Posted on 05/18/2015 12:39:27 PM PDT by jazusamo
In a recent panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University, President Barack Obama gave another demonstration of his mastery of rhetoric — and disregard of reality.
One of the ways of fighting poverty, he proposed, was to "ask from society's lottery winners" that they make a "modest investment" in government programs to help the poor.
Since free speech is guaranteed to everyone by the First Amendment to the Constitution, there is nothing to prevent anybody from asking anything from anybody else. But the federal government does not just "ask" for money. It takes the money it wants in taxes, usually before the people who have earned it see their paychecks.
Despite pious rhetoric on the left about "asking" the more fortunate for more money, the government does not "ask" anything. It seizes what it wants by force. If you don't pay up, it can take not only your paycheck, it can seize your bank account, put a lien on your home and/or put you in federal prison.
So please don't insult our intelligence by talking piously about "asking."
And please don't call the government's pouring trillions of tax dollars down a bottomless pit "investment." Remember the soaring words from Barack Obama, in his early days in the White House, about "investing in the industries of the future"? After Solyndra and other companies in which he "invested" the taxpayers' money went bankrupt, we haven't heard those soaring words so much.
Then there are those who produced the wealth that politicians want to grab. In Obama's rhetoric, these producers are called "society's lottery winners."
Was Bill Gates a lottery winner? Or did he produce and sell a computer operating system that allows billions of people around the world to use computers, without knowing anything about the inner workings of this complex technology?
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Thomas Sowell : Thank You for another moment of brilliance.
I’m guessing “2”. At least the lottery winner invested a few bucks of his own money.
I’ll go with that : )
As an alleged “lottery winner” I would suggest that we’ve been making “contributions” toward helping the poor for 50 years and you know what...it hasn’t worked stupid.
They are not talking about blacks as in a race. They are talking about black as in an ideology.
Therefor it should not be called racism, which is illegal. It should be called "anti-black ideology" which is not illegal.
“...It seizes what it wants by force. If you don’t pay up, it can take not only your paycheck, it can seize your bank account, put a lien on your home and/or put you in federal prison...”
And still, people think we DON’T have debtor prisons, involuntary servitude or slavery in the U.S.
The group I hate is white liberal elites...
Since I’m white does that make me a ‘self hating white’?
Or are only whites allowed to critique themselves?
“Then there are those who produced the wealth that politicians want to grab. In Obama’s rhetoric, these producers are called “society’s lottery winners.” “
Obama and his ilk have not had read jobs, so they have no idea that some people work for a living and aren’t just golfing every day.
The groups I hate most are white liberal elites...
Since I’m white does that make me a ‘self hating white’?
Or are only whites allowed to critique themselves?
Well, 17th?
As usual your VRWC rant was inaccurate. Barry is not semi-gay. Ask Reggie.
How much luckier could one gay semi black illegal alien get!?
Yeah. Well, I jumps pretty good for my age.
But according to the white older men at Man Country, he is a selfish, non-reciprocal gay.
Where he live at? Dat mean sweet Moochelle fox be gettin' lonely!
Every private business got the retail end and the wholesale end. The The Obama family Luo tribe was on the wholesale end. They hardly do that anymore except maybe in the Sudan when special orders come in.
Just floating an idea. I was being a little “cheeky.” But, honestly, I DO think the rich get soaked in this country.
Most of them have CPA's that manipulate the system for their benefit. Think of the Clintons... and other liberal elites. They 'talk the talk' but the truth is they only want to stick it to the middle class.
Don't fall for their lies.
Even Al Sharpton and George Soror owe millions to the IRS - and they'll never pay. The line about 'justice' they put out is for fools. They don't mean it - it's crap, Crap to feed fools to keep themselves in power.
Ever listen to the stuff they tell the 'black community'... all sounds wonderful - but they don't mean it. Nothing changes AND when blacks are kept down and dependent they're MORE loyal to democrats. Nothings gonna change.
He was NOT amused... we're still friends... but we don't talk about 'the rich need to pay more taxes' anymore....
I double dog DARE you to be “ready” for a night with the mooch. You couldn’t achieve it.
You're right, but not because of why you think. It's nerves. I'm afraid of dogs! Plus I am a welterweight and the Mooch gots to have 30#+ on me, so no fair! I also have a headache?
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