The S word... it's about time!
Posted on 10/18/2008 11:50:42 AM PDT by flyfree
You see, he believes in redistributing wealth, not in policies that help us all make more of it. Joe, in his plainspoken way, said this sounded a lot like socialism. And a lot of Americans are thinking along those same lines. In the best case, "spreading the wealth around" is a familiar idea from the American left. And that kind of class warfare sure doesn't sound like a "new kind of politics."
This would also explain some big problems with my opponent's claim that he will cut income taxes for 95 percent of Americans. You might ask: How do you cut income taxes for 95 percent of Americans, when more than 40 percent pay no income taxes right now? How do you reduce the number zero?
Well, that's the key to Barack Obama's whole plan: Since you can't reduce taxes on those who pay zero, the government will write them all checks called a tax credit. And the Treasury will cover those checks by taxing other people, including a lot of folks just like Joe.
(Excerpt) Read more at standardnewswire.com ...
Obama’s tax plan exposed.....
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122385651698727257.html
“For the Obama Democrats, a tax cut is no longer letting you keep more of what you earn. In their lexicon, a tax cut includes tens of billions of dollars in government handouts that are disguised by the phrase “tax credit.” Mr. Obama is proposing to create or expand no fewer than seven such credits for individuals:”
“The Tax Foundation estimates that under the Obama plan 63 million Americans, or 44% of all tax filers, would have no income tax liability and most of those would get a check from the IRS each year. The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis estimates that by 2011, under the Obama plan, an additional 10 million filers would pay zero taxes while cashing checks from the IRS.”
we need to start black listing these guys and ban them from public office....
I find it interesting how Obama hammers at “Change” all the time. Hitler, Stalin, PolPot, etc.....did exactly the same thing.
Very glad McCain is using the S-word....keep it up!
Obama bin Lyin'
“...sounded a lot like socialism.” No, John. IT IS SOCIALISM! Grow a spine a state the friggin fact. Obama is a Marxist. Ask voters if that’s what they want, cause it sure as hell is what they would get. Palin must cry herself to sleep each night in abject anger, being saddled to such a devout wimp.
The S word... it's about time!
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McCain still isn’t willing to come out and say it. He keeps saying, Joe says or people say ect. He should call it socialism and let people debate that point. Is Obama’s plan socialism or not. That gets it out there and a lot of people will fall on the side of yes it is
That would make a great bumper sticker.
“Very glad McCain is using the S-word....keep it up!
Same here. I just wished he had used it much earlier.”
I’m not so sure that would have been a good idea. McCain didn’t have the “Joe the Plumber” incident to back it up, it’s two weeks before the election and not really enough time for Obama to counter it if the idea of socialism really catches on. If it was earlier, you know they would have found a way to negate it.
True. Doing it the last minute might’ve been a good idea - I hadn’t thought of that. ;) Plus the Joe thing.
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