I’ve heard Obama running around, screaming about how attacks on his plan to “spread the wealth” are in essence an endorsement of selfishness. What a disingenuous thing for this “gentleman” to say. It’s got nothing to do with selfishness or selflessness. This is about government TAKING from people. Will they then pass that money on in a responsible manner? THE GOVERNMENT SPENDING MONEY RESPONSIBLY? Uh huh. I suppose we’ll just have to believe that government will use the money in a way that best serves our fellow man. Meanwhile, as businesses see their profits taxed, who is going to actually pay the price? Will it be these corporations? HELL NO. The consumer will see these taxes passed onto them through increased prices… or these corporations will trim the fat (jobs) to maintain their profit margin. Is the middle class really so ignorant that they believe that the wealthy are going to be the only people to be screwed under an Obama presidency? You have got to be kidding me. We’ll all be paying for Obama’s massive programs. That free insurance you’re looking for, that will be paid for through higher taxes. Oh but we’ll save that $10 billion a month when Obama withdraws the troops from Iraq. NONSENSE. Obama isn’t withdrawing our troops from Iraq on day one. Hell, at this point he has no idea when we’d see troops withdrawn. Everything is a rhetorical pipe dream of platitudes and feel good ramblings.
Obama made a comment that he had no idea that giving half of his sandwich to a kid in grade school was a bad thing to do. He thought it was a nice thing to do. He was making light of his socialistic tendencies. What Mr. Obama failed to understand was that if his teacher had said, “You’re going to give away half of your sandwich because I said so,” the story is no longer so cute and cuddly. That’s apples to apples. I guess the concept would fail to compute, I mean after all, paying higher taxes is akin to PATRIOTISM according to his running mate.
The funniest thing about all of this? Despite Obama’s desire to spread the wealth, he has done a miserable job of it in his personal life. He’s a cheapskate when it comes to charity. He’s got family members living in slums in Boston and in Kenya. I mean is this guy for real? Physician (or should I say Messiah) heal thyself!
Increasing taxes in this environment is going to put the squeeze on the middle class. Even if he doesn’t touch your payroll taxes (if you believe he’ll keep his hands off your modest wages, you’re going to be sorely mistaken), his windfall profits taxes and attacks on small businesses are going to be felt across the board. Taking capital gains taxes into account, the trend has always been that as tax rates are decreased, tax revenues INCREASED. Policy cannot be about SCREWING a subset of the population because they are successful. There has to be a very careful application of taxation. Obama thus far seems reckless.
I think that if you go out to eat, you should ask your waiter or waitress if they support Barack Obama. If they do, withhold your tip. When they ask why you didn’t add a tip, tell them that you’re going to give their tip to the next homeless guy you see on the street. It’s time for people to put their money where their mouth is. If this isn’t about getting something for nothing, then there should be no beef with you doing something like that.
Welfare is a form of spreading the wealth. It’s an entitlement that Dems have supported for decades. Does it serve to better the people that are on it? Hell no. It traps them in poverty. Is that a good thing? That depends. If you’re a liberal running for office and you need a vote, I suppose it’s a good thing. However, if you’re the poor bastard that’s trapped in that system, it’s not.
The class system in America works because anybody can aspire to be wealthy and to better themselves. Barack Obama’s seeming loathing of capitalism is dangerous. Do we want to be like Russia, China or even Western Europe? Good grief, I hope not!
Barack Obama is approaching taxation and the economy in a way that is extremely naive and it is going to be harmful to this country. One need only look to states like Michigan where taxes were increased during an economic downturn to see the disasterous results. If Barack Obama is who you support for President of the United States, you better understand that we’ll ALL be paying in one way or another. Barack Obama might make Jimmy Carter look like a damn good President by the time this is all said and done. For all of his myriad of faults the worst thing George Bush has ever done to this country is to make Barack Obama a viable candidate. This is madness.
