fiberguy
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Re: Do nothing Congress
You are right, he IS just parroting the right wing talking points. I seem to recall that was just spewed out on Fox News Channel the other day too. What many of these high paid idiots forget is that FDR was in a different era and time than we are in today. SO much has changed since then and the economy had become more of a global economy than ever before. So, to compare FDR to today is just foolish and quite honestly, amateurish at best. Many of today's so-called experts simply open up a history book, find the closest example, and then regurgitate it in order to collect their paychecks.
But anyway...
Bush's tax cuts, on the other hand, are not simply to blame for the trouble we're in today. To think so is simply foolish as well. Go back to when they were implemented, remove them, and let the cards fall again, we'd still be in the same place we are today. There are plenty of things that Bush and his people did to f*ck up this country over the last 6 years. And, to be honest, Bush was an idiot so lets not give him that much credit. Bush was an uneducated boozer from Texas who was nothing more than a puppet for Rove and others around him. The problems of this country go far back and include a chain of leaders including Clinton, Bush Daddy, Regan, even Carter and beyond. We can also look at congress as well for many years. So, to say its the tax cuts? That's way too simple.
In this case, as well, I don't think it's up to Pnh102 to place links or anything to back up the claims... that, too, is a lazy way to get out of a conversation. This discussion is all around us and readily available for the finding. Even Obama has chose to back off on cutting the middle class tax and not raising the taxes on the rich. HOWEVER, what Obama will be doing is simply not letting the tax cuts continue.. he will let them expire so his fingerprints will not be on that paper.
I don't agree with the tax cuts.. there are many things I don't agree with such as taxing prosperity. I think we should be moving towards taxing consumption instead. However, I don't always get my way. One thing is for sure, however, is the rule that states "he who has the gold makes the rules" and when the rich people state that taxing the rich will make problems, you kinda have no choice but to listen to those people. The fact is that they already have money. The ONLY time you can get any of that money, to matter, is when they circulate it. If they chose to sit on that money, what do you think is going to happen? ... you have to listen to the kings as the president is just a tiny man compared to them. They're basically stating what will happen and that is that they will sit on their money and that WILL hurt!
In order to turn this around, it's going to take a long time.. the only way a tiny man can hurt a giant is to do it so slow they don't realize it's even happening at their feet.
As much as Obama actually is inspiring in his ideas, the fact is that I believe he will be almost as effective as Carter was and not by his own doing. Obama's time is just not really the right time. He has a tough, and most likely, a failed road a head of him - again, not by his own doing. He's damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't. What we're really living, today, is a new kind of civil war. Only, this war is not fought with guns and neighbors.. it's fought with money and classes. |
