Just tell me WHY Obama

[J. T. Toad]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

I think the whole tax debate is a 'red herring', which

And yet so far this has been the only justification you have given for supporting O.

When has any tax increase been good for the typical, rich, or poor American?

IF you tax the rich (ceo, entertainers, "250K" plus people) , how will they make up the difference? Move to a more economical home? No, they will just raise the cost of product so they can make more money to sustain their standard of living.

For example - Ignorance is thinking that raising minimum wage increases standard of living... all it means that unless it "trickles up"... standard salaries got a pay cut.

I am not sure anyone has given thought to the fact that the forefathers succeeded for far less of a tax structure than we a burdened with now. Especially considering that as of this weekend, our Gov't is now the single largest owner of real estate debt.

[cobra de capell]

"IF you tax the rich (ceo, entertainers, "250K" plus people) , how will they make up the difference? Move to a more economical home? No, they will just raise the cost of product so they can make more money to sustain their standard of living."

BINGO! I'd also include oil companies, corporations and practically any entity that has products or services to sell - they will all simply pass on any new tax, as they do with tax now, to the people that purchase those products and services, cut back on charity, cut jobs, etc - therefore, any tax proposal that hits those that make a lot of money turns into a tax on everyone at every income level - included poor people that don't pay income tax - they also buy products and services.

The fools are those in the middle and lower income brackets that 'feel' like something good is about to happen if BO wins. In fact, a few of those fools are posting here on a regular basis.

[jhv48]

Had a short talk with my daughter who just graduated from UCSB, a very liberal university.

She is a staunch Democrat so I posed the following question to her:

If one of your classmates was getting a low grade in one of her classes because she wasn't working very hard, would my daughter be willing to give this girl one of her hard earned A's so the friend could pull up her GPA?

My daughter said "Heck no, I worked my butt off for those A's, why should I give them away to someone that refuses to work just as hard as I did?"

And I replied, "Welcome to the Republican Party!"

That's the difference between the two parties as far as I can tell. And since I am one of the "Haves", I choose NOT to give it to those that refuse to work for it like I did.