Employee Free Choice Act: Of course, this is anything but a "free choice" on the part of employees. This is the proposed legislation which will take away the secret ballot part of union votes. Whether or not to unionize are some of the most heated and dangerous elections ever held in our country, and to remove the sacred secret ballot from these elections would be disasterous. This should be called the union thug free intimidation act - or the "End of Many Businesses" act.
Earned Income Tax Credit: Now this is not a new term, but it certainly has been propelled back to prominence with Barack Obama's unscripted chat with an Ohio plumber related to spreading the wealth. The problem with this term is that it has nothing to do with earning, income, paid taxes or credit. Ok, I know the real term is an accounting phrase related to two ideas: Earned Income - Tax credit. It is simply a fancy name for taking one person's earned income and giving what should be his or her tax credit to someone else in the form of a welfare check. Tax Cuts: this used to mean a reduction of taxes for those who actually pay taxes. Of course, this outdated notion has now been replaced by a more enlightened approach. (see earned income tax credit). On George Bush's watch: This would normally mean events - generally bad events - whose cause had their roots in something George Bush did or did not do. Today, it means anything caused by Jamie Gorelick, Bill Clinton, Barney Frank or Chris Dodd that we can complain about "on George Bush's watch" thereby harming the electoral chances of all Republicans. Selfish: historically this would refer to someone who hoarded his wealth and did not share with others plainly in need. In years past, this might include, say, a wealthy Presidential candidate with numerous family members living in abject poverty. Or it could refer to a rich Vice-Presidential candidate who routinely gives far less than 1% of his income to charity. Now, however, this refers to middle class plumbers in the midwest who have the "audacity" to want to keep their earnings and Presidential candidates who have given merely 27% of their income to charity. Patriotic: This is apparently now related to the concepts of taxes and selfishness. In less intelligent times, this might mean someone who withstood torture on behalf of his country in war time. Today's enlightened definition means the willingness to pay higher taxes to allow the government to "spread their wealth" which will be administered by politicians who give none of their own money away. (call me a traitor please!). http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/11/our_language_is_the_loser.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
