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Ohio GOP mocks Biden on “Patriotic” taxpayers
When Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said it’s “patriotic” for wealthy Americans to pay higher taxes, it didn’t take long for the Republican attack machine to get going. Biden made his comment on Thursday, Sept. 18, on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
The Ohio Republican Party later on the same day launched its Web video, “Patriotic”, shown below.
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By stacy
September 19, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this
Why aren’t paying taxes patriotic? Shouldn’t we stop looking at ourselves as just taxpayers (like we can avoid it no matter who the president is and start looking at ourselves as citizens.. and when you’re asked to pay a certain tax ask “for what cause” ..help out..keep the pot stirred. I’d like more money in my pockets too, but paying taxes is ..well the right thing to do and,yes, it is patriotic. The origin of the income tax on individuals is generally cited as the passage of the 16th Amendment, passed by Congress on July 2, 1909, and ratified February 3, 1913; however, its history actually goes back even further. During the Civil War Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1861 which included a tax on personal incomes to help pay war expenses. The tax was repealed ten years later. However, in 1894 Congress enacted a flat rate Federal income tax, which was ruled unconstitutional the following year by the U.S. Supreme Court because it was a direct tax not apportioned according to the population of each state. The 16th amendment, ratified in 1913, removed this objection by allowing the Federal government to tax the income of individuals without regard to the population of each State. For additional information on the history of taxation in the United States, see the Fact Sheet: Taxes prepared by the U. S. Treassury on the history of the U.S. tax system.By william ayers
September 19, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this
Yes everyone be more patriotic and pay more taxes. Lets see now, Palin is the rookie and Biden is the old pro. Yea right|By VietVet
September 19, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this
Is that the best the Ohio GOP can do? How shallow can you get to attack on that comment. Grow up Ohio GOP and get a life.Why not try to voice an opinion on something meaningful and worth mentioning.Petty politics coming from both parties. We don’t want to hear crap like this from either one of the parties. Dems are guilty of this too.Biden/Ohio GOP-Just give us your position on the ISSUES without throwing barbs at the other party.