Posted on 10/13/2008 4:27:50 PM PDT by cups
Barack Obama told a tax-burdened plumber over the weekend that his economic philosophy is to "spread the wealth around" -- a comment that may only draw fire from riled-up John McCain supporters who have taken to calling Obama a "socialist" at the Republican's rallies.
Obama made the remark, caught on camera, after fielding some tough questions from the plumber Sunday in Ohio, where the Democratic candidate canvassed neighborhoods and encouraged residents to vote early.
"Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn't it?" the plumber asked, complaining that he was being taxed "more and more for fulfilling the American dream."
"It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too," Obama responded. "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."
(Excerpt) Read more at elections.foxnews.com ...
It’s called redistribution of the wealth, where Obama will rob others to fund the rest. Or, taxation without representation
“It’s not that I want to punish your success.”
I just want to pay off my freeloading supporters.
fabianist
So, the plumber should slave 10-12 hours/day and......
forego a vacation
tell his children to skip college
buy cheaper food
fix that old tv
give up cable
not hire an apprentice
......so Hussein can give away the plumber’s ‘extra’ money.
We all need to watch Doctor Zhivago again.
Mr. Obama...Communism is communism...Our country WAS NOT to work that way. Work was a “necessity” not an option.
Robin Hood economics - just what the country needs in a recession. This is an open door for McCain - if he will take advantage of it. if not, we’re all screwed.
Here’s the article that I was telling you about earlier!
Bingo - and the Plumber wasn’t buying any of it. O-Blammy lost that whole crowd to McCain
bump
Bad ideas just seem to keep coming back.
The rest of the World has given up on Marxist ideas. But Obama was weaned on them.
He's lecturing a plumber for being greedy for god's sake. Obama should work as a "plumber's helper" for a day and then tell us what percent of the plumber's earnings the plumber doesn't deserve. Damn communists.
Poor people need flat screen tvs too!!!
Good Choice of a description. I had forgotten about that. Very subtle, almost like boiling a frog alive. you hardly even notice the “Change”, that has no “Hope”
“FROM EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY, TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS NEEDS”
Communist Manifesto
LLS
So essentially he just told a plumber that he is one of ‘the rich’ who need to be taxed so that other people who are poorer can receive some of his money.
Obama can’t hide that one
Fox is really doing a nice job lately of reporting the Obama gaffes. Or maybe it’s because there are so many to begin with.
This plumber/Obama tape needs to immediately go into a McCain ad, and blasted all over the country via TV/YouTube, even around the “blue” states. Minds CAN be changed!
It is THE most damning evidence yet of what we are dealing with if the the Zero wins on 11/4 — REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH. This screams socialism! No voting capitalist should want to hear this — not even a dyed in the wool Democrat who claims not to care about Obama’s shady associations.
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