rate by one-half of 1 percentage point, to 1.95 percent for high-income people….”
You could just as easily say: “One idea is to raise the tax rate by nearly 35%….” But that would sound severe.