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Is This The Change You Believed In?

November 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Since Obama was elected to be the next President something has happened on that has never been seen before - Wall Street is collapsing.

Throughout the campaign Obama promised take care of every citizen’s needs from school to medical bills to rent and fuel-efficient cars. He promised new massive government spending. He’s suggested privatizing [...]

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Tags: Election · Money · Socialism · Taxes · The Left · The US

Our Socialist Overlord?

November 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

From Political Punch at ABC News:

On the stump this week, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has pushed back against Sen. John McCain’s description of his tax policies.
“The reason that we want to do this, change our tax code, is not because I have anything against the rich,” Obama said in Sarasota, Florida, yesterday. “I love rich [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Election · Money · Socialism · Taxes · The Left · The US

This Is What You Are Asking For?

November 1st, 2008 · Comments Off

From Hot Air:

As a skilled rhetorical magician, Obama presents himself as a tax-cutter. Even though he’s voted dozens of times to raise taxes, he assures Americans that 95% of us will have our taxes slashed under his plan. The Wall Street Journal isn’t buying it. Once again, though, the best way to assess someone’s positions [...]

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Tags: Election · Money · Taxes · The Left · The US

Obama’s Reshaping Of American Government

October 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

From The Toledo Blade:

Senator Obama’s call for a middle-class rescue plan comes a day after The Blade published a Page 1 open letter to the candidate welcoming him to Toledo and inviting him to endorse a ‘Second Bill of Rights‘ that includes Americans’ right to a job where they live.
Mr. Obama responded to The Blade’s [...]

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Tags: Election · Socialism · Taxes · The Left · The US

Those Who Forget History …

October 30th, 2008 · Comments Off

Marcus Tullius Cicero (January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, philosopher, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome’s greatest orators and prose stylists.
Cicero is generally perceived to be one of the most versatile minds of ancient Rome. He introduced the Romans to the [...]

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Tags: Election · Money · Socialism · Taxes · The US

The Small Business Death-By-Tax

October 24th, 2008 · Comments Off

From the transcript of second McCain/Obama debate, via CNN:

OBAMA: So let’s be clear about my tax plan and Sen. McCain’s, because we’re not going to be able to deal with entitlements unless we understand the revenues coming in. I want to provide a tax cut for 95 percent of Americans, 95 percent.
If you make less [...]

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Tags: Election · Money · Socialism · Taxes · The Left

Socialism Is Already Here

October 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

From Capital News 9:

Albany [New York] Common Council members say they’ll figure out a plan to make sure non-unionized city employees get raises. Mayor Jerry Jennings has proposed eliminating raises and several other cuts in his 2009 budget proposal which calls for less spending with a property tax increase of nearly five percent.
Councilman Glen Casey [...]

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Tags: Election · Employment · Government · Money · New York · Socialism · Taxes · The Left

Obama: The Thief

October 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

From the New York Post:

You won’t find it in his campaign ads, but Barack Obama let slip his plans to become a modern-day Robin Hood in the White House, confiscating money from the rich to give to the poor.
Conservatives yesterday ripped Obama after he was caught on video telling an Ohio plumber that he [...]