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- isamuelson, on 10/31/2008, -38/+84"John McCain and Sarah Palin they call this socialistic," Obama continued. "You know I don’t know when, when they decided they wanted to make a virtue out of selfishness."
Wow, selfishness??? Thanks for clearing that one up, King Obama.
Now, keep your filthy hands off my money! - Troy64, on 10/31/2008, -5/+30According to Biden it is now 150K and yes that is getting in my families territory. Apparently Gov. Richardson has dropped it down to 120k or over.
Even at 250k, I wonder how rich people feel in NYC, San Francisco and many other areas where you can not get a 1,500 square foot house for under a million dollars, even with the market turn down. - freydogg, on 10/31/2008, -29/+53In a sane world, making a comment like this would be the equivalent of throwing the election.
- mzx639, on 10/31/2008, -32/+56Haha, the guy that let's his family members live in poverty, who has a record of contributing nearly nothing of his own personal wealth is trying to call anyone that doesn't subscribe to his socialist beliefs selfish?? Haha, what a hypocrite. It's easy to spend other peoples money, the liberals mantra.
- inactive, on 10/31/2008, -29/+52Republicans are against higher taxes and donate more of their time and money to charity than Democrats do.
- inactive, on 10/31/2008, -2/+24I don't want his handouts if it means that he's going to punish the upper middle class and small businesses for being successful. This will hurt the overall economy.
- inactive, on 10/31/2008, -30/+51Notice that at no time does he deny being a socialist. Just that he believes free markets and free people are "selfish". If he becomes our president, we're in trouble.
- inactive, on 10/31/2008, -38/+58We fought the war of independence over "selfishness", you socialist black racist. I am a much better judge of how to spend my money than government.
- mzx639, on 10/31/2008, -5/+25Tax cut? Haha, dude you don't even know the difference between a tax cut and tax credit. Obama is a loser.
- webXL, on 10/31/2008, -3/+23hey cube, open your eyes. wealth is not constant. it can be created and destroyed. the destroyers (the SELFISH people in government) are taking wealth from the creators (producers/employers).
That is not the way to revitalize the economy. - inactive, on 10/31/2008, -5/+24It's not a tax cut. It's stealing from working people and giving it to those that didn't work for it. You can call it "tax cut" all day but that doesn't change what it is. People with active gray matter call it "theft and welfare".
- inactive, on 10/31/2008, -8/+26Look numbskull blockhead cubed. Obama has said that 95% of taxpayers will see a tax cut, right? He's said that people in the top 5% will see a tax increase, right? He's also said that people making under $250K will see a tax cut, right? (He's said $200K & $150K too, but I digress.)
Now, follow me here, OK numbskull? Families making $157K are in the top 5% of income earners.
Perhaps you have some fuzzy math to 'splainaway the discrepancy? Hmm?
And don't forget, EVERYONE who pays taxes received a tax cut under George W. Bush, and Barack Hussein Obama has declared that he will allow the Bush tax cuts to expire.
Now, I know this is hard for you, but go to a history book, and look at Herbert Hoover's answer to an economic crisis that looked an awful lot like the one we are staring at now, and see what his response was. See what the result was.
And then come back here so I can shove your self-righteousness up you a$$. You don't have a clue what you're talking about. - inactive, on 10/31/2008, -2/+20Idiot.
- solboldi, on 11/01/2008, -3/+19Conservatives Donate More to Charity Than Liberals Do
http://digg.com/politics/Conservatives_Donate_abou ... - neoneddy, on 10/31/2008, -2/+18I myself tithe 10% (gross) to my local church. Call me old fashioned but I haven't had to go without yet.. and although I wouldn't say I'm a republican, but I'm no democrat. More if a libertarian really.
- badqat, on 10/31/2008, -25/+41Selfish AND unpatriotic...
- ScottyVenture, on 10/31/2008, -1/+17And demand that everyone else pay more, saying they are "selfish" in the process? Force your hand into everyone's wallet? Instead of putting it in your own if you feel people like you should pay more?
Sorry, that dog don't hunt. - inactive, on 10/31/2008, -1/+17I'm not rich like Barry is and if I had relatives who were living on a dollar a month I would do whatever I could to help.
- Glynth, on 10/31/2008, -1/+16cube - you are a sad, blind little man. Socialism does not work. The race card will backfire. In the long run, you will regret your position today.
- inactive, on 10/31/2008, -2/+17Why would they? The big businesses are just going to cut some Americans' jobs and raise prices to compensate for the higher tax rate. We'll be sending our welfare money back to the same big businesses.
- inactive, on 10/31/2008, -4/+19Jesus. All I want is fairness in the tax code and a strong economy that doesn't penalize people and companies for their success. Who is being the ***** here?
- brad3378, on 10/31/2008, -32/+46I wish somebody would tell this liberal that it is the SPENDING that's killing us.
If you want to tax me, fine, just don't spend more than you take in.
Deficit spending is immoral and unfair to future generations. - existing, on 10/31/2008, -3/+17cubedw00t is just an idiot unable to hold an intelligent conversation.
- isamuelson, on 10/31/2008, -3/+17Typical liberal who can't argue with facts. Has to resort to name calling. Perfect example of what NOT to be,
- existing, on 10/31/2008, -6/+20What........we're not "allowed" to say black? BLACK! BLACK! BLACK! So there. Now I'm a racist, too. Or, maybe I'm now a member of the KKK....?....
Anyone who could remain a member of "Rev." Wright's church for 20 years, have the good "Rev." perform your marriage, baptize your children......now that's a racist, son ~ that's a racist. - JerichoSam, on 10/31/2008, -2/+16Yes, doesn't the very word "refund" imply that something was paid in the first place? Can I walk into my local store and get a refund without first making a purchase?
- jefferson007, on 10/31/2008, -9/+23Can someone please explain to me WHY people who don't pay any income taxes in the first place get a refund?
- solboldi, on 10/31/2008, -2/+15Obama lives in a 1.6 million dollar mansion. So does Reverend Wright.
- isamuelson, on 10/31/2008, -1/+14Once again, cubed is given facts so he resorts to arguments that mean nothing.
Keep it up, cubed. You're making a complete fool of yourself. - SpenderH, on 10/31/2008, -31/+44What about the millions of lower-income voters ACORN has been targeting who will vote for Obama just to get a tax rebate when they haven't even paid taxes? I think they might qualify as "selfish".
And what about all of the conservatives in the middle class that are targeted when liberals say "Don't they realize they'll get more money under Obama's plan?" They are true Americans voting on principles the Left will never understand. - LeadOffMan, on 10/31/2008, -3/+16it's ridiculous what people are supporting in obama. reminds me of the same reason we got into teh FDR mess
- NonLeftistDiggr, on 10/31/2008, -3/+15We shouldn't be forced to do that, it should be the other way around. if you want the incompetent public sector to turn your neighbor's dollar into 50 cents, send your own money.
- Troy64, on 10/31/2008, -7/+19He wants you to pay for his aunt and brother not him. That is the whole idea of being a liberal. Spend other peoples money.
- PuterPrsn, on 10/31/2008, -29/+40This from a guy who puts almost as little out for charity as Biden (who, by the way, only contributed $1,300 last year). While the McCains put out over $3million. WHO is selfish? Whose Aunt is living the ghetto? Whose half-brother is living on less than $300 a year? Who netted over $3 million last year and doesn't have enough to help care for his family? Yah, keep talking.
- dan222555, on 10/31/2008, -8/+19Class warfare here we come.
- existing, on 10/31/2008, -4/+15You're losing it, cube, you're losing it.
- existing, on 10/31/2008, -1/+12Thank you...(bowing)...thank you.
Hannity can be a wee bit irritating, but I think he has a good heart. - existing, on 10/31/2008, -1/+12Excellent, PuterPrsn, excellent.
Hello again, cubedw00tgain. An aunt or half-brother are not deserving of BO's attention or help? The Messiah would actually deny them? When THE ONE is worth, oh, I don't know - maybe millions? How selfish, cheap and hypocritical is that, for crying out loud? I'm with TheNWO - I'm not rich either, in fact, far from it. But, when a family member is in need, nuclear or not, I will help with the last dollar I've got.
Sheesh. - dballagh, on 10/31/2008, -26/+37I don't consider freedom to be selfish but that's just me. Freedom to spend my money any way I want, freedom to donate to charity anyway I want, or freedom to fail until I get it right.
- LeadOffMan, on 10/31/2008, -12/+22I hardly think it's selfish to want to keep 50% or more of your EARNED income. Someone (such as obama) who doesn't give more than 1% to charity doesn't have much room to talk about how people should spread their wealth
- jefferson007, on 10/31/2008, -3/+13This is only one example of Obama's "share the wealth" agenda. Don't get me wrong, I have compassion for someone who has paid something in taxes, and I have no problem with their tax liablity netting "zero" if warranted. But to cut them a check and GIVE them FREE money back for NOTHING is simply glorified wellfare.
- existing, on 10/31/2008, -30/+40Right out of the communist playbook. BO's true colors are really starting to show.
- Troika37, on 11/01/2008, -1/+11Or simply receive millions in illegal donations by disabling the auto-security features of your website.
- zugzug01, on 10/31/2008, -1/+11"Tax Cut" implies that the government steals less...
You cannot spend the awesome amounts of funds that he proposes for his socialist experiment, and actually reduce the funding base.. The numbers just don't work. But then numbers won't make the sheep feel good. Solid numbers dispersed to the unwashed masses will not drive them off the proverbial cliff. Hope...Change....Lies... The good Senator from Illinois will use these tools with wicked masterfulness to change the course of our democracy, should the sheep find their way to the voting booth. - JerichoSam, on 11/01/2008, -1/+10"In 2007, the Arizona senator reported $405,409 in total income and contributed $105,467, or 26 percent of his total income, to charity."
http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/4437/john-mcc ...
"Up until recent years when their income increased sharply from book revenues and a Senate salary, Obama's family donated a relatively minor amount of its earnings to charity. From 2000 through 2004, the senator and his wife never gave more than $3,500 a year in charitable donations -- about 1 percent of their annual earnings. In 2005, however, that total jumped to $77,315 (4.7 percent of annual earnings), and to $60,307 in 2006 (6.1 percent). The money went to several organizations. More than $27,000 total was given to Obama's church, Trinity United Church of Christ, whose former pastor Jeremiah Wright has dominated recent news coverage. "
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/25/obama-tax ...
Now ... What were you saying? - Glynth, on 10/31/2008, -7/+16ABC News : John Stossel : Cheap on Charity
Another report on Who Really Cares.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tQYP6K0ZdU
CONSERVATIVES GIVE MORE OF THEIR INCOME TO CHARITY THAN LIBERALS, despite making somewhat less money!
Conservatives are more likely to donate blood, as well, etc. etc.
"The people who give one thing tend to be the people who give everything in America."
-Brooks - NonLeftistDiggr, on 10/31/2008, -5/+14Because we have convictions. Most rich people I've met went through ridiculous periods of work to get there, they don't owe you, me, or anybody else any money than they already have taken from them.
- buddywlkr3, on 10/31/2008, -5/+14There are differences between the Obama plan and what happened during the Clinton years. It is true that Al Gore cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate on the administration's plan to reduce the budget deficit by raising taxes and restraining spending. However, economists and business executives say, much of what happened to the economy in the 1990's had little to do with Washington and was part of a process that began before Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore took office. In the private sector, companies were starting to see the benefits of painful steps to make themselves more competitive at home and abroad, including plant closings and layoffs of previously secure middle managers.
And perhaps most important, years of technological progress were beginning to click into place in a way that promised tremendous benefits, most notably through a pickup in productivity, the basic measure of efficiency and the best predictor of long-term economic potential.
And, very importantly, other policy decisions played a role in straightening out the government's finances. Among them were a deficit-reduction bill signed by President George Bush in 1990 and a deal between Mr. Clinton and the Republican Congress in 1997 that cut capital gains taxes while further restricting spending.
Obama, on the other hand, has no intention of reducing spending, nor does he have any intention of cutting capital gains taxes. Also, he is not on the edge of an innovation bubble that will allow him to reap those business dividends. This is a recipe for a major depression -- not a return to the prosperity of the Clinton years. - solboldi, on 10/31/2008, -3/+12McCain has donated much more to charity than Obama has.
- NonLeftistDiggr, on 10/31/2008, -3/+11If that's what you really want, then you definitely don't want a libtard congress paired up with Obama like you are going to get.
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