Are 88% Of Americans REALLY This Stupid ?

I must admit I am shocked by the result of this poll. All I can think is that the right-wingers have told their lies so much that it's starting to sound like the truth to many Americans. A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows that only 12% of Americans believe that President Obama (and the Democrats) have cut taxes since entering office.

Even more shocking, at least 24% of Americans (44% of teabaggers) believe President Obama has actually raised taxes. What planet have these people been living on? Does this 24% just believe what they want to believe? Let me be very clear for this brain dead segment of the population. Neither President Obama, the Democratic Congress, the Tooth Fairy, nor anyone else has raised the income taxes for a single American -- and if someone tells you they have, then they are telling you a LIE!

Here's how Americans taking the survey answered the question over whether they believe President Obama has raised, lowered, or left taxes the same as before:

raised taxes..........24%

lowered taxes..........12%

kept taxes same..........53%

don't know..........11%

The cold hard fact is that President Obama has lowered taxes by about $300 billion, and those lower taxes have included 95% of all working Americans. There have been tax cuts for small businesses, first-time home buyers, new car buyers, many of those who pay for college, parents caring for children and anyone with earned income (of less than $100,000).

Folks, this is not college algebra or calculus. The math is pretty simple, and can easily be seen by anyone capable of reading their own federal tax form. And even if you had someone else do your taxes for you, they should have given you a copy of your tax form (and the tax cuts should be clearly visible to anyone capable of even simple logic).

Let me give you an example. There is now a line on the tax form for a "making work pay credit" (which was not on last years tax form). This credit for work income gives all workers at least $400, and maybe more (and this is subtracted from taxes owed, not gross adjusted income). That's a tax cut, and it applies to ALL WORKERS! I don't know about anyone else, but I appreciated having that extra $400 in my tax refund this year.

And that's just one of the tax cuts. The only way you could wind up paying more in income taxes this year is if you made significantly more money in 2009 than you did in 2008. And if you did that in the midst of this recession, you really have nothing to complain about.

In closing I just want to say, stop believing everything someone tells you. Read your own tax form. The tax cuts are there for everyone to see.