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“Governor Brown has proposed a plan to help close the state’s budget deficit over the next five years. The plan, which would be put before voters in November, would raise $7 billion annually through a temporary, four-year, half-cent sales tax increase and a temporary, five-year income tax increase on those earning more than $250,000. Do you favor or oppose this proposal?” Latino’s hate America.

“Governor Brown has proposed a plan to help close the state’s budget deficit over the next five years. The plan, which would be put before voters in November, would raise $7 billion annually through a temporary, four-year, half-cent sales tax increase and a temporary, five-year income tax increase on those earning more than $250,000. Do you favor or oppose this proposal?”

Latino’s hate America.

(Source: ppic.org)

Did you notice the 24% difference under race/ethnicity? [source]

Did you notice the 24% difference under race/ethnicity? [source]

From Andrew Sullivan, Every single poll shows that the American public overwhelmingly supports higher taxes on the wealthy as part of a package to cut the deficit. The margins are staggering: the NYT poll shows a majority of 74 - 21; even Rasmussen shows a majority of 56 - 34. What the president proposed this morning is simply where the American people are at. If he keeps at it, if he turns his administration into a permanent campaign for structural fiscal reform, I don’t see how he loses the argument. The original question for this poll, Can/Should the Budget Deficit Be Reduced with Spending Cuts Alone or Should There Be Some Increase in Taxes? Click the image for a link to the polls.

From Andrew Sullivan,

Every single poll shows that the American public overwhelmingly supports higher taxes on the wealthy as part of a package to cut the deficit. The margins are staggering: the NYT poll shows a majority of 74 - 21; even Rasmussen shows a majority of 56 - 34. What the president proposed this morning is simply where the American people are at. If he keeps at it, if he turns his administration into a permanent campaign for structural fiscal reform, I don’t see how he loses the argument.

The original question for this poll, Can/Should the Budget Deficit Be Reduced with Spending Cuts Alone or Should There Be Some Increase in Taxes? Click the image for a link to the polls.

"Taxation isn’t theft, it’s the price we, each of us, pay for membership in society. It’s the dues of a free people who govern themselves, rather than being governed. By claiming the right to be an American, one must also accede to the obligation they owe to America. Otherwise, the nation fails, the society collapses, and that flag you wave, well, wouldn’t it just be a piece of cloth?"
- Taxes = Theft
Curious: How much did you pay for war this year? You probably have paid more than you feel comfortable with.

Curious: How much did you pay for war this year?

You probably have paid more than you feel comfortable with.