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."
I cannot stress enough that perhaps the most terrifying aspect of a possible (though not inevitable) Obama presidency is his not-so-subtle Socialist leanings. And I suppose saying "leaning" is giving him far too much credit. He's not leaning towards Socialism; he's firmly and deeply rooted there. You, the casual American political observer might ask yourself, "why is that a bad thing?" I'm sure some people who don't think about might even think that it's a good thing. Isn't Socialism leveling the playing field? That's what the Democrats (and even a fair amount of current Republicans) would have you think. It is technically leveling the playing field, but rather than doing it by helping people at the bottom, it works by lowering the people at the top. Which, no matter how you spin it, is not what America is about. (Although some might argue it is now.) At least it is not what our country was founded on, anyway. The point is this: we don't need government intervention because the field is already level. Success in America is attained by hard work, ingenuity, and persistence. Period. It is not Obama's job (or any other politician) to decide how much money is too much for a private citizen to have.
This is the beauty of the whole "Joe the Plumber" hysteria over the past week. He was asking a question that should be on every America's mind. It certainly has been on mine. Joe the Plumber and I are the same guy. My family owns a small business, which we want to be as successful as possible. We want it to make lots of money, enough so that later, the hard work we are putting in now will pay off and we won't have to work as much. We want to employ as many people as possible. Where does Obama get the right to "spread our wealth around"? Are we going to be able to employ as many people when the government is taking a bigger and bigger chunk of our profits? Why should anyone else have the benefits of my hard work without me choosing giving it to them myself? They shouldn't. If I am putting in the work, in a free society, I should get the benefits. Is that rocket science?
I know these ideas are all completely foreign to most career politicians, especially ones who have spent their lives soaking up all the Marxism they can find. Yeah, that's you Obama. Keep your hand out of my freaking pocket.
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"We want it to make lots of money, enough so that later, the hard work we are putting in now will pay off and we won't have to work as much."
You're such an evil capitalist fat cat! Arrrgh!
Lowering people at the top certainly is the New American Way. Celebrities get the most attention when they get a DUI or go into rehab. They were at the top. We want them brought down. We want a roller coaster.
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