A Democrat Tells Karl Rove That Democrats Won’t Raise Taxes
On Fox News Sunday, and Rove’s reaction was the same as mine:
WALLACE: Let’s — because there’s a lot of stuff out there, so let’s hone in on a couple of things, and let’s talk, first of all, about the economy, spending, taxes.
Congressman, all the Democratic presidential candidates, as Mr. Rove points out, talk about letting the Bush tax cuts expire. The Democratic chairman of House Ways and Means, Charlie Rangel, is proposing an income surtax on couples making more than $200,000 a year.
Won’t people like Karl Rove be able to say, as they’ve said over and over again, your party will raise taxes, his won’t?
VAN HOLLEN: We will not raise taxes, and if you look…
(LAUGHTER)
No, no, no. If you look at…
ROVE: Oh, no, no, no, no. Wait a minute.
VAN HOLLEN: Wait. You tell me — wait, wait, wait, wait. Karl, wait. No, no, listen.
Yeah, right…sure, Van Hollen…we believe you! We know that you Democrats are determined to allow Americans to keep more of what they earn…unless, of course, they are “rich”…but not rich like Ted Kennedy or Jay Rockefeller….we’re talking about the other rich, the one’s who work for a living…
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