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does anyone know what kind of health care the people have that are voting on this issue? thanks

A news report I heard about an hour ago says those making less than 250,000.00 will not have their taxes raised. Who to believe? Reactionaries won't believe it though.

I cited an article that quotes two of Obama's top advisors who were on TV this weekend & both refused to say that Obama would not, under any circumstances, raise middle class taxes. They basically said all options are on the table. I don't know if he will or not, but if health care is overhauled the way he wants it to be, the money has to come from somewhere. The statements of his advisors may be influenced by the news (article below) that federal tax revenues have seen the biggest drop since 1932. There is no money to pay for what he's proposing. Taking nearly everything the wealthy in this country have will not cover the costs. He will simply redefine 'wealthy' & 'middle class.' Suddenly if you make over $100,000 you'll be wealthy & not 'middle class,' & be slapped with massive tax increases.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_plummeting_taxes

finance.yahoo.com/news/2-Obama-officials-No-
apf-2491158742.html?x=0&.v=7

This is the link I referred to when pointing to Obama's peeps & what they said on the Sunday talk shows this past weekend. I originally posted it a page back.

The link to the article above is about falling tax revenues, & I was citing that as possibly a reason Obama won't rule out raising middle class taxes.

I don't see how this article:

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_plummeting_taxes


is a Fox News talking point.

The numbers could hardly be more stark: Tax receipts are on pace to drop 18 percent this year, the biggest single-year decline since the Great Depression, while the federal deficit balloons to a record $1.8 trillion.
Other figures in an Associated Press analysis underscore the recession's impact: Individual income tax receipts are down 22 percent from a year ago. Corporate income taxes are down 57 percent. Social Security tax receipts could drop for only the second time since 1940, and Medicare taxes are on pace to drop for only the third time ever.

The last time the government's revenues were this bleak, the year was 1932 in the midst of the Depression.


The feds tax dollars are shrinking. That's just numbers. I didn't even say 'Its all Obama's fault,' I just offered this as a reason they might consider raising taxes, even for those making less than $250,000.