John McCain FLIP-FLOPS on Tax Position!!!!

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John McCain FLIP-FLOPS on Tax Position!!!! (Edited 10/03/08 07:16AM by ChristiSunshine)

During John McCain's whole campaign for President, he has clearly stated that he WILL NOT RAISE TAXES. He even uses this statement to hammer Barak Obama for "wanting to raise taxes"! Even today, at a Town Hall meeting in Nevada, a little girl in the crowd asked McCain " If elected President, are you going to raise our taxes?" Whereas McCain answered a definitive "NO!" Yet on Sunday on the show This Week with George Stephanopoulos (ABC), when questioned about raising taxes on payroll and other things- John McCain answered "Though I don't want to raise taxes- NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE!" What up??? Lets see how you feel...

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51 Fans
	1. Do you think that John McCain (if elected President) is going to raise taxes? (0 points)
57%	a. Yes
20%	b. No
16%	c. Not Sure
6%	d. No Opinion
2%	e. Other
	2. Due to the state of the economy, if elected, do you think that John McCain will have no choice but to raise taxes? (0 points)
39%	a. Yes
33%	b. No
20%	c. Not Sure
6%	d. No Opinion
2%	e. Other

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#19 \| 127 days ago majikmanseven (+)	kantwistaye wrote: The biggest mistake McCain made today was saying that he wouldn't raise taxes. He had a chance to come off as being geniunely honest, and now he just looks like he's flip flopping for votes. +9 with McCain's "flip flopping"...maybe he can get brett favre to be his running mate? Would solve 2 "personell problems" !!!! 1. No 2. No
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#1 \| 128 days ago ImmortallEyesz (+)	(Edited by ImmortallEyesz) +3 S~~adly it doesn't matter if it is McCain or Obama, either one WILL raise taxes as all presidents have a tendency of doing. You should be used to it by now so why bother with it???????~~ I hate posting twice 1. Yes 2. Not Sure
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#2 \| 128 days ago ImmortallEyesz (+)	+1 Every Pres likes to raise taxes, so it wouldnt matter if it was McCain or Obama who was elected into office, both of them WILL raise taxes............. So I am going to vote for Mickey Mouse 1. Yes 2. Not Sure
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#3 \| 128 days ago JBrenn (+)	+4 2. I think due to the state of the U.S. Congress McCain will have no choice but to raise taxes. 1. Not Sure 2. No
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#4 \| 128 days ago Shrugging Atlas (+)	+2 1) No, he's just saying that "nothing is off the table" so he can beef up his "maverick" credentials and look like he's reaching across the aisle. He's basically tacking to the center like Obama...although not as drastically. Frankly, this is why I believe that McCain is a flawed candidate (albeit better than Obama). 2) I don't agree with the premise of the question. Time and time again it has been proven that lowering taxes results in *increased* revenue for the federal government (see Kennedy, John F. and Reagan, Ronald). The "no choice" argument is thrown out there by journalists that flunked Economics 101. 1. No 2. No
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#5 \| 128 days ago vindog (+)	ImmortallEyesz wrote: Every Pres likes to raise taxes, so it wouldnt matter if it was McCain or Obama who was elected into office, both of them WILL raise taxes............. So I am going to vote for Mickey Mouse +3 I tend to agree with you on this one... But, with that said, if McCain does raise taxes (if elected of course)- does that not make him a bold faced liar??? He has stated countless millions of times that he will not do it, but in light of his recent interview- I think it's all been a bunch of BS!!! This brings back memories of another "Popular Republican" George H. Bush (papa Bush) who made the famous statement "Read my lips- no new taxes!" IMHO- due to our horrible economic situation, our huge deficit, and the trillions of dollars owed to Medi-Caid obligations- the next President has no choice but to raise taxes and/or "roll back" current tax cuts to pay this down. At least Obama hasn't "flip-flopped"(lied!) on his position.. He has said from day #1 that he was going to roll back the tax cuts to try and pay off the deficit! 1. Yes 2. Yes
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#6 \| 128 days ago ImmortallEyesz (+)	vindog wrote: I tend to agree with you on this one... But, with that said, if McCain does raise taxes (if elected of course)- does that not make him a bold faced liar??? He has stated countless millions of times that he will not do it, but in light of his recent interview- I think it's all been a bunch of BS!!! This brings back memories of another "Popular Republican" George H. Bush (papa Bush) who made the famous statement "Read my lips- no new taxes!" IMHO- due to our horrible economic situation, our huge deficit, and the trillions of dollars owed to Medi-Caid obligations- the next President has no choice but to raise taxes and/or "roll back" current tax cuts to pay this down. At least Obama hasn't "flip-flopped"(lied!) on his position.. He has said from day #1 that he was going to roll back the tax cuts to try and pay off the deficit! +1 Hey Vin, tell me when pres has said he was going to raise taxes? They all promise not to so they could be elected and then bam, here is the hike up 1. Yes 2. Not Sure
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#7 \| 128 days ago vindog (+)	ImmortallEyesz wrote: Hey Vin, tell me when pres has said he was going to raise taxes? They all promise not to so they could be elected and then bam, here is the hike up +2 well, I know for a fact that Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, and John Edwards clearly admitted to raising taxes and/or rolling back tax cuts- so that's 4 right there!! I have yet to hear any Republican running for the Office of President ever say anything like that! So who is lying?? 1. Yes 2. Yes
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#8 \| 128 days ago ImmortallEyesz (+)	vindog wrote: well, I know for a fact that Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, and John Edwards clearly admitted to raising taxes and/or rolling back tax cuts- so that's 4 right there!! I have yet to hear any Republican running for the Office of President ever say anything like that! So who is lying?? +1 Obama is lying, he is not going to raise taxes lol 1. Yes 2. Not Sure
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#9 \| 128 days ago Shrugging Atlas (+)	ImmortallEyesz wrote: Hey Vin, tell me when pres has said he was going to raise taxes? They all promise not to so they could be elected and then bam, here is the hike up +3 That's part of the problem, politicians like Obama do admit they are going to raise taxes...they just change the vernacular to "roll back the tax cuts" (i.e. raise taxes) in an attempt to pull the wool over people's eyes. 1. No 2. No
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#10 \| 128 days ago mandisdad (+)	vindog wrote: well, I know for a fact that Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, and John Edwards clearly admitted to raising taxes and/or rolling back tax cuts- so that's 4 right there!! I have yet to hear any Republican running for the Office of President ever say anything like that! So who is lying?? +5 "well, I know for a fact that Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, and John Edwards clearly admitted to raising taxes and/or rolling back tax cuts- so that's 4 right there!!" Vin, you posted this is response to "Hey Vin, tell me when pres has said he was going to raise taxes?" I didn't realize that Hillary, Obama and Edwards were ever president...LOL!! 1. Not Sure 2. Not Sure
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#11 \| 128 days ago Shrugging Atlas (+)	mandisdad wrote: "well, I know for a fact that Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, and John Edwards clearly admitted to raising taxes and/or rolling back tax cuts- so that's 4 right there!!" Vin, you posted this is response to "Hey Vin, tell me when pres has said he was going to raise taxes?" I didn't realize that Hillary, Obama and Edwards were ever president...LOL!! +3 ...and thank God for that! 1. No 2. No
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#12 \| 128 days ago vindog (+)	mandisdad wrote: "well, I know for a fact that Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, and John Edwards clearly admitted to raising taxes and/or rolling back tax cuts- so that's 4 right there!!" Vin, you posted this is response to "Hey Vin, tell me when pres has said he was going to raise taxes?" I didn't realize that Hillary, Obama and Edwards were ever president...LOL!! +4 I took it as him asking which person running for President>>>> Just proving a point- thats all! 1. Yes 2. Yes
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#13 \| 128 days ago vindog (+)	Shrugging Atlas wrote: That's part of the problem, politicians like Obama do admit they are going to raise taxes...they just change the vernacular to "roll back the tax cuts" (i.e. raise taxes) in an attempt to pull the wool over people's eyes. +2 Nice stretch there Buddy Great "word play" as well... Typical Conservative at it's finest... eerrr, I meant to say "Libertarian"- sorry! 1. Yes 2. Yes
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#14 \| 128 days ago jhawker1957 (+)	+7 Is there an issue he hasn't flip-flopped on? and who ran up the record deficits the last 8 years! I'm afraid your tax cuts mostly benefit the richest of the rich people! 1. Yes 2. Yes
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#15 \| 127 days ago theshrewdone (+)