So, there you have it! No taxes will be raised on the poor or "middle class." (We will get into
the "middle class" next) But just this last month taxes were raised on Cigarettes. Wait, poor
Americans are more likely to be smokers. Wait, that means that this tax does affect the poor.
That is right... its a regressive tax...and it allows Obama to do what he accused Republicans
of saying he would do during the Presidential campaign, i.e.-that he would be a tax and spend
liberal democrat. Well, yep, that seems spot on!!
I know that if pressed, Obama would probably say that the tax is going to pay for children who
do not have health coverage...but that does not discount the fact that it is a tax that affects the
very group he promised not to tax. Either Obama is naive and mistakenly made too many
promises...or he is a liar. I think that his failure to admit naiveness leaves us with one
conclusion: YOU LIED TO ME!!!!
And how does that make you feel? AAANGRY!!!!!
So, there you have it...Obama makes a promise...breaks his promise under the guise of a higher
end...and gets away with it because the media isn't doing too much fact checking on Obama.
Question: What incentive does this give the federal government to really attack smoking? Well,
now there is a huge disincentive...the government doesn't want smokers to quit...then this
nicotine addicted source of revenue would dry up! Now that is totally ethical.
If Obama really wanted to make a difference in the health of the nation he would repeat what Yule
said:
Maybe Obama doesn't want to do that because he is still smoking himself. Well, saying one
thing and doing another never stopped him before...
Have you forgotten? It is patriotic to pay taxes. Therefore, Obama is paying more tax on cigarettes making him a GREATER patriot than he was before. Isn't that how this works?
ReplyDeleteMore importantly is Obama clearly does not understand the role of the President as outlined by that antiquated document... what's it called again? Oh yeah! The Constitution! His actions demonstrate that he is more interested in pursuits more fit for a legislator and not a Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces. Example, the other day when trying to explain his "housing plan" he was asked about the pirate situation off the coast of Africa and he quick responded that he was not there to discuss the pirates, but housing. I must have skipped over the part of the Constitution that has the President responsible for anything having to do with this.
I don't think it is so much that he is a liar (which he is), but that he is trying to evolve the office of the President to become something like that of Hugo Chavez's post, an "elected" dictator. Do we want to start taking bets as to when he tries eliminated term limits for the president?
This was Beautiful! I love the Hidden Camera Expose. I also loved how Obama pledged that, unlike McCain, he would pay for the "Tax Cuts" by cutting "Wasteful" spending. Wow, he sure followed through, didn't he?
ReplyDeleteAnother point that can and should be made is that Obama will have to raise taxes on those who make much less than $250,000. There is no other way for him to reduce the deficit that his budget is creating. Well, other than decreasing the budget and cutting spending altogether...but that seems unlikely.
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