Sharing the wealth is bad?

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  Posted by nina Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:02am PDT

  if you want to share in the wealth then get the educationt you need to get a really go job and work for it Oh but i forgot you want me to pay for it and the last time i checked all the poor get welfare foodstamps free housing medical schooling and daycare but still won't take advantage of the free schooling to support themselves don't believe me drive through any housing project there are satelite dishes cadillacs kids w/$300 worth of clothes on but no-one has a job I'm a smallbusiness owner,woman and minority and i am voting for McCain

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  Posted by Super Abuelita Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:03am PDT

  GREAT POST!

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  Posted by Krissy Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:10am PDT

  Ask anyone from the old Soviet Union, or Eastern Europe if they liked to share the wealth. I am sure they will disagree with you. You dont think the wealthy by creating jobs, requireing small buisness's to sell them luxury items, or provide capital to start jobs are helping the country. Who decides what is to much or not enough, the government. What about when they decide everyone should get only 25 grams of meat per day, will you be happy then ??? Of course everyone but our dear leaders of course. If you want to share the wealth go to North Korea!!!!! They are all equal in their misery, well, except for the dear leader. Mussolini and Hitler had great orational skills and promised to share the wealth, just like Obama.

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  Posted by John M in NC Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:12am PDT

  Apparently you do not understand how the market works. When the companies that produce the items you buy at the store are FORCED to pay higher taxes, they have 3 options: absorb the extra expense against their net profits (will NEVER EVER happen), pass the expense to the customers through higher product prices (happens more than 75% of the time), or close the offices/plants/etc in America and open new facilities in other countries to ESCAPE the taxes (happens about 25% or less of the time). If you want "those very basics things to stay within [your] reach", then you DON'T want higher taxes on businesses.

  And as far as "sharing the wealth", if I work 45+ hours per week for my paycheck, I DESERVE to have that money because I EARNED it. The money from my paycheck DOES NOT BELONG to someone in the Welfare system who sits around doing nothing all day, just waiting for the government to hand them a check for being LAZY. "Sharing the wealth" is the CORE of the COMMUNIST MANIFESTO that the USSR was based on for over 100 years, and look what happened: everyone (except the government members) had nothing, no jobs, no money, no food. IS that what you want? When people are handed money for doing nothing at all (or just the bare minimum needed to "get by"), what incentive do they have to better themselves or actually WORK? Absolutely NONE! That is why this country needs to stay CAPITALIST. The people who WORK should be able to keep control of their money, not the government. The people who DON'T WORK either need to stop being lazy and work or they need to stop whining about what others have and learn to "lay in the bed they made".

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  Posted by springtime Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:28am PDT

  This country has been sharing the wealth for many years. We just had a recent " share the wealth " experience. Taxpayers ponied up 700 billion to bail out multi billionare CEOs, and the end still is not in sight. California needs a few billion to keep utilities and schools opne... we know who will foot the bill for that one, too.

  So much for John's lame rant about people being able to keep their money. On Oct. 13, Sec. Paulson summoned nine bankers to his office and laid out his plan . They were not asked for input ... they were told what would happen. It was not open for discussion.

  There are fear mongers on this forum, armed with just enough opinionated knowledge to be dangerous.

  As for McCain, he is a very desperate man. He would sell his soul to the devil to have the power. That's what is is about... not country first, it's all about the power. Just like Bush. Actually, worse than Bush.

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  Posted by John M in NC Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:02am PDT

  Springtime, do you know WHY those CEO's are multi-m(b)illionaires? It's because YOUR beloved Democrat party politicians VOTED AGAINST LAWS THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE CEO'S FROM GETTING THAT RICH TO BEGIN WITH!

  Just like your "Golden Boy Messiah" Obama is making millions each year, then lies through his teeth saying he wants to help the rest of us. That is such a crock of stinky bull turds! He doesn't know what it's like to live paycheck-to-paycheck, barely having $50 left to survive on for TWO WEEKS until the next paycheck is issued! He is not helping ANY OF US!

  How do you give tax breaks to people who pay no taxes? That is basically REWARDING them for not working. What incentive will people have to work if the government (and your beloved Obama) give them money for DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WHILE I WORK MY ASS OFF FOR 45+ HOURS PER WEEK? They will say "Hey, why should I work? The government keeps giving me checks for sitting here." Try taking some classes on accounting, finances, and economics. You people constantly BI... and MOAN about the unemployment levels, but it's YOUR DEMOCRAT PARTY that KEEPS CAUSING UNEMPLOYMENT TO RISE! Companies close down because either the employees are TOO GREEDY AND WANT TOO MUCH PAY TO DO THEIR WORK or the government gets too greedy and KEEPS RAISING THE TAXES ON THE COMPANIES! The unemployment rate will SKYROCKET if "sharing the wealth" reaches it's ultimate level: PURE COMMUNISM! At that point, NO ONE WOULD BE WORKING, UNEMPLOYMENT WOULD BE NEARLY 100%, NO ONE WOULD HAVE MONEY, AND NO ONE WOULD HAVE FOOD!!!!!

  OBAMA IS THE ONE SELLING HIS SOUL FOR VOTES! OBAMA IS LYING TO EVERYONE, EVEN HIS OWN PARTY!

  McCain wants to EMPOWER Americans through HARD WORK and OWNERSHIP, Obama wants to ENSLAVE Americans by making them all become WELFARE FAMILIES WHO HAVE NO WORK AND OWN NOTHING!

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  Posted by springtime Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:56am PDT

  The fiscally responsible party, AKA the GOP, inherited a surplus in 2001. Its parting gift in 2009 will be a gigantic deficit. If that is fiscal responsibility, I'd hate to see fiscal irresponsibility from the GOP.

  You may recall that the Republicans swore that they would not allow anyone to hold them responsible for the Clinton tax hike in 1993. They later decided that its effects were entirely due to their efforts and that the Democrats contribution was at best minor and unimportant.

  Let me sum up McCain's campaign for you, John: a minimum of four more years of Bush tax cuts for the rich, unregulated greed on Wall Street, tax breaks for corporations and pandering to the extreme right.

  When and if your brain kicks in, turn off your cap locks key.

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  Posted by John M in NC Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:02am PDT

  Springtime, if corporations are NOT given the tax breaks, MORE corporations WILL TAKE THEIR JOBS OVERSEAS! Are you that brainwashed to think that corporations would accept increased taxes without a fight?

  Prices of products at the store are so damn high because of taxes. You must never have taken any classes in accounting, taxes, finances, or economics. Taxes PENALIZE the companies for being successful!

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  Posted by Care Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:31am PDT

  Um, people who do not not pay taxes do not get anything. When people get a paycheck, they pay taxes- end of story (provided the employer is paying above the table). If it turns out the IRS deems them "poor" or calculates that they over-paid taxes, they get that money back. That's why its called a tax REFUND check.

  And Obama doesn't come from money. He paid his own way. His family struggled. He most certainly does know what its like to be poor because he WAS poor. His family's estate is basically a 500 sq. ft. apartment.

  Products are so high at the store mostly because of energy costs leading to higher production and transport costs. Now figure out why energy costs went up... Democrats? And even the gov't has to pay for higher energy costs. Who pays that bill? We do.

  Also, up until 2 years ago, there's no way Dems could have passed any bill, including one for CEOs to get rich because the GOP held congressional power. My father in law is a CEO and last I checked, he isn't rich, wealthy, but not rich.

  I'm always leary of people who use fear to motivate and argue their point... and last time I checked, I wasn't bitching and moaning about the state of the union. I was simply telling it like I see it. Maybe with a hint of sarcasm, but sometimes, I can't believe what comes out of the GOPs collective mouths... like using the word socialism to inspire fear of change.

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  Posted by Phil Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:31am PDT

  I agree with everything you wrote. However, there is something more sinister going on than you could have imagined. After doing some research, I found it strange that through 9-11-01 more liberties and freedoms were taken away to keep America safe (Patriot Act and the Homegrown Terrorist Act). Pay scientists to claim global warming, so they can sell genetically-modified food. Now a financial bailout of gigantic proportion to benefit the rich. Check out http://www.davidicke.com/content/view/14373/48/.

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