His breathtakingly inept response in the ABC-moderated debate to the question about capital gains was a case in point.
The purpose of the tax was not to increase revenues for the state and to help the needy (the usual liberal line). He couldn't go there because the liberal moderator had pointed out that increasing the tax lowered revenue.
He went straight to the Marxist rationale. The purpose was to promote "fairness" by levelling society (even if it meant impoverishing everyone).
The purpose of the tax was not to increase revenues for the state and to help the needy (the usual liberal line). He couldn't go there because the liberal moderator had pointed out that increasing the tax lowered revenue.
He went straight to the Marxist rationale. The purpose was to promote "fairness" by levelling society (even if it meant impoverishing everyone).
Exactly! It's good to see I'm not the only one that was so SHOCKED to hear that exchange during the last Democrat debate. Not so much that I didn't think he really thought that way to begin with -- I did -- but to hear him so openly admit it, was very surprising.
That's one of the examples I use, along with Liberation Theology, to explain why I think Obama is a Marxist.
Obama thinks the taxation system is nothing more than a means for the redistribution of wealth. Whether taxes are too onerous our not is not, or whether they hurt or help the overall economy, isn't important to a true Marxist.