# Bachmann announces she's running **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 14, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382 "2011-06-14T01:22:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 31
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/601 "2011-10-24T04:30:39Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > These two things do not compute. Iraq should reimburse because they are fragile and subject to dominance by a third country? How will this help them? It’s hard to believe Backmann’s as clueless as she seems, but she’s approaching Sarah Palin levels of idiocy with the nonsense she’s been spouting lately. I think Backmann knows her audience all too well, and knows they’ll lap up any garbage she spews, no matter how ridiculous, especially if it’s a slam against Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/602 "2011-10-24T12:15:27Z")
And if Iraq doesn’t pay up … we invade! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/603 "2011-10-24T12:23:55Z")
And we’ll send them the bill for that too! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/604 "2011-10-24T13:40:02Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > These two things do not compute. Iraq should reimburse because they are fragile and subject to dominance by a third country? How will this help them? Forget it, Jim. It’s Bachmann. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/605 "2011-11-03T17:00:13Z")
[Bachmann wants to raise taxes on 46% of American households.](http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Bachmann-says-all-Americans-apf-3466454088.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=7&asset=&ccode=) > [@](#): > > Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann is telling college students in politically important Iowa that all Americans should pay taxes since they all benefit from services such as roads and bridges, national defense and the courts. > > Her position, which she was outlining Thursday at Iowa State University in Ames, is a direct challenge to rivals Rick Perry and Herman Cain, who are advocating plans that would allow low-wage earners to continue paying no taxes while implementing a form of a flat tax on all other workers. > > The Tax Policy Center estimates that some 46 percent of households this year will not pay federal income taxes. I think she has a winning issue now. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/606 "2011-11-03T17:04:31Z")
It’s funny what happened to all those “no tax increases no matter what” oath to the death they all took, and then propose tax increases on most americans. It’s only “no tax increases for the top 3%” I guess. Should’ve read the fine print. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382/607 "2011-11-03T17:17:53Z")
Maybe some of those college students can explain that everyone pays taxes; some people just don’t pay income taxes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachmann-announces-shes-running/585382.md?page=30)