Tax this you S.O.B.

Republicans also get upset when you prove that there are things we need to support, and when the only way to do that is to cut spending on somethings while raising taxes on other things. This is how things work folks. You need money to pay for things. The money has to come from somewhere. Sorry.

There are things that need to be paid for and there are things that need to be taxes.

When John McCain constantly votes against increased (and much needed funding) for the VA and veterans assistance programs, yet votes for increased funding and prolonged occupation in Iraq, it's embarrassingly hypocritical and immoral.
If we are going to send our troops and fellow citizens into a war zone, where they suffer death and physical and mental injury, we have to be accountable for that. When suicides and PTSD cases start making new records due to the extreme hardships we put them through, we are morally and obligated to take care of them when they come home.

If we have to raise taxes on some people to do this, so be it. George Bush and John McCain; if you can't afford the total costs of war, then don't start one.

If John McCain says that we don't have the money to fund these expensive programs, well then he better go off and get the money asap. And if that means he has to discontinue G.W. Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy, and his tax cuts on big business and oil, so be it. Get to it!

My point is there are reasons where you need to stop tax breaks and raise taxes.

If more and more people are being pushed into poverty because wages don't go up, while corporate profits hit new records every quarter, then something needs to be done. When schools and after-school programs are forced to close down, then something needs to be done to help them out. I don't see rich people having problems paying for their cars or houses or boats, but I do see poor and middle class people having problems paying their rent or medical bills. SO obviously something needs to be done. WE, as well as the government have the obligation to serve its people and to help those who need it. Most Republicans don't recognize this, they think that people can help themselves, and that as the top 5% make more and more money, so will everyone else! It will trickle down they say, but it hasn't. They have been promising that as production goes up, so will wages and living conditions while prices go down. They have been saying this for 25 years straight. You know what? They were wrong. Production goes up every year, while wages stay stagnant and meager. It took us nearly 10 years to raise the minimum wage, and costs have gone up right along with profits. We've given them roughly 25 years of this philosophy, especially in the last eight.
Now look at where our economy is headed. They don't deserve four more. We need to change our government to help the people who need help. Not to allow them to cater to business and their owner's wants.