Obama's plan in 13 words?

[Bubba X]

Tax the rich
Feed the poor
'Til there are no
Rich no more.

[sandpit]

I'd love to change the world...but I don't know what to do.

[cj's dad]

And when there are no rich no more, then we"ll all be poor.

[Tom]

I uh, uh, um, I , uh, uh, uh, wait a minute, I uh...

[ArlJim78]

Tax the rich
Feed the poor
'Til there are no
Rich no more.
and right before those lines?

Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity

[Bubba X]

and right before those lines?

Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity
13 words also!

Alvin for Prez!

Though in a few years, it might be Prime Minister of the USA. Or Chairman.

[ArlJim78]

13 words also!

Alvin for Prez!

Though in a few years, it might be Prime Minister of the USA. Or Chairman.
I wonder when he wrote those lyrics if he had just come from Barney Franks apartment.

*rimshot*

[Marshall Bennett]

Roses are red , violets are blue , democracy is dead , and free enterprise too ..

[Greyfox]

Yo ho ho,
A bottle of rum,
BO pirates dough,
Electorate is dumb.

[Greyfox]

"Say Good-bye to The War on Terrorism,
Say Hi! War on Capitalism."

[Burls]

It is such a pity too.
After eight years in office, the Bush Administration left America in such wonderful shape.
And now Barack Hussein Obama is going to wreck all of that. :bang:

[BlueShoe]

1.Tax
2.Spend
3.Tax
4.Spend
5.Tax
6.Spend
7.Tax
8.Spend
9.Tax
10.Spend
11.Collectivism
12.Socialism
13.Communism

[Burls]

Ya gotta love the Republican emphasis on Fiscal Responsibility after the Bush Administration managed to go from inheriting a SURPLUS to plunging America into the deepest hole it's ever been in.

[JustRalph]

Ya gotta love the Republican emphasis on Fiscal Responsibility after the Bush Administration managed to go from inheriting a SURPLUS to plunging America into the deepest hole it's ever been in.


yeah, but Burls, so far if my math is right........Obama is going to triple the Bush deficit............

[kenwoodallpromos]

"not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right"

Thomas Paine, Common Sense.

[ArlJim78]

yeah, but Burls, so far if my math is right........Obama is going to triple the Bush deficit............
isn't it odd how that works? Bush deficit = BAD, Obama deficit = GOOD

Bush's $400 billion deficit was irresponsible, and left the country in the worst shape since the depression.

Yet Obama's $1.5 Trillion deficit is a responsible way to rebuild the foundation of our great country. his budget director came out today and said deficits are good!

in five weeks Obama with his cohorts in congress have set all the records for fiscal irresponsibility. there is no historical precedent for what they have done, nothing even comes close.

[Marshall Bennett]

yeah, but Burls, so far if my math is right........Obama is going to triple the Bush deficit............
:ThmbUp: ... and I've got a ring side seat . Obama signed his name to it , its his baby now . Can't wait to watch Burls wet his pants when the shit hits the fan !!

[PaceAdvantage]

yeah, but Burls, so far if my math is right........Obama is going to triple the Bush deficit............Oh, but JR, he HAS NO CHOICE! If he doesn't, we'll all turn into pumpkins around midnight...

Bush just left things SO BAD, he has NO CHOICE! :lol:

Bush was the one back in the 1970s that started the Community Reinvestment Act...remember? Back in his cocaine days....:lol:

[NJ Stinks]

Not 13 words but here is what Americans thought about progressive income tax rates when the 16th Amendment was enacted.
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"By 1913, 36 States had ratified the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. In October, Congress passed a new income tax law with rates beginning at 1 percent and rising to 7 percent for taxpayers with income in excess of $500,000. Less than 1 percent of the population paid income tax at the time. Form 1040 was introduced as the standard tax reporting form and, though changed in many ways over the years, remains in use today."

http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/taxes/ustax.shtml
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I guess back then tax, spend, Collectivism, Socialism, and Communism was running amok too. Either that or people back then recognized ability to pay was an important component of a fair tax system. Sort of like Obama.

[Golf and Horses]

Not 13 words but here is what Americans thought about progressive income tax rates when the 16th Amendment was enacted.
__________________________________________________ _____________

"By 1913, 36 States had ratified the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. In October, Congress passed a new income tax law with rates beginning at 1 percent and rising to 7 percent for taxpayers with income in excess of $500,000. Less than 1 percent of the population paid income tax at the time. Form 1040 was introduced as the standard tax reporting form and, though changed in many ways over the years, remains in use today."

http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/taxes/ustax.shtml
__________________________________________________ _______

I guess back then tax, spend, Collectivism, Socialism, and Communism was running amok too. Either that or people back then recognized ability to pay was an important component of a fair tax system. Sort of like Obama.

It is questionable whether the 16th Amendment was legally ratified
http://political-resources.com/taxes/16thamendment/default.htm
That could be a whole other thread. Anyone?

[michiken]

Generals gathered in their masses, just like witches at black masses? (http://www.ram.org/contrib/warpigs.html)

[rastajenk]

I guess back then tax, spend, Collectivism, Socialism, and Communism was running amok too. Yes, it was. Do sum readin'.

[ArlJim78]

I've never understood the arguments for progressive taxation. Its not fair.

[rastajenk]

"From each according to his ability..." You know, a basic tenet of socialism.

[Burls]

"From each according to his ability..."Unless, of course, you are well-placed enough to avoid doing your part in the war effort, like: W, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Paul Wolfowitz, "Scooter" Libby ...

[Burls]

yeah, but Burls, so far if my math is right........Obama is going to triple the Bush deficit............There's certainly no guarantee that Obama's Keynesian 'priming the pump' project is going to be able to recoup all of the money that's being put into it.

[Tom]

Where did Barry serve?

[Burls]

Where did Barry serve?There was no draft for him to avoid.

[boxcar]

I've never understood the arguments for progressive taxation. Its not fair.

It's grossly unfair because all the responsible and productive people who are the engine that drives the economy are penalized and punished by the State for being responsible and productive. Conversely, the least responsible and productive people are rewarded by the State at the expense of the first group.

Talking about "fair" and "unfair", everyone should know and be aware that the term "fair", in one form or another, is going to be bandied around often in this administration. Shudder when you hear a socialist use it because you can be certain that whatever policy or program he's referring to is anything but fair. For example, the Fairness Doctrine is designed to stifle free speech. Designed to shut down vigorous debate, etc. Then some socialist idiot again just in the last day or two brought up one of BO's talking points of his inaugural address, i.e. "fair economic growth" -- GLOBALLY, yet! (Global talk is even more onerous than domestic policy speak because it smacks too much of a centralized world government that would rule the masses.) Fairness and Growth are mighty strange bedfellows -- in fact, they're contradictory concepts once you stop to think about it!

Boxcar

[boxcar]

There was no draft for him to avoid.

But why didn't he do his civic duty by serving his country by enlisting?

Boxcar

[toetoe]

I heard His Majesty saying, in stentorian tones, "The time is here ...," which made me wonder whether the place is now. :confused: . (:Chin in hand, woolgathering.)

[PaceAdvantage]

Unless, of course, you are well-placed enough to avoid doing your part in the war effort, like: W, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Paul Wolfowitz, "Scooter" Libby ...You forgot to add Barack Obama and Bill Clinton to that list....what was he, 29 when the Gulf War I was going on? Why didn't he suit up and serve during what many would consider a valid and just war?

At least W was in the National Guard....where did Clinton and Obama serve?

Can we officially call Obama a CHICKENHAWK now that he is sending our boys and girls into harms way without ever experiencing the horrors of combat himself first hand?

Nah...you wouldn't dare label your man a Chickenhawk, now would you?

[Sailwolf]

[QUOTE=PaceAdvantage]At least W was in the National Guard....
QUOTE]

W pull strings to be in the Natioal Guard

If he was a true "man" he would have gone to Vietnam

[HUSKER55]

and Bo would be in Iraq. Come to think of it wouldn't Clinton have been in Vietnam as well?

[PaceAdvantage]

Barrack Obama....CHICKENHAWK in CHIEF!

[Tom]

So we can call him......BWAAAAAAACK OBama! :lol:

[kent]

I have it down to six words.

Obama spoke, the country went broke.

[NJ Stinks]

Nah...you wouldn't dare label your man a Chickenhawk, now would you?

Chickenhawk: "a political epithet used in the United States to criticize a politician, bureaucrat, or commentator who strongly supports a war or other military action, and actively avoided military service when of draft age."

Brushing aside the silliness of your posts here this morning, I'll play along and ask you a question. Can you be labeled a Chickenhawk when not only did you not want to go to war with Iraq to begin with but are leading the charge to get us out of Iraq - not the other way around? :confused:

Just curious.

[Tom]

OK, then just plain chicken!

[Show Me the Wire]

Chickenhawk: "a political epithet used in the United States to criticize a politician, bureaucrat, or commentator who strongly supports a war or other military action, and actively avoided military service when of draft age."

Brushing aside the silliness of your posts here this morning, I'll play along and ask you a question. Can you be labeled a Chickenhawk when not only did you not want to go to war with Iraq to begin with but are leading the charge to get us out of Iraq - not the other way around? :confused:

Just curious.


Yes, when you expand the war in Afghanistan to Pakistan.

[boxcar]

Yes, when you expand the war in Afghanistan to Pakistan.

Amazing what selectively short memories libs always seem to have.

Boxcar

[ddog]

"not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right"

Thomas Paine, Common Sense.


the only post of substance in the whole jv thread.
:ThmbUp:

[PaceAdvantage]

Chickenhawk: "a political epithet used in the United States to criticize a politician, bureaucrat, or commentator who strongly supports a war or other military action, and actively avoided military service when of draft age."

Brushing aside the silliness of your posts here this morning, I'll play along and ask you a question. Can you be labeled a Chickenhawk when not only did you not want to go to war with Iraq to begin with but are leading the charge to get us out of Iraq - not the other way around? :confused:

Just curious.Actually, my definition of chickenhawk is one who actively sends our boys and girls into harms way and never once served this country in any military capacity.

That would define Mr. Obama perfectly as he sends more of our boys and girls off to fight (and die) in Afghanistan.

This man has no first hand idea of the horrors of war (much like Bush was criticized...but at least he actually served in the TANG), and yet unlike Bush, you won't dare label him a CH.

[ddog]

wow , you just dropped the ch bomb on a bunch of presidents.

very embarrassed for you.

:blush:

[PaceAdvantage]

Actually, since FDR, the only two presidents never to wear a uniform are Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. That's two out of the last twelve. Both are indeed chickenhawks in my book.

12 out of 43 overall never served. I'm still quite comfortable in what I posted, thank you very much.

[Tom]

It depends on how you define "served." :lol:

Bwaaaaackkkkkk Obama!