Fat and unhappy (Dems and Class Warfare)

The Orange County Register ^ | Steve Greenhut

[socal_parrot]

It's a funny thing how different people can live in the same place and see the world in entirely different ways. I wake up every morning in a country that strikes me as astoundingly wealthy, a place where people have more money than good sense.

[socal_parrot]

But the road from poverty to the middle class is well-trodden, provided individuals work hard, go to school and eschew government dependency and certain bad behaviors (drug addiction, teen pregnancy, crime).

The Rats would bristle at such blasphemy.

[EggsAckley]

the disconnect between the rhetoric and the reality

Excellent phrase!

[RicocheT]

"Every election is an advance auction of stolen goods."

Sounds like a summary of the Democrat platform. Just add gay love and kill babies and you have it in full.

[prognostigaator]

bump to register

[Felis_irritable]

Excellent column.

I've seen the "waaahhh, I dwanna pay for my medical insuarance" bleat before. I pay 40% of my healthcare insurance cost, which equates to $3,000 per year. So somebody who doesn't want to pay any can kiss off as far as I'm concerned. They need to get a feel for what this kind of thing really costs.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

"Today, under George W. Bush, there are two Americas, not one: One America that does the work, another America that reaps the reward," said Sen. John Edwards, the multimillionaire trial lawyer who has made class warfare the centerpiece of his presidential campaign.

There are two Americas!

One includes the 70%+ who own their own homes and work hard to maintain or increase their living standards.

The other America includes everyone else who is trying to get there.

The few who try to reap the rewards of others by grabbing government largesse, hopefully will decline in numbers as a rising tide of economic growth lifts all the boats.

[Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh]

Mmmmmm....Famous Star

[McGavin999]

I love the way that Edwards and Kerry are always slamming the rich, since BOTH of them are obscenely wealthy. Edwards claims he knows what middle America is like because he's "one of you". Oh really? I don't own 3 multi-million dollar homes, do you?

[.38sw]

"Today, under George W. Bush, there are two Americas, not one: One America that does the work, another America that reaps the reward," said Sen. John Edwards, the multimillionaire trial lawyer who has made class warfare the centerpiece of his presidential campaign.

Uh, yeah. Those who work and shoulder the bulk of the tax burden, while many of the others collect the benefits, like free health care, welfare, etc.

There were a couple of disturbing letters to the editor in yesterday's newspaper (Contra Cost Times - California). As many of you know, California is suffering a huge budget problem and of course, the Dems are proposing raising taxes on the "rich". Some of the folks writing in said fine, go ahead, raise those taxes on the rich, and if they decide to leave the state, then "don't let the door hit in a**". Well, I must stay, these folks have no clue about economics. Raise taxes on the rich, who are already paying carrying the bulk of the tax burden, and they WILL leave, or stop creating jobs, or hire fewer people, or close their businesses. Then what will the tax users do? Who are they going to raise taxes on next? What will they do when the economy inevitably slows down? Stupid is as stupid does.

Even the deposed Governor Gray Davis said last year that there are about 44,000 taxpayers in California paying a large percentage of the income taxes. I don't remember the number, but it high - about 80%. Due to the downturn in the economy, these taxpayers were "failing to perform" (Davis's words), so revenue to the state was down. Well, no duh. So what's the solution? Why, tax them even harder! Yeah, that's the ticket!

[socal_parrot]

Why do so many Americans buy into the Class Warfare bull of the haves vs. have nots? There are far more haves than have nots, yet well over 40% (probably close to 50%) will vote for the Dem candidate November. Is it guilt? Jealousy of those who may have more?

[goodnesswins]

Stupidity.

[goodnesswins]

Looks like California is our own little SOCIALIST EXPERIMENT....maybe it will finally be the EXAMPLE that a majority of the voters will see and REALIZE that it (socialism) simply DOES NOT WORK! (I can hope, can't I...LOL)

[mtbopfuyn]

Roy Rogers is still right - America is the only country who drives itself to the poor house.

[nutmeg]

read later

[TimSkalaBim]

Moderate income people who want to raise taxes on "the rich" are moronic in so many ways. One of the things they don't get is that there will always be somebody poorer than them. When they scream "Tax the Rich!!", there is somebody poorer than they, looking at them with hungry eyes, and thinking the same thing.

[Republican Red]

Fat and Unhappy

I thought this thread was about Tim Russert

[Lancey Howard]

Same old socialism. Same old class envy.
This is the best Edwards can do?
What an empty suit.

[Welsh Rabbit]

Well, I must say, these folks have no clue about economics.

That's the heart of the matter. It's no coincidence that the RAT party is the party of trial lawyers, union officials, and others who have made exploiting envy between the "classes" into a profession. They count on the fact the a large percentage of workers are going to respond to class warfare on an emotional level and can be rallied to fight for gains that are detrimental to the corporations that employ them in the long run. Nevermind what happens to the company after they've won some short-term gain and the labor lawyers have gotten their multi-million dollar paychecks and left town...

[cyborg]

I heard Edwards say Dubya isn't from the South and he doesn't know the South,etc. I thought Texans were Southern folk too so what's up with that?