McCAIN-HAVE AMERICANS GONE NUTS???
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| Tue, 10-14-2008 - 9:21am |
In this (video) exchange between Obama and a plumber on the campaign trail this weekend, the self-employed plumber said to Obama: "Your new tax plan is going to tax me more. Isn’t it?"
Obama responded: "It’s not that I want to punish your success, I just want to make sure that everybody that is behind you, that they have a chance for success too. I think that when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody."
But, Obama's not a socialist -- geez Louise!
Given Barack Obama’s relentless populism this cycle, the Wall Street Journal analysis of his tax cuts should surprise no one. They find that Obama relies less on actual cuts in tax rates and more in specific, "refundable" grants that filers receive whether they have a tax liability or not. Instead of reducing taxes, Obama makes his redistributionism explicit.
Six of the seven listed in the Obama plan are these "refundables," money people get from the federal government even if they pay no taxes at all. These are not Ttax cuts," but instead welfare grants based on specific social policy.

... and Obama stated in the last debate he would send American troops to places like Darfur and others in Africa to "keep the peace".