pulled this soak the rich nonsense. isn t it becoming class warfare, the president and his men are talking about, you know, soaking the rich. so rather than the deficit reduction to call it the soak the rich tour, do you think one good way to close a budget gap is to soak the rich? it s a principle that the president has stood by since the get go, he s said it over and over, i m going to soak the rich. well, from where i sit, and from where i see it, the rich in this country have stayed pretty dry. so far during the obama administration, the president may support taxing the rich, but so far he hasn t been able to get that done. he signed a bill during the lame duck session of the congress extending the bush tax cuts. for steve duche to complain about president obama soaking the rich is outrageous psycho talk. mitch mcconnell has said the number one republican primary is to make president obama a
graph, the blue line is overall wages for the working folk in america. the green line is the productivity of the american worker, and the red line is the income level of the top 1% in america and how things have been going for them. keep in mind, tax bills are the lowest they ve been since the 1950s. but these guys aren t creating jobs, they re just getting richer while everyone else s wages have barely budged at all, according to that graph. if you want to talk about who s getting soaked. how about the middle class workers who are being forced to shoulder the burden of state budget deficits, and the attack on labor. of course, most americans think that the wealthy should have to pay more taxes. over 70% of americans think that. but not duche. this isn t the first time he s pulled this soak the rich nonsense. isn t it becoming class warfare, the president and his
social services and social programs. you might cut the pentagon but you don t cut medicare. you don t cut social security. when asked about pentagon spending and spending cuts yesterday, mcconnell side stepped that. we didn t really hear about it. ultimately, as we look to the future, you have to look at the past. i thought the message of november was washington, you re spending way too much. so we think that the american public would be on the side of the republicans. that s right. let s just stop spending so much. until it comes to cutting your spending program where you get the benefits that s the problem. and you can easily demagogue this, can t you? you re taking money off children. you are starving the elderly and easy to do that. isn t it becoming class warfare? the president and his men are talking about, you know, soaking the rich. those guys are really successful. take money out of their pocket oochl ayou . you re talking to an englishman about class warfare. you re