Hey Barack: Share Share is NOT always Fair
During a Thursday stump speech in Sarasota, FL, Obama suggested that people wanting to keep their hard-earned money rather than hand it over to the taxman are “selfish.”
After explaining how changing “our tax code†to take even more from the rich to give to the poor would “make sure that everybody’s got a shot,†Obama counterattacked his opponents’ blasts at his earlier “spread the wealth†comments:
“John McCain and Sarah Palin they call this socialistic. You know I don’t know when, when they decided they wanted to make a virtue out of selfishness.”
Selfishness? Hmmm. Where have I heard that one part Karl Marx, one part Sesame Street economic bias before?
Oh yeah, it was during his April Philadelphia debate with Hillary. Remember his similarly kiddy-comrade response to Charlie Gibson’s rebuke that his plan to raise the capital gains tax rate would likely decrease revenues? It went like this, with my emphasis added:
“Well, Charlie, what I’ve said is that I would look at raising the capital gains tax for purposes of fairness. We saw an article today which showed that the top 50 hedge fund managers made $29 billion last year — $29 billion for 50 individuals. And part of what has happened is that those who are able to work the stock market and amass huge fortunes on capital gains are paying a lower tax rate than their secretaries. That’s not fair.”
Not fair? Selfish?
Moving the discussion to the adult table, it appears that not only does Obama’s self-righteous sense of fair-play trump economic efficiency, but anyone unwilling to share the booty of their daily toil with less-productive strangers is immoral.
The socialist experiment has failed all international field-tests miserably. Obama’s Sophomoric Socialism would only spread similar misery to America.
Perhaps he’d think that unselfishly fair.
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November 1st, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Why doesn’t Obama share with his brother and his aunt? Obama asked us to be our brother’s keeper. Judge Obama with his own words and acts.
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:35 am
Anytime a politician says share, especially a democrat, that means taking from the producers to give to the welfare class and others who depend on government to live.
I, personally, have had enough of the governments plan to share the wealth, that I worked hard for. They steal from me to support someone, who usually is socially,legally and morally irresponsible. Someone, who does not deserve to eat and have a place to live at my expense. Case in point, the family courts, child custody and child support systems. Here is a clear example of government sharing, ie let the women wreck the marriage, “judicially kidnap” the children and get paid for being selfish and irresponsible.
If this is what good Ole Obammie is talking about, then I will not play along. I will do whatever I can to keep Obammie and his government thieves out of my business.
These idiots, do not understand and will not ever get the message,” Work or you don’t eat” If you don’t have a job, create one. If you have a disadvantage, work like hell to overcome it. The people you steal from will one day have to stop you and they will stop you. The good people who work and earn what they have, far outnumber the government theives and their gun totting goon enforcers. We will win, oh it will be a mess and will take years to clean it up, but we will do it, because we have always done it. and the socialist, the communist nd the other people who have a “good idea” they want to force on others, well… they will be gone!!!