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Rush Limbaugh on Tax Reform

Conservative Talk-show Host


No trigger on tax cuts, “trigger lock” instead

The Democrats are running around all over the place talking about a “trigger” on President Bush’s tax cut. Here’s the truth: Gephardt and the Democrats want a trigger that calls off any scheduled tax cut if the surpluses fail to materialize. What can Democrats do to kill the surplus? Spend it!

If they go on a spending spree, they wipe out the surplus, trigger the trigger, and there is no tax cut. That’s why they’re for it. The existence of a trigger, in essence, puts their finger on it. They can pull the trigger on the tax cut and kill it, simply by spending more money! You know what we need instead of a trigger? We need a trigger lock in this bill. If they’re going to put a trigger in, that cancels tax cuts if the surplus doesn’t materialize, then we need a trigger lock so they can’t pull the trigger and spend your money. In reality, the trigger should be on the spending, not the tax cut. The Democrats have it completely backwards.

Source: RushLimbaugh.com Feb 27, 2001

Targeted tax cuts make middle-class beholden to liberals

Lieberman doesn’t want a tax cut. He wants brand-new entitlements for the middle class. He said that 25% of the surplus should go to tax cuts with the remainder going to targeted spending increases in federal programs, most of them for the middle class.

Folks, the liberals already own the lower class. They’ve already got them totally dependent on Washington. Now they’re going after the middle class, in order to get them totally dependent, so they’ll be afraid to support tax cuts at any time down the road.

They hope that middle-class Americans will think that tax cuts will mean less benefits from the government rather than more freedom, independence, and liberty. This is just outrageous. Lieberman wants a nation of slaves.

Source: RushLimbaugh.com, “Stack of Stuff” Feb 9, 2001

Tax fairness is simple: Give our money back

According to Daschle and Gephardt, the rich guy who gets this tax cut is going to go out and buy a luxury car - and to them that’s bad. It’s gotten to the point that we stigmatize the people who make this country work. We tell them that they’re greedy if they demand to keep more of what they earn. It’s almost a crime, which can be used as a negative to defeat policy.

But it’s none of your damned business, Misters Daschle and Gephardt, what people do with their legally-earned, hard-won money, whether it comes from a tax cut or not. Your disdain for the people who make this country work and for liberty overall is shameful. The truth of the matter is, liberals are against any tax cut at all, because they want the money - your money - to spend themselves. It’s that simple. Who decides what is fair? Is it the liberal snobs of the Times editorial page? Is it Tom Daschle and Dick Gephardt driving to press conferences in their limousines? Fairness is simple: Give our money back.

Source: RushLimbaugh.com, “Stack of Stuff” Feb 8, 2001

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