U.S. Presidential race - Democrat Discussion

[Naxere]

Check out 538's track record on predictions. The respect they have is well earned.

I know he does his homework and knows his stuff, he's been scarily accurate, but I always get a kick out of someone's first loss. My personal Schadenfreude.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Why you can't trust opinion polls.

[KrazyK923]

Romney keeps saying he's not trying to cut taxes for the Rich.

Really? Fucking REALLY?

[Spectral]

Checking in quickly. I'm biased, but Obama's absolutely murdering him.

[Wells]

In non debate related news, new book coming out says Obama was hoping to put Bin Laden on trial if he surrendered. I would have liked that.

[Kalyyn]

Romney keeps saying he's not trying to cut taxes for the Rich.

Really? Fucking REALLY?

Yes, and? Are you implying that because he's a Republican, he automatically has to cut taxes for the rich?

[Spectral]

Yes, and? Are you implying that because he's a Republican, he automatically has to cut taxes for the rich?

It's not so much that he has to, it's that his own campaign page indicates that he would.

http://www.mittromney.com/issues/tax

Make permanent, across-the-board 20 percent cut in marginal rates
Maintain current tax rates on interest, dividends, and capital gains
Eliminate taxes for taxpayers with AGI below $200,000 on interest, dividends, and capital gains
Eliminate the Death Tax
Repeal the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)

[Wells]

Yes, and? Are you implying that because he's a Republican, he automatically has to cut taxes for the rich?

No its that he's spent the last couple months pushing directly and indirectly policies that will lower taxes on the rich.

Eliminate the Death Tax

A palm, smacking into a face, over and over, forever.

[Decagon]

Did Romney just say he wanted to shut down PBS?

[Spectral]

Did Romney just say he wanted to shut down PBS?

He said he wants to cut their funding. Federal funding isn't where most of their money comes from.

[KrazyK923]

Yes, and? Are you implying that because he's a Republican, he automatically has to cut taxes for the rich?

How about the fact that they have said OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER again that they wanted to through policies they want to pursue?

[Ausr]

It doesn't even make a dent in the fucking deficit. How did this idea get into these moron's heads?

[Decagon]

He said he wants to cut their funding. Federal funding isn't where most of their money comes from.

What percentage of their money do they get from the government?

[ptwonline]

Yes, and? Are you implying that because he's a Republican, he automatically has to cut taxes for the rich?

That's what he's been promoting for a couple of years now.

[Spectral]

What percentage of their money do they get from the government?

Their site is down and I don't know for sure off the top of my head. I think it's ~3%.

[Wells]

Not sure why he's bringing that up. Federal share of the expense is tiny and there isn't much popular support for cutting it. Mostly just red meat for the base I think.

Also:

[Spectral]

It doesn't even make a dent in the fucking deficit. How did this idea get into these moron's heads?

To be fair to him, he was providing an example of something he'd like to cut; I don't anyone has suggested that cutting PBS would balance the budget.

[Waaldo]

First time watching the political debate here.
Is it always so much "*Insert presidential candidate* is wrong blah blah blah, and I'm right blah blah blah?"

Why can't we just hear both sides and move on?

Edit: I get that it's a debate, but they seem more like they are name calling than debating imo.

[belfpala]

Their site is down and I don't know for sure off the top of my head. I think it's ~3%.

I'm not going to bother looking at it now, but I think CPB gets about $450 million per year, parts of which go to NPR and PBS.

[ptwonline]

What percentage of their money do they get from the government?

I think somewhere between 20-25% it's complicated because some public stations get money directly and some goes directly to PBS, but they are inter-related.