Posted on 07/19/2009 5:31:11 AM PDT by jodiluvshoes
I was asked this past Thursday morning on Fox News about the impact of President Obama spending the day in New Jersey campaigning for the immensely unpopular sitting governor Jon Corzine. I was asked if it was a good use of the President's time. I was asked if there were bigger things he should be focused on. I was asked if it might not even backfire against Corzine or other candidates in the immediate electoral future. Obama dedicated not just a speech, but the entire day to the Corzine cause.
My response is simple, "It's what he has to do."
President Obama now finds himself facing a political divorce on his policies while most Americans still find him a likable guy.
"But job performance counts, words mean things, and elections have consequences," I proffered.
And when the most read New York daily newspaper plasters its front page with the new startling fact that the marginal tax rates for small businesses will be jumping from 35% to 58%, we can understand one other important truth. President Obama is hurting working class people.
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Big Old Bump
The marginal rate here in Pennsylvania for average income individuals already approached that.
If you figure someone in the 25% tax bracket, add in 15.3% FICA, 3.07% state, 3% city and school- totals out to 46.37%.
Sky high taxes are already a big problem.
THIS is the change I have come to expect from theOne.
so how many out there would still vote for this guy?
bambi was bought and paid for by the Goldman Sachs mafia, and Corzine is a member.
voila
Obama will be more toxic than the worst of the toxic assets that the govt took over earlier this year.
It will be a very lonely remaining three years for Zer0 as his political friends say goodbye.
The politicians in DC will dump him to preserve their own careers.
I don’t many people view Obeyme as a “likable guy”,either
Those who pay no/little taxes would still vote for him. When the number of people who are dependent on the government for their next meal exceeds 50% those of us who have income are doomed to support them. I think that we’ve crossed that line...
No, the American people, a disappoint lot of souls, do think he is likable: that was one of the reasons for his nomination and election. They also really seem to believe that he is “on their side” and that “he cares”.
We need to deal with the fact that the Wall St fantasy world crowd now expects the average working Joe to sacrifice for the consequence of their indiscretion
On that note, see my tagline.
I’d vote for that!
Untold MILLIONS, I am afraid.
What’s so likeable?
Given that most of the people who voted for him don't pay taxes or don't even exist I'd say enough of them to get him re-elected. He still has to fall some to become unelectable.
I don’t know about that. I hear Dems reminding us periodically that during WWII, the tax rate was in the 90% range. I suspect that is their goal. Afterall, if you can get away with that, why would you want people to be able to keep more?
We need to deal with the fact that the Wall St fantasy world crowd now expects the average working Joe to sacrifice for the consequence of their indiscretion
It’s crazy isn’t it? The Rich and the poor are feeding off of the middle class.
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