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OBAMA FIRES A 'ROBIN HOOD' WARNING SHOT: says he WILL tax small business
New York Post ^ | October 15, 2008 | By CHARLES HURT Bureau Chief

Posted on 10/15/2008 8:22:42 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Conservatives yesterday ripped Obama after he was caught on video telling an Ohio plumber that he intends to take the profits of small-business owners and "spread the wealth around" to those with lesser incomes.

The fracas over Obama's tax plan broke out Sunday outside Toledo when Joe Wurzelbacher approached the candidate.

Wurzelbacher said he planned to become the owner of a small plumbing business that will take in more than the $250,000 amount at which Obama plans to begin raising tax rates.

"Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn't it?" the blue-collar worker asked.

...Obama responded that it would...

Critics said Obama let the cat out of the bag.

"It's clear that his main goal is redistribution of wealth, not growth," said Andy Roth with the anti-tax group Club for Growth. "He's perfectly happy to destroy wealth as long as he can redistribute it."

Obama has been meticulous, Roth said, to conceal the "socialistic" nature of his tax plans. "But every once in a while, he lets it slip," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; elections; joetheplumber; mccain; nobama08; obama; obamataxplan; obamatruthfile; spreadthewealth
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To: keats5

SShhhhhhhh.


101 posted on 10/15/2008 10:34:35 AM PDT by Snappy1MarineMom (Don't Blame me I voted for Keys)
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To: happygrl
What do you bet that on Novemeber 5th, the MSM anchors will be wearing black armbands ?

Well, I do remember Perky Katie wearing a black dress after the 2000 and 2004 elections.

102 posted on 10/15/2008 10:36:43 AM PDT by Marathoner (Voting for Sarah and the white haired guy.)
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To: Jonah Johansen
I submit that his definition of success is a person with all of their needs met even if it is a result of no effort on their part and totally the result of government handout.

Another great line for McCain to use tonight!

103 posted on 10/15/2008 10:37:52 AM PDT by happygrl
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Please, Senator McCain, defend small business against Obamanation!


104 posted on 10/15/2008 10:38:38 AM PDT by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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To: null and void

And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe.....and saw.


105 posted on 10/15/2008 10:40:01 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant, Never Fearful)
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To: Snappy1MarineMom

There’s only one person in this race that has ever run a small business- Sarah Palin.


106 posted on 10/15/2008 10:41:29 AM PDT by keats5 ("I hope for his sake, Joe Biden got that VP thing in writing."- Rudy)
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To: Marathoner
Well, I do remember Perky Katie wearing a black dress after the 2000 and 2004 elections.

I guess she followed "the code."

107 posted on 10/15/2008 10:43:28 AM PDT by happygrl
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To: crusty old prospector

I’ll give due credit to badpacifist from another thread who essentially said it.


108 posted on 10/15/2008 10:52:26 AM PDT by techcor
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To: MrB
His goals are clear, we just have to make him comfortable enough to actually state them.

How come nobody has asked Obama how he feels about reparations? Seriously...that would polarize things...

109 posted on 10/15/2008 11:00:30 AM PDT by Zeppelin (Keep on FReepin' on...)
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To: happygrl

What do you bet that on Novemeber 5th, the MSM anchors will be wearing black armbands ?

I was thinking the same thing. I was going to mock their little “fake mourning” because it’s clear that all the MSMers will be wearing Black on November 5th. I’ll pitch in for some sack clothes and ashes if that makes them feel any better.


110 posted on 10/15/2008 11:01:41 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
You know I made a similar argument the other day with an 0bamabot...you know what she called my small business owner...greedy.

She actually called the small business person I work for...greedy. This person works harder than almost anyone I know. 7 days a week and far more than 40 hours or 8 hours a day. Greedy.

So you see they(liberals) don't classify these small business owners as productive components of a working economy. SBO’s are evil greedy people against their version of society.

111 posted on 10/15/2008 11:01:43 AM PDT by EBH ( Welcome to the United Socialist States of America. Oct. 1, 2008)
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To: Lurker
In fact, one could say that the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest were one of the original Right Wing Militias...

...or the gay mafia...

112 posted on 10/15/2008 11:03:26 AM PDT by Zeppelin (Keep on FReepin' on...)
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To: EBH

Greedy?

Well, here’s what you fire back next time.

Is it more greedy to work hard and want to keep more of what you earn,

or is it more greedy to empower the government to steal what someone else has earned so that you’ll feel better about yourself?


113 posted on 10/15/2008 11:03:45 AM PDT by MrB (0bama supporters: What's the attraction? The Marxism or the Infanticide?)
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To: keats5

Amen to that!


114 posted on 10/15/2008 11:04:35 AM PDT by Snappy1MarineMom (Don't Blame me I voted for Keys)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
From each worker, according to his salary, to each layabout, according to his wants.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."

Do you think Obama reads his Bible?
115 posted on 10/15/2008 11:08:51 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: HereInTheHeartland
Obama has never run a business so he has NO CLUE what it’s like in the real world for people who are ctually “creating jobs”.

But he's so cuuuuute! < swoon>

116 posted on 10/15/2008 11:16:57 AM PDT by Aquinasfan (When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
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To: Perdogg

Can McCain also shoot down Obama’s 95 percent figure, not that many people pay income taxes.


117 posted on 10/15/2008 11:17:29 AM PDT by o2bfree
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To: HungarianGypsy
As if small business wasn’t taxed enough. My husband was an independent contractor and self employment tax is a killer

He could have organized as a subchapter S and limited payroll taxes to a reasonable salary. The remainder (dividends) are taxed as ordinary income not subject to payroll taxes. John Edwards and many others have used subchapter S corporations to avoid payroll taxes. However, the IRS has cracked down on subchapter S corporations claiming low salaries so it is a risky endeavor. With the chosen one's intent to increase payroll taxes, subchapter S corporations will have even more appeal. I expect a rat crackdown especially on non favored areas of business.

118 posted on 10/15/2008 11:25:54 AM PDT by businessprofessor
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I firmly believe that if you take money from the rich and give it to the poor, most of it will end up back in the hands of the rich as today’s poor seem to squander their money because they know the government will give them more.


119 posted on 10/15/2008 12:07:27 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (My Freedom of speech trumps your feelings!)
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To: happygrl

unfortunately the tax paying public is getting to be a smaller and smaller percentage of voters. Soon we will be in the minority if we are not already. We are at the point where the net government recipients can vote themselves larger and larger portions of our income.


120 posted on 10/15/2008 12:32:22 PM PDT by Mom MD (Jesus is the Light of the world!)
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