Posted on 06/29/2011 8:36:58 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
In David Mamet’s recent book, “The Secret Knowledge”, he quotes President Obama as saying, “The individual at some point must be able to say: ‘I have enough money. [Therefore, I no longer need to work, toil, or sweat; after all, I have enough money. I no longer need to earn and pay taxes; after all, I have enough money.
I no longer need to plant or harvest; after all, I have enough money. I no longer need to build or produce; after all, I have enough money. I no longer need to use my skills, my cleverness, or my muscles; after all, I have enough money.
I no longer need to use my education (achieved at great public expense; after all, I have enough money. I no longer need to apply my vast knowledge and experience; after all, I have enough money.
I invented electricity, the light bulb, the telephone, the automobile, the television, the PC, the Internet, and GPS, but I no longer need to invent nor innovate; after all,
I have enough money. I discovered cures for infection and disease, but I need discover no more; after all, I have enough money.
I no longer need to tend the lame, the ill, or set broken bones; after all, I have enough money.
I no longer need to defend my country from its enemies; after all, I have enough money. I no longer need to protect my fellows from evil lawbreakers; after all,
I have enough money. I no longer need to extinguish the fires which may burn my fellows and their homes; after all, I have enough money.
I no longer need to teach my fellows and her babies; after all, I have enough money. I no longer need to study or learn;….
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Given the sheer amount of “I” in this article, any more and they could have simply titled this article “I!”
NPD-ridden AnointedIdiot. =.=
I’m thinking that Obama has played enough golf, gone on enough vacations, eaten enough ice cream, insulted our allies enough, jerked us around enough.
I guess it's easy to come to that kind of a conclusion if you are a f&^%ing simpleton!!
People who at some point say, “I have enough X” are not the ones who make history.
“I have enough money. The Hell with Windows users.”
Is that what Obama means? Or is he saying, “I have enough money because the government says so. Anything more I make should go to others.”
According to Obama’s world view, it is the right of the STATE to determine the definition of “enough!” And any amount in excess of that “enough” figure will rapidly become the property of those more deserving...i.e., Democrat voters.
Probably restating the obvious, but Libtards like BHO, when they say this about “having enough money”, assume that the productive elements of society will continue to be productive and give it all to the govt. Ain’t so. Vanishingly few people would work as hard as they do today, and give it all to the govt. If they decided they had enough, they would quit. Quit working, quit making an income, and quit paying taxes.
Many the Left label as “rich” actually just have a good income. They are highly skilled, hard working with a good income, but are not in on position to live without an income. Take their income away, and they will quit working.
If I quit my job and quit making my income, it doesn’t follow that some unskilled SEIU shlub is going to make more. Or that more unskilled SEIU shlubs will have an income. In fact, the opposite is true.
Obama must be a fan of Ayn Rand!
Who is John Galt?
Gunner
Bingo!
"Dear Leader" is, in principle, saying that there comes a point when an individual already has all the money he "deserves," and that any additional money he may accrue should therefore be diverted to "worthier" causes (as defined by the govt.).
Regards,
You know, I have meet people who have said “I have enough money.”
Mennonite farmers who have done well, and tithe 10% of everything they make up to 100K, then tithe 100% of what they make after that.
It is voluntary and it is how charity should work.
You know, I have meet people who have said “I have enough money.”
Mennonite farmers who have done well, and tithe 10% of everything they make up to 100K, then tithe 100% of what they make after that.
It is voluntary and it is how charity should work.
What Obimbo is really saying is “You have enough money, but the Government isn’t getting enough of your money”.
He’ll never admit to having enough of what you have.
He and his government are like a parasite that will keep eating the host until the host dies from malnutrition.
Government is the death of liberty.
WHATS MISSING....IS.........
“I have enough of other peoples money”...
Redistricted.. redirected.. reapportioned.. redivided.. reassigned.. MONEY...
You Know..... STOLEN... MONEY...
Does anyone have a link to the original Obama quote in context? I tried to search for it but only get links to articles about Mamet’s book.
Perhaps. But in the liberal world view, money and wealth are not created or earned--they are stolen from a finite supply of money trees. When liberals claim that an individual has "enough money," they're implying they'd like that person's access to the money trees to end, so that others may have a shot at the money.
I don’t think Obama thinks people will stop working after they’ve “made enough”. He thinks they will redouble their efforts because now they are working for others.
By his “logic” his slave ancestors were role models for us all.
What am I saying. He doesn’t have slave ancestors.
Make that His wife’s slave ancestors were role models.
Is there some claim that the Luo were slaves? And if so, to whom? (Now I realize that at some time or other, virtually every people on earth were enslaved by someone. But I doubt if that was what you meant.)
William Flax
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