"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright.
Despite the decisiveness of the final polls, there were still some surprises in Barack Obama's electoral sweep Tuesday. Even as an African American, he won key red states: Indiana, Virginia and Iowa. He picked up all three states of the ever-powerful trifecta FLOHPA. He comfortably surpassed the 50 percent mark nationwide, and his win may rightly be called a mandate. How did he do it?
Voters didn't pick him because of his experience, nor did they pick him based on a long record from which they could anticipate his presidential decisions. He has neither. They didn't pick him for his steadfast principles or his bipartisanship. A flip-flopping, party-line legislator, he has neither of those.
It's about the handouts, the government cheese, the free lunch. According to his own proposals, Obama will be serving up stimulus checks, tax cuts for people who don't even pay taxes (more accurately termed welfare), universal health care, minimum wage increases, more federal aid for college students, universal pre-K education and other unnecessary and/or harmful programs.
Peggy Joseph, an Obama supporter and rally attendee, made some telling comments to an NBC affiliate reporter October 31:
"I won't have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage. If I help him, he's going to help me."
Obama's real genius in his tax plan is the 95 percent figure. He has said, and you can bet your life savings and then some, that he will raise taxes on the remaining 5 percent. With the money of 5 percent, he effectively tried to buy the votes of the remaining 95 percent.
In the final stretch, the McCain-Palin ticket tried to fight Shaw's assessment above. With help from Joe the Plumber, they tried to convince Americans that they can be Peter, that robbing Peter is just plain wrong, that robbing Peter punishes success. Joe the Plumber proved to the nation what was really on Obama's hook, and the public bit anyway. Apparently, the more than 63 million Americans who voted for Obama are perfectly content being Paul.
Congratulations, President Government.
Despite the decisiveness of the final polls, there were still some surprises in Barack Obama's electoral sweep Tuesday. Even as an African American, he won key red states: Indiana, Virginia and Iowa. He picked up all three states of the ever-powerful trifecta FLOHPA. He comfortably surpassed the 50 percent mark nationwide, and his win may rightly be called a mandate. How did he do it?
Voters didn't pick him because of his experience, nor did they pick him based on a long record from which they could anticipate his presidential decisions. He has neither. They didn't pick him for his steadfast principles or his bipartisanship. A flip-flopping, party-line legislator, he has neither of those.
It's about the handouts, the government cheese, the free lunch. According to his own proposals, Obama will be serving up stimulus checks, tax cuts for people who don't even pay taxes (more accurately termed welfare), universal health care, minimum wage increases, more federal aid for college students, universal pre-K education and other unnecessary and/or harmful programs.
Peggy Joseph, an Obama supporter and rally attendee, made some telling comments to an NBC affiliate reporter October 31:
"I won't have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage. If I help him, he's going to help me."
Obama's real genius in his tax plan is the 95 percent figure. He has said, and you can bet your life savings and then some, that he will raise taxes on the remaining 5 percent. With the money of 5 percent, he effectively tried to buy the votes of the remaining 95 percent.
In the final stretch, the McCain-Palin ticket tried to fight Shaw's assessment above. With help from Joe the Plumber, they tried to convince Americans that they can be Peter, that robbing Peter is just plain wrong, that robbing Peter punishes success. Joe the Plumber proved to the nation what was really on Obama's hook, and the public bit anyway. Apparently, the more than 63 million Americans who voted for Obama are perfectly content being Paul.
Congratulations, President Government.
Excellent article in today's Sunday News, Adam, and well written. Indeed, Obama was elected in no small part because he ran a typically liberal we'll-give-you-something-for-nothing campaign. That a black man was elected president is a marvelous event, but it will not dissuade the bigots from calling every advocate of smaller government and self-sufficiency names. We can only hope we'll get past the incredible fact that a dog has spoken plain English and realize his words advocate legalized theft he calls "sharing the wealth." As Lincoln said, "You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it." I fear for this country's future if the liberals remain in charge.
Very good article. The fact that 40% of America does not pay any federal income tax scares me to death. That 40% still has the ability to dictate to those that do pay taxes, how the money will be spent. The youtube video of the Obama supporter talking about the gas in her car and her mortgage exhibits where this country is going with liberal policies. To say those that pay close to 37% of their income are not paying enough is just ridiculous. America is going to have a rude awakening. Keep up the fight!