Once again President Obama showed what a good orator and campaigner he is. The man is excellent at giving wonderful, motivational speeches that really say nothing. I suffered the pain of watching for 10 minutes or so and came away with three thoughts.
1. He is reposturing himself for the 2012 campaign, reading the voters writing on the wall and all of a sudden he's "concerned" with the deficit. I see on Fox News this morning I wasn't the only one to get this.
2. He's still way out in la la land, thinking wealthier people WANT to pay more taxes.
3. Why do these politicians all call Social Security and Medicare "entitlements" and say they're the programs that have to be cut?
Let's examine number 3 a bit. The last time I checked they were still taking Social Security (6.something %) off of worker's paychecks. And employers were still required to contribute a matching 6.whatever %. Self employed pay both, 12.something % And Medicare was still being deducted. Get this politicians:
YOUR DAMN RIGHT I'M ENTITLED TO GET MY OWN MONEY BACK, WITH INTEREST!!!
Now Medicaid is a horse of a different color. That's free healthcare for illegal aliens and welfare recipients. Why don't they talk about getting rid of that???
Now let's look at number 2: the wealthy want to pay more taxes. Yeah, they're talking about 200k and up. If they wanted to pay more taxes why do they all pay accountants to find every single deduction they possibly can??? Why do corporations have entire departments who do nothing but structure their financials to get every tax break they can? Pay off politicians with campaign donations to created loopholes for them???? Huh, tell me why Mr. President.
Now I was not even close to their idea of wealthy, but I did make decent money. Here's what they used to take off my paycheck: Over 18k in federal withholding. 6 or 7k for Medicare. Don't remember what the Medicaid was. And I paid that kind of money for many years. YES, I want my Social Security and Medicare. At my job that generated that income, I worked close to 70 hours a week. Would YOU want to pay more than 25k in fed taxes a year to support people who don't work??? No, I didn't think so.. Somehow I doubt anyone else does either.
Ok, number 1: Unfortunately, history tells me that close to half of the people in this country today will fall for his B.S. again. Remember that come Nov. 2012 and make sure YOU vote.
Dumb Farmer
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It should be clear to anyone that's ever had to balance even their own home budget that neither Congress or the Obama Administration has any clue how or what to do with the economy. After all, when you have never ever had a real job earning a dollar for actual work, how can we expect any of them to have a grasp for what it takes. It's no surprise they have so much to say without any real plan.
ReplyDeleteSo you're saying we should just let people starve to death? You "conservatives" are cold hearted bastards.
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