Good question:
The answer is twofold; first, most of us didn’t vote FOR Obama, we voted AGAINST McCain, by which most us mean Bush. Yes, they are different, but frankly, Obama’s stated positions aren’t too different from theirs, either.
Second, if a little more opposition had been voiced about his positions instead of over-the-top horror about Ayers, Wright, and Socialism (Eisenhower supported a 92% tax rate on the rich, was he a socialist?), you might have forced Obama to defend these things instead of coasting to victory.
We all deserve better, on both sides.
most of us didn’t vote FOR Obama, we voted AGAINST McCain, by which most us mean Bush.
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Are you kidding me? By voting for Obama, you just voted for Bush. Now there is NO ONE that’s going to cut the pork, NO ONE that’s going to keep Barney Frank and Chris Dodd from stuffing their pockets full of lobbyist and tax payer money. NO ONE that is going to stop the drunken tax and spend liberals.
When you voted for Obama, you voted for Bush.
I love how that is always repeated, Eisenhower didn’t support the 92% tax rate, the top marginal tax rate happened to be 92% under his administration as a carry forward from the increase under Truman during WWII. Congress never presented him a bill to lower it... at that, that top marginal tax rate, started by Truman, wasn’t lowered until Kennedy who dropped it to 70%.. that rate stayed until Reagan who dropped it to about 30%. You looking for the socialist with that tax rate, look to Harry Truman.
This may come as a shock, but President’s don’t write tax bills (which is another reason why not to trust Obama as he’s never written a bill to cut taxes likes he promises), those originate in Congress.
Not comparable to today's rates. During Eisenhower's administration a lot more was deductible than is deductible today to arrive at the taxable income taxed at those rates.
The plain and simple fact is a graduated income tax rate structure is Marxism--right up 0bama's alley.
The MSM was so in the bag for Osama that he didn't have to defend himself against anything.
Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber got a bigger anal probe in a month than Osama got in the past 5 years. All we get from Osama is "Hope" "Change". I'm still trying to decide if he is more like Jim Jones or Joseph Stalin.
For over ten years I taught welfare and food stamp recipients how to look for work. Many of them had associates and bachelors degrees courtesy of Uncle Sugar, yet they still couldn't or wouldn't find a job. Now, Uncle is providing them with free laptops with Internet access. Did you know that? Get some real world experience, then come back and talk to us.