"Democracy is the road to socialism."
Karl Marx
"From each, according to his ability; to each, according to his need."
Karl Marx
and one of Marx's best:
"Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity."
Karl Marx
DT, and how is Obama's "tax the have's and give to the have nots" differ from this doctrine? it's wealth redistribution, plain and simple. OH, and don't call it Welfare, THAT's racist, it's tax credits. But how can it be a "tax credit" when they pay no income tax?
How is anything coming out of Obama's mouth any different from what Democrats have been saying for the last 80 years? Taxes = wealth redistribution...and we've had income taxes for how many years now? Do Republicans presidents cancel taxes when they're elected? No.
The reality of America is that we don’t have the stomach for a pure capitalist system.
We believe a person should earn what they’re worth, but not if it means some Wall street exec makes $50 million/year or some college dropout makes $10 million/year in the NFL.
We want to build homes on flood plains and eroding cliffs that we can’t even get insured but we want government assistance when our life savings burns to the ground, floats down river or slides into the ocean.
We believe in personal fiscal responsibility, but we want a mortgage bailout if OUR home goes into foreclosure.
We don’t believe in government handouts but we want unemployment compensation if we get laid off.
We believe the cream will rise to the top but we support “No child left behind” in schools so our little Johnny won’t sink to the bottom.
We want to see our 401K’s growing 15% annually, but if it goes down 5% we demand to know why we weren’t told about the risk.
we want a free market economy…as long as we’re not the guy on the bottom of the ladder.
Face it, people. Socialism is here already and it’s here to stay…but let’s all act like it’s the fault of a guy who isn’t even in office yet, if ever. I support a flat tax but we won’t see it anytime soon…then again 10 years ago I thought I wouldn’t see a black president in my lifetime.
FYI, John McCain himself says Obama is neither a Marxist nor a Socialist but if it makes you feel better to disagree with your own candidate's opinion knock yourself out.