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A tax break for Paris Hilton

Disagreeable

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At 4.41 AM this morning, the Republican House of Representatives voted to give Paris Hilton a $91,089,200 tax break. I'm sure Paris could use the extra pocket change. And let's not forget Theresa Kerry. She'll come out doing pretty well, too. They tied an increase in the minimum wage to a tax cut for the wealthiest people in this country. They did it under the cover of darkness and then they adjourned. Everyone should remember this when they step into the voting booth in November.
 

Faster horses

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OOPS, Dis, you forgot to add the link.

You know we don't believe a word you say without the link,
and then we still don't believe it. :wink:
 
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FOXNEWS.COM HOME > POLITICS > HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
House Approves Minimum Wage Increase Bill
Saturday, July 29, 2006


WASHINGTON — Republicans muscled the first minimum wage increase in a decade through the House of Representatives early Saturday after pairing it with a cut in inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates.

Combining the two issues provoked protests from Democrats and was sure to cause problems in the Senate, where the minimum wage initiative was likely to die at the hands of Democrats opposed to the costly estate tax cuts. The Senate is expected to take up the legislation next week.

Still, Republican leaders saw combining the wage and tax issues as their best chance for getting permanent cuts to the estate tax, a top Republican priority fueled by intense lobbying by farmers, small business owners and super-wealthy families such as the Waltons, heirs to the Wal-Mart fortune.

"This is the best shot we've got; we're going to take it," said House Majority Leader John Boehner, a Republican. The unusual packaging also soothed conservatives angry about raising the minimum wage over opposition by Republican business allies.

The House passed the bill 230-180 before leaving for a five-week recess.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid vowed Democrats would kill the hybrid bill, along with its 10-year, $300 billion-plus cost.

"The Senate has rejected fiscally irresponsible estate tax giveaways before and will reject them again," Reid said. "Blackmailing working families will not change that outcome."

Republicans countered that Democrats opposed the bill to keep the issue alive for the November elections.

But Republicans also reveled in putting moderate Democrats in the uncomfortable position of voting against both the minimum wage increase and the estate tax cut — and an accompanying bipartisan package of popular tax breaks, including a research and development credit for businesses and deductions for college tuition and state sales taxes.

The Republican package would increase the wage from $5.15 (euro4.05) to $7.25 (euro5.70) per hour, phased in over the next three years.

Under current law, the estate tax is phased out completely by 2010, but jumps back to 55 percent on estates larger than $1 million (euro790,000 million) in 2011.

The bill passed Saturday would exempt $5 million (euro4 million) of an individual's estate, and $10 million (euro8 million) of a couple's, from estate taxes by 2015. Estates worth up to $25 million (euro20 million) would be taxed at capital gains rates, currently 15 percent and scheduled to rise to 20 percent. Tax rates on the remainder of larger estates would fall to 30 percent by 2015.

The maneuver was aimed at defusing the minimum wage increase as a campaign issue for Democrats while using the popularity of the increase to achieve the Republican Party's longtime goal of permanently cutting estate taxes.

That left Democrats fuming.

"Just think of what it is to have a bill that says to minimum wage workers, 'We'll raise your minimum wage but only if we can give an estate tax cut to the 7,500 wealthiest families in America,"' said Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat.
 

Faster horses

Well-known member
It probably never entered your liberal mind that it is these 'rich people'
that provide jobs.

There is a group of people today that aren't even worth minimum wage.
They want the money, but don't want to EARN it. If the 'rich people'
have to pay more money for the same amount of work, then I say
they deserve a tax break.

I doubt if you can make this connection.
 

nonothing

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Faster horses said:
It probably never entered your liberal mind that it is these 'rich people'
that provide jobs.

There is a group of people today that aren't even worth minimum wage.
They want the money, but don't want to EARN it. If the 'rich people'
have to pay more money for the same amount of work, then I say
they deserve a tax break.

I doubt if you can make this connection.


can you?you seem to say a mouth full without a link i see.but quick to get on others.Typical of the pack here,you will have help soon no worries.
 

Disagreeable

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Faster horses said:
It probably never entered your liberal mind that it is these 'rich people'
that provide jobs.

There is a group of people today that aren't even worth minimum wage.
They want the money, but don't want to EARN it. If the 'rich people'
have to pay more money for the same amount of work, then I say
they deserve a tax break.

I doubt if you can make this connection.

Paris Hilton has earned millions of dollars with her modeling and tv shows and just being Paris Hilton. But she didn't earn this money. It's her inheritance, just as Theresa Heinz Kerry didn't earn hers. Her late husband didn't earn it either, he inherited it. The Bush Administation is dedicated to creating a class of Americans who don't do a thing to earn their money. They inherit millions of dollars and will pay no taxes on it. Yet they will receive the same benefits in this country as the guy earing minimum wage!

Like I said, when you step into the voting booth, realize whose side the Republican Party is on. It's not yours unless you're a multimillionaire.
 

Disagreeable

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Faster horses said:
Those were my own words, in response to a former post.

Why do I need a link for MY OWN WORDS?

You are paranoid.

BBJ demanded a link from me for my own words. I guess that makes her paranoid?
 

Disagreeable

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George H W Bush called Reagan's "trickle down" economics "voodoo economics" and he was right. GW is going to leave us an awful Federal deficit, just like Reagan left us. And who fixed it? Why a Democrat! What a surprise!

I've seen several recognized economists say a huge part of our deficit is related to the Bush tax cuts. Tell me where is the money going to come from to offset Paris' tax cuts?
 

jigs

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don't know why you Dems hate rich people.....

ohhhh, now I remember, it is the leverage you use to trick the poor and down trodden that the Republicans are eveil hate mongers.......

my guess is Dis is a wealthy truss fund sorority gal who has nothing to do but sit back and donate money to worthy causes....

well Dis send some my way and I promise not to bitch about the taxes I must pay on it!
 

IL Rancher

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God knows Paris needs that tax break... Look at the girl, she is starving to death, maybe she can afford a hamburger now :shock: :lol:
 

jodywy

Well-known member
Disagreeable said:
Faster horses said:
It probably never entered your liberal mind that it is these 'rich people'
that provide jobs.

There is a group of people today that aren't even worth minimum wage.
They want the money, but don't want to EARN it. If the 'rich people'
have to pay more money for the same amount of work, then I say
they deserve a tax break.

I doubt if you can make this connection.

Paris Hilton has earned millions of dollars with her modeling and tv shows and just being Paris Hilton. But she didn't earn this money. It's her inheritance, just as Theresa Heinz Kerry didn't earn hers. Her late husband didn't earn it either, he inherited it. The Bush Administation is dedicated to creating a class of Americans who don't do a thing to earn their money. They inherit millions of dollars and will pay no taxes on it. Yet they will receive the same benefits in this country as the guy earing minimum wage!

Like I said, when you step into the voting booth, realize whose side the Republican Party is on. It's not yours unless you're a multimillionaire.
gee and small moutain valley ranches can now be saved instead of having to be sold to developers inorder to pay the death taxes.... like paris hilton would end up paying anyway as the lawyers that could move alot of that death tax to trust to protect it while the small moutain valley rtanch is just hanging on by thier firnger nails and can't afford to change thier trust every year...
 

jodywy

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Disagreeable said:
George H W Bush called Reagan's "trickle down" economics "voodoo economics" and he was right. GW is going to leave us an awful Federal deficit, just like Reagan left us. And who fixed it? Why a Democrat! What a surprise!

I've seen several recognized economists say a huge part of our deficit is related to the Bush tax cuts. Tell me where is the money going to come from to offset Paris' tax cuts?
JFK used tax cuts to jump start the economy but if a republican dose it it wrong....
 

passin thru

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God knows Paris needs that tax break... Look at the girl, she is starving to death, maybe she can afford a hamburger now

Heck the way I understand it, she can't afford underpants or a bra either...........poor girl :wink:
 

memanpa

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wonder what party paris votes for ? anyone wanna bet?
we know about kerry :D :D
wonder how much of a break did TEDDY boy get?
we know his party lines too? :D :D
 

Disagreeable

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memanpa said:
wonder what party paris votes for ? anyone wanna bet?
we know about kerry :D :D
wonder how much of a break did TEDDY boy get?
we know his party lines too? :D :D

Teddy Boy got the same tax break Paris and Theresa get. All rich people do. We'll see how the taxpayers feel about it when the campaigns start heating up. One party askes for a raise for the poorest people in the country; the other demands tax relief for the richest.:D
 

jodywy

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Disagreeable said:
memanpa said:
wonder what party paris votes for ? anyone wanna bet?
we know about kerry :D :D
wonder how much of a break did TEDDY boy get?
we know his party lines too? :D :D

Teddy Boy got the same tax break Paris and Theresa get. All rich people do. We'll see how the taxpayers feel about it when the campaigns start heating up. One party askes for a raise for the poorest people in the country; the other demands tax relief for the richest.:D

Small business create more the jobs in this country then big business , so why should we destroy 5 to 10 million dollar farms , ranches ,and main street business to be replaced by big business, developers and a larger corporations?
 
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