Man asks Obama to raise his taxes at town hall

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Following in the footsteps of billionaire investor Warren Buffet, former Google employee Doug Edwards asked President Obama to raise his taxes at a town hall meeting in California Monday.

"Would you please raise my taxes?" Edwards asked, a request that drew applause from the audience. "I would like very much to have the country to continue to invest in things like Pell Grants and infrastructure, and job training programs to make it possible for me to get to where I am. And it chills me to see Congress not supporting the expiration of tax cuts that have been benefiting so many of us for so long."

Obama told Edwards, a major donor to Democrats over the past decade, that he wanted to take tax rates back to the rates in the 1990s.

"We all benefited somewhere from somebody making an investment in us," he said. "If we make those investments how do we pay for it?"

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[mawilson 2,133]

Gift Contributions to Reduce Debt Held by the Public

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Obviously a fool, a suck up, a plant, or all three.

Gift Contributions to Reduce Debt Held by the Public

Get that checkbook out, Steven.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Obviously a fool, a suck up, a plant, or all three.

I was right!

UPDATE: From Michelle Malkin - The questioner is one Doug Edwards, an early Google employee who is retired and who has given gobs and gobs of cash to the Democratic party.

via Tim Carney: It seems relevant to point out that this rich liberal is Doug Edwards from the Obama-friendly and regulation-friendly Google. Edwards has given $300,000 to politicians since 2000 — every single dime to Democrats.

The comments are hilarious!

http://www.breitbart.tv/man-asks-obama-would-you-please-raise-my-taxes/

Edited September 27, 2011 by Crusty Old Perv

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Now that pathetic amount of money (a million or 2 a year) should not go towards paying down the debt. I think we're paying about a million dollars every 15 minutes in interest on the debt. So it's literally nothing.

I like the national lottery idea for this small sum of money though.

[Danno 1,228]

One thing I hate is -disingenuous Liberals.

when he asked Obama to raise "his" taxes.... he really meant many, many, many, peoples taxes.

[slim 1,530]

The raising taxes part is funny because there's nothing stopping anyone from paying extra. Why not just say, "I'll pay extra next year."?

[Danno 1,228]

The raising taxes part is funny because there's nothing stopping anyone from paying extra. Why not just say, "I'll pay extra next year."?

That noble n all to send in more than you owe but it hardly has the "grand stand" appeal this guy was clearly looking for.

[peejay 327]

Gift Contributions to Reduce Debt Held by the Public

One thing I hate is -disingenuous Liberals.

when he asked Obama to raise "his" taxes.... he really meant many, many, many, peoples taxes.

The first thing I thought when I saw this assclown on the news was that nothing bars him from giving all he has to Uncle Sugar towards the laughable goal of retiring the national debt. Why raise taxes for the rest of us when so many civic minded rich liberals are just begging to give it all away to their Messiah to piss away as he sees fit?

The fact is that such cheap and corny contrived photo op political stunts like this just makes these people and Obama look even more like the assclowns they really are. Are these people for real? Nope! They are just figments of their own imaginations.

Edited September 28, 2011 by peejay

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

He is a nut job, so what? Better than shooting up the place. If he did shoot up the place you would want to ban guns. Maybe we should ban taxes in order to stop crazy people from doing this.

[peejay 327]

He is a nut job, so what? Better than shooting up the place. If he did shoot up the place you would want to ban guns. Maybe we should ban taxes in order to stop crazy people from doing this.

What are you talking about? If you want to turn in all your guns to be melted into candle holders...party on. Just don't include me in your scheme. And if you aren't being taxed enough...pay extra. Just don't include me in your scheme. 'Nuff said.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

What are you talking about? If you want to turn in all your guns to be melted into candle holders...party on. Just don't include me in your scheme. And if you aren't being taxed enough...pay extra. Just don't include me in your scheme. 'Nuff said.

Ban taxes, not guns

[skiptex 225]

Ban taxes, not guns

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

then my K1 wont get processed..