Posted on 10/14/2008 10:28:40 AM PDT by Fred
Want to set a conservative’s hair on fire? Just mention redistribution of wealth and watch the fireworks. It happened Sunday when Barack Obama was canvassing a neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio.
Fox News cameras were there and captured the conversation (which is now all over the Web) between a self-employed plumber named Joe Wurzelbacher and Obama.
More taxes?
Wurzelbacher explained that by working hard (10-12 hours a day) he was in a position to buy a business. If he bought a truck and expanded the business, he wondered if his success would be greeted by a penalty in the form of higher taxes.
“Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn’t it?” Wurzlebacher asked.
“It’s not that I want to punish your success,” Obama explained. “I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they’ve got a chance for success too. My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody … I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”
The common good
Spread the wealth around. That can mean many things. It could mean a rising tide lifts all boats. But it could also mean government taking from one group of people (the people who earned it) and giving it to those who did not.
This is what Obama detractors are saying his tax plan is all about. And many are wondering why the McCain campaign isn’t being more vocal about this. They contend Obama’s policy proposals are damning enough. Forget Bill Ayers, they say, go after his policy.
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Zero’s tax policy is like offering someone overtime hours, but instead of getting paid time & a half, you’ll be paid at a lower than regular rate.
It’s a shame that half of the people in this country go around with their hand out asking for something when their hero JFK made the statement “its not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country”. Go figure.
I’ll bet Obama has never sweated a copper fitting, unplugged a toilet, or glued PVC pipe in his life.
America it’s time to WAKE UP
Yeah, but he organized a group of people who took copper pipes and unplugged a toiled. PVC has little re-sale value.
You mean “work” like a man. No, he’s a candy ass policy wonk.
McCain's Economic Proposals ( outlined in Pennsylvania today)
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