Obama proudly declares class warfare

The Korea Times ^ | October 2, 2011 | Deroy Murdock

[freespirited]

How disappointing that the eloquent man who millions hoped would heal this land now actively pits Americans against each other ― not by race or creed, but by income.

Actually, he's darn good at racial divisiveness too.

[arasina]

Somebody help me out here because I don’t understand. Obama spouts his class war rhetoric yet surrounds himself with smiling millionaires and billionaires. Are all those sycophantic sports stars, movie stars and network television anchors somehow exempt?

[wayoverontheright]

Americans are awakened on this subject now, and the is not a significant number of Americans who believe his lies about this anymore. They see it for what it is a lame attempt to raise taxes on everyone and to further stifle our economy. I say let him run with it now, it only hurts his chances and any Democratic Party politician’s chances for a win in 2012.

Exactly. By putting liberalism into practice, everyone is getting a little lesson in economics. I believe that Obama's problem is that people intinctively sense now that making their employers the declared enemy may in the end jeopardize their own livlihood.

The media, having sold us this bill of goods, isn't being listened to anymore either.

Obama is just making it worse for himself with more class warfare.

[MrB]

Actually, yes, they pretty much are exempt, because they’ll be able to get around any new taxes.

It’ll be the “bourgeoisie” middle class that gets to pay higher taxes, with the whole intent being to destroy their ability to amass wealth (and independence).

[rodguy911]

The differences between a Christian leadership where everyone is an American first not a political asset is night and day and quite apparent with our current regime.

[rodguy911]

Its all divide and conquer with the regime.

Sad thing is they have the DBM behind them lying,covering up,misrepresenting, ignoring key stories, all the way.

[RoadTest]

Buddies with the wealthy, Obama and his New World Order pretend to favor the “little guy” over the very bed partners he’s sharing billions in money and political power with. What a whore!

[gunsmithkat]

Obama Lied, the Economy Died!

[Vaduz]

A warrior for the unions speaks.

[Caipirabob]

Obama proudly declares class warfare

Between class and no class? There's certainly no class in this administration.

[Brilliant]

I rented “The French Revolution” from Netflix last night. It’s really quite eery the parallels between modern American liberalism and the movement driving the mobs of the French Revolution.

[Pearls Before Swine]

``Middle-class families shouldn't pay higher tax rates than millionaires and billionaires."

Translation: "All types of income, including capital gains from investment, and dividends that have already been taxed, and interest from formerly tax-exempt municipals, should be taxed at ordinary income rates. In addition, Social Security taxes should apply to all income and not be capped for income level."

According to his analysis, that kind of confiscation will have no detrimental effects on the incentives to work and earn for the successful, and provide huge funds for his projects.

[Pearls Before Swine]

P.S., Next comes the wealth tax proposal. “Those who have accumulated—rather, make it ‘come into’—great wealth should share it for the common good. We are not asking much... just a few percent a year...” It’s coming.

[battletank]

“Frankly, I don’t care if millionaires receive a tax increase or not so long as I don’t. “

Well, how very socialist of you.

[Campion]

That's SOP for a Marxist regime. The people who make out like bandits aren't "the rich" or "the poor" or "the working-class" or "the blacks" or "the whites," but always and only ... the politically well-connected. That's all Marxism really is, the political class seizing all power for itself.

So when Obozo rants about "the rich" not paying their "fair share," what he really means is that the conservative rich who aren't his lapdogs need to be punished for their non-conformity, while the rich who are his lapdogs, like Buffett and Immelt, will be rewarded.

[Hotlanta Mike]

America will send this community agitator packing in Nov. 2012, along with the party that gave him his marxist platform.

[ilovesarah2012]

NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Legislators in Washington may be torn about whether to raise taxes on the wealthiest households to boost government revenues and lower the deficit, but the American public seems largely decided on the issue.

Nearly three quarters of those surveyed in a new poll by The New York Times and CBS News said they would approve of increasing taxes on households earning $250,000 or more a year to bring down the deficit, while just 24% said they disapprove of this step.

Likewise, some 72% of those surveyed by The Washington Post and ABC in a poll also released this month said they supported taxing the wealthiest households, while 27% were said to be against it.

http://www.mainstreet.com/article/moneyinvesting/taxes/most-americans-want-higher-taxes-rich

[HiTech RedNeck]

It’s like everybody has forgotten the historical reasons for common social roles. Not all these reasons are based on nonsense, even though some are (e.g. nonsensical biases based on race rather than character). Without some firm philosophical basis to separate wheat from chaff in ideas, we get a nihilistic relativism rather than fairness.

[rodguy911]

Excellent post here. I have no love for Immelt but its my understanding that GE simply had tax loses from previous years they held over. Something even a small earner like me has done over the years.Hard to hold that against them.

[RC one]

yes, handing over 40-50% of my income to the government is very socialist of me.