http://townhall.com/Columnists/AustinHill/2008/10/12/why_not_a_dramatic_tax_increase_on_rich_people__ask_obama?page=2
O, la, la That's a very right wing web site of the lily white fascist type On Oct 13, 2:01 am, "Keith In Tampa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *Why Not A Dramatic Tax Increase On 'Rich People?" Ask Obama* > > by Austin Hill > Sunday, October 12, 2008 > > http://townhall.com/Columnists/AustinHill/2008/10/12/why_not_a_dramat... > > [Q] "For most of his nearly 21-month presidential campaign, Senator Obama > has made a cottage industry out of hating free market enterprise. He has > proposed governmental limits on corporate executive salaries. He has > repeatedly expressed indignation over "excessive" corporate profits. He has > promised to "reign-in" free trade, and has promised to instill "economic > justice" in America (he has never clarified what he means when he says > "economic justice," but he has made it clear that America's economy is > necessarily unjust). > > And more than any other economic idea, Obama has throughout his campaign > reiterated that it is time to end "Bush's tax cuts for the rich." The term > itself is misleading, in as much as earlier this decade President Bush and > the U.S. Congress cut taxes across the board, not merely for "rich people." > But never mind the facts, Obama has hit political homeruns by putting a > bullseye on the backs of America's highest income earners. > > Yet last week Obama backed-off from eliminating Bush's dastardly "tax cuts > for the rich," insisting that, because of Bush's ailing economy, it won't be > feasible to raise taxes on the wealthy right away. But why not? His sudden > change of heart tells us two things: A) some significant portion of the > American electorate is NOT enchanted by his politics of class warfare and > envy; and B) just like those of the world's finance ministers, the instincts > of many Americans lead them to understand that wealth creation and > productivity comes from the private sector, not from government - - not even > from an Obama government. > > American capitalism is alive and well, and it won't be dying-off any time > soon. Americans now need to decide whether it is best to elect a President > who will nurture the world's preferred economic system, or one whose passion > it is to weaken it. " > > http://townhall.com/Columnists/AustinHill/2008/10/12/why_not_a_dramat... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
