The Vice Presidential debate took place on Thursday, October 11. It is said that the Vice Presidential debate is not really considered important because when people vote, they vote based on which President brings forward their best, not which Vice President. As we have seen from the first Presidential debate, we did not receive much information about many topics, including taxes. This Vice Presidential debate gave us the chance to dive deeper into each party's platform on the issue.
Martha Raddatz, the host of this debate, asked them if their party were to win who would pay more taxes than the other?
Joe Biden stated that the middle class would pay less and those that continue to make more money would pay more. Biden gives the example of the Bush tax cuts, being in his party's opinion, that it should expire. He stated that there is no reason to continue giving an 800 billion tax cut to those making more than 1 million, especially in the current economic status. The Democratic party wants to permanently keep the tax cuts for the middle class stating that the recession hit them hard and they deserve a break.
Paul Ryan stated that if their party were to win, the main focus is to help the economy grow and create more jobs. He gives the example that under the Republicans, they would tax small business' 28% whereas his opponent would tax about 45% from small business owners. He also stated that even if you double the percentage of tax on small business', it still wouldn't be enough to cover the deficit.
The video shows more of the two candidates going back and forth with the issue of taxes.
Here are some things that were tweeted during and after the debate.
Biden did very well. He did what Pres Obama didn't do last week: attack#VPDebate
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) October 12, 2012
Just because Ryan didn’t sound flustered doesn’t mean he wasn’t beat.
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) October 12, 2012
Biden helping himself hugely for the 2016 primary. He's a hero to Democrats tonight. #vpdebate #tweetsthatIshouldsavefor2016
— James Downie (@jamescdownie) October 12, 2012
Ryan closing strong.
— Marc Thiessen (@marcthiessen) October 12, 2012
Ryan is a nervous Walmart manager. Biden is an irate customer with the receipt, the warranty & he's friends w/ the store owner. #debate
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) October 12, 2012
Paul Ryan comes off like a 5 year old under a tree telling his friends what the rules of tag are #debate
— Kat Dennings (@OfficialKat) October 12, 2012
I love how Ryan doesn't answer the questions when asked for details he can't give them!
— Eva Longoria (@EvaLongoria) October 12, 2012
What were your thoughts about this debate? Who do you think did a better job?
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