Obama: The Re-birth of the Welfare State (McCain Campaign take Note!)

Please, but please, attack Obama on his attempting a simple, deft, re-birth of the collectivist concept of the Great Society's Welfare State:

1. Obama is attempting to provide that 40% of the population that does not actually pay taxes with an earned income tax credit (this is a result of his allegedly providing 95% of the "taxpayers" with a tax cut.... 40% of those filing taxes don't pay taxes)

2. Witness Obama's insistance on raising capital gains, even though he acknowledged to Charlie Gibson that doing such will invariably result in the slowing down of re-investment, economic activity, and a reduction in overall tax revenues

3. Mandating that employers provide health care insurance. Obama considers health care to be a "right"

4. Obama's relationships with Ayers, Wright, Rezko et al. While these folks provided Obama with an echo chamber regarding his innate socialist inclinations, they also disclose that Obama will do what it takes to achieve his goal... the power of the presidency. Ayers (ideological), Wright (cultural), and Rezko (financial) provided the political base to launch his career. If anything, Obama was and is a pragmatist (i.e. throwing his own Grandmother under the bus in order to cover his arse regarding his association with Wright and black liberation theology).

I believe that Obama's end game - other than becoming the first black President with all that entails from an historical perspective - has been to alleviate his massive guilty conscience over being basically handed everything to him that he has "achieved" in life (his life experiences being the ultimate alpha case of affirmative action) and to strike out at the ruling class... Due to being half black/half white, he appears to crave acceptance from White America but also appears to despise it given the perceived (whether real or not) prejudice which his being black has generated....

Thus, he knows how to play the race card (and to employ masters of the game such as Axelrod) ... while, with the assistance of a compliant, adoring media, at the same time leaving no "fingerprints" on the ploy.

Obama's guilt in achieving Harvard Law and President of the Review(with no discernable credential gaining acceptance or being named other than the color of his skin), his State and U.S. Senate positions, and now the ultimate affirmative action placement, that of President of the United States, will finally and firmly be assuaged by the re-instatement of the Welfare State.

Revenge is a desert best served cold. Every slight he has suffered, every advantage he has been given, will be paid back in full.

> Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten > is $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go > something like this:

> > The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.

> The fifth would pay $1.

> The sixth would pay $3.

> The seventh would pay $7.

> The eighth would pay $12.

> The ninth would pay $18.

> The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

> > So, that’s what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day > and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner > threw them a curve. “Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m > going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20.” Drinks for the ten > now cost just $80.

> > The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the > first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what > about the other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the > $20 windfall so that everyone would get his ‘fair share?’ They realized > that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from > everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up > being paid to drink his beer. So, the bar owner suggested that it would be > fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount, and he > proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

> > And so: > The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).

> The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).

> The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).

> The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).

> The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings) .

> The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

> > Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued > to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to > compare their savings. “I only got a dollar out of the $20,” declared the > sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man,” but he got $10!” “Yeah, that’s > right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar, too. It’s unfair > that he got ten times more than I!” “That’s true!!” shouted the seventh > man. “Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all > the breaks!” “Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison. “We > didn’t get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!” The nine men > surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

> > The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat > down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, > they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between > all of them for even half of the bill! And that, ladies and gentlemen, > journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The > people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax > reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just > may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where > the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

> > David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.

> Professor of Economics

> University of Georgia

> > For those who understand, no explanation is needed.

> > For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible. >

“0-health care”

Abort your baby.

Die after working age.

Euthanaize yourself or we’ll do it if you’re seriously ill.

Wait for ___ long for a transplant.

Party loyalist homeless person ‘X’ gets treatment ahead of your appendicitis.

Receive treatment a bureaucrat, who works from 6:30-3:00, decides you need.

ARGUE WITH NO ONE OR YOU GET NO HELP. AT ALL. And, we’ll ruin you and your family.

If anyone reading this has ever had to argue with Medicare/Medicaid about care for an elderly family member, as I have, you see where this goes.

Can we afford to have health care run like Fannie/Freddie?

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