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Obama’s tax plan and the redistribution of wealth (Raised Tahxes 94 Times)
Christian Science Monitor ^ | 101408 | Jimmy Orr

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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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 2008; bailout; democrats; elections; financialcrisis; mccain; nobama08; obama; obamataxplan; obamatruthfile; spreadthewealth; taxes

1 posted on 10/14/2008 10:28:41 AM PDT by Fred
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To: Fred
Youtube - Obama and the Plumber
2 posted on 10/14/2008 10:31:14 AM PDT by Fred (The Democrat Party is the Nadir of Nihilism)
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To: Fred

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.


3 posted on 10/14/2008 10:36:57 AM PDT by GoLightly
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To: Fred

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.


4 posted on 10/14/2008 10:39:39 AM PDT by kempo
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To: Fred

I’ll bet Obama has never sweated a copper fitting, unplugged a toilet, or glued PVC pipe in his life.


5 posted on 10/14/2008 10:39:58 AM PDT by 6SJ7 (Welcome PUMAs!)
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To: Fred
Rush and our next VPOTUSA “Governor Palin”
are covering this now!
6 posted on 10/14/2008 10:40:09 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Obama and ITS thugs are made paranoid by Sarahnoia. (stole from molly_jack2007))
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To: Fred
Obama Insists that We Share the Wealth
7 posted on 10/14/2008 10:55:47 AM PDT by MichaelAsher54
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To: Fred

America it’s time to WAKE UP


8 posted on 10/14/2008 10:56:39 AM PDT by peace with honor
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To: 6SJ7
I’ll bet Obama has never sweated a copper fitting, unplugged a toilet, or glued PVC pipe in his life.

Yeah, but he organized a group of people who took copper pipes and unplugged a toiled. PVC has little re-sale value.

9 posted on 10/14/2008 10:59:05 AM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
They do a time switch for Rush's show in my local market. Rush just played McCain on the stump about this topic & McCain was fired up! I got on board because of McCain's pick of Palin, but this latest fire from him has finally gotten fired up for him.
10 posted on 10/14/2008 11:04:37 AM PDT by GoLightly
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To: 6SJ7

You mean “work” like a man. No, he’s a candy ass policy wonk.


11 posted on 10/14/2008 11:05:29 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Fred
Related thread:

McCain's Economic Proposals ( outlined in Pennsylvania today)

12 posted on 10/14/2008 11:18:47 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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