Posted on 04/11/2012 10:33:21 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Today's Republicans might view Ronald Reagan as a "wild-eyed, socialist, tax-hiking class warrior," and the late conservative icon's views on taxes might have disqualified him from the party's nomination in 2012, President Barack Obama said Wednesday.
Obama, defending his "Buffett Rule" call for higher taxes on the very rich, said in a speech that he was "not the first president to call for this idea that everybody has got to do their fair share." He went on to say:
Some years ago, one of my predecessors traveled across the country pushing for the same concept. He gave a speech where he talked about a letter he had received from a wealthy executive who paid lower tax rates than his secretary, and wanted to come to Washington and tell Congress why that was wrong. So this president gave another speech where he said it was "crazy"—that's a quote—that certain tax loopholes make it possible for multimillionaires to pay nothing, while a bus driver was paying 10 percent of his salary. That wild-eyed, socialist, tax-hiking class warrior was Ronald Reagan.
He thought that, in America, the wealthiest should pay their fair share, and he said so. I know that position might disqualify him from the Republican primaries these days, but what Ronald Reagan was calling for then is the same thing that we're calling for now: a return to basic fairness and responsibility; everybody doing their part. And if it will help convince folks in Congress to make the right choice, we could call it the Reagan Rule instead of the Buffett Rule.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
This tool of the ‘filthy’ rich isn’t good enough to have shined RWR’s shoes.
I’m so sick of his lies. We need a Republican leader to follow up at each of his speeches and appearances just to rebuff the sickofant!
I’m so sick of his lies. We need a Republican leader to follow up at each of his speeches and appearances just to rebuff the sickofant!
*popcorn*
I don’t want to hear the President’s snot untill he completely dissavow’s socialists tendancies and liberal/socialist-lite/progressive programs and policies.
I remember Ronald Reagan. And Barry, you’re no Ronald Reagan.
President Reagan as a “wild-eyed, socialist, tax-hiking class warrior” was a piker compared to you, Mr. FUBO. He loved his country, too.
I’m really starting to wonder if he isn’t the biblical antichrist. He seems to sh*t on everything sacred.
oblammo is obviously scared $hi+less...he’s running against a dead man. But then, with democrats, dead men (and women) are regular, registered voters, aren’t they....?
Trashing Reagan is dumb, this reeks of desperation.
About the only thing Obama can do with his record as it is is to divert attention from that record, or initiate a war.
I’d bet American brains will be getting abused like this for the next seven months nonstop.
Many people did not even want Hitler as chancellor because the understood that he would become dictator and set up a reign of terror. Still the Nazi Party was the second largest party of Germany. Support in money came from all over. Hitler also started receiving money from Mein Kampf because it started selling over 50,000 copies. The Nazis started receiving money from German industrialists because they saw that maybe if they helped the Nazi's salaries and fuel Goebbel’s propaganda machine.
It is so easy to change the name Hitler for Obama, DNC for Nazi, My Father's Dream (Mein Fuhrer Kampf) for Mein Kampf(My Dream), MSM for Goebbel’s Propaganda Machine, etc. etc.
This man and his regime are crazy and dangerous.
President Reagan never raised taxes a dime and instead cut taxes.
Obama has raised all American’s income tax.
yep, he should get booo’ed at every talk and be called a liar, with intentions of communism and Islam..Oh bamma mamba jamma lenin Khoemeni..
Hell even the russians know he is a fake..our country no longer exist, we are Ohbamma land..
I hear ya, this guy is a pathological liar, who knows he is trying to deceive folks....hmmmmm
True, but you left out the possibility of evil intentions from the start..
That’s all we need.... lessons on Ronald Reagan from Obama.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.