Dems Find New Passion in Raising Taxes on Small Business

Amazing how passionate the Democrats can get when they start talking about raising taxes on the "rich".  Of course, they don't tell you that their definition of "rich" also includes many of America's small business owners who create much of the jobs in this country, and a few Dems - who interestingly enough are up for election in 2012 - are using some pretty dramatic language to attack their enemies:

“Do you allow yourself to be held hostage and get something done for the sake of getting something done, when in fact it might be perverse in its ultimate results? It’s almost like the question of do you negotiate with terrorists,” Menendez said when asked whether he and other Democrats would accept a compromise with Republicans.

“The majority has a responsibility to get something done, but [also] to get something done that is good for the country,” he added.

McCaskill likewise lambasted Republicans, accusing them of putting the wealthy ahead of the middle class and warning that if Republicans win the debate over tax cuts “it really is time to take up pitchforks.” Both Menendez and McCaskill are up for re-election in 2012.

Schumer, who handily won re-election this year, acknowledged the anger vented by tea partyers and others during the election but insisted that didn’t extend to upper-income tax cuts.

Voters “did say ‘repeal health care,’ they did say ‘reduce the size of government.’ But not a single one of them from the tea party or anywhere said ‘give tax breaks to the wealthiest,’” Schumer said in a rare moment of candor.

Schumer blamed the news media for Democrats’ inability thus far to build public support for their position. “Every time Democrats are united on something and we don’t have the votes because we need 60 ... you say, ‘What about the Democrats?’ You need to say, ‘What about the Republicans?’” Schumer said angrily.

Liberals are never funnier than when they're out of power, and since the election they've been essentially out of power. Oh sure, they still have the votes of the majority in both houses of Congress, but even with a Senate majority in the new Congress they will have a minority when it comes to a mandate for their policies.

Chuckie is correct that the voters never said give tax breaks to the wealthiest - what they said was give tax breaks to EVERYBODY. Chuckie can't see the difference and he's helping pilot his party to another smackdown.