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Re: Americans Believe Obama on Race and Wright.
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Originally Posted by TheLastBoyScout
OK. Dodge my question then.
I'll answer yours.... How about the example of giving a tax credit of $4000 to families who send a dependent child to college?
Is it liberal because it can be dismissed as a defacto increase in education spending?.....Or is it conservative because it's essentially a tax break?
Which pigeonhole do you wish to cram it into?
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It is clearly a liberal policy no matter how you slice it. Education is a "State" issue, not Federal. The federal government should be limited strictly to it's 'enumerated powers' and Congress rightfully may exercise only those powers that are stated in the Constitution, limited by the Bill of Rights and the other protections found in the Constitutional text. Any others?
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I think at this point there needs to be a focus on an immediate increase in spending and I think this is a time when deficit fear has to take a second seat . . . I believe later on there should be tax increases. Speaking personally, I think there are a lot of very rich people out there whom we can tax at a point down the road and recover some of the money."
-- Barney Frank, October 20, 2008
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