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Registered: 05-14-2008
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Mon, 10-27-2008 - 11:29pm

Oh the arrogance of some Americans! I read this letter to the editor today from a Cuban immigrant and thought it was just so insightful.

>>So all of a sudden everybody has finally discovered that Sen. Obama, with his comment to Joe the Plumber, plans to ". . . spread the wealth around." We should all be worried.

Months ago, Sen. Obama and the Democratic members of the House and Senate indicated they would tax the "windfall profits" of the oil companies. Allow me to translate.

We will confiscate and steal the profits that belong to the shareholders of the oil companies and distribute them to people who never risked a single cent or invested in those companies, just because it is "fair."

Everybody cheers, not realizing that some of those profits belong to the pension plans of police, firemen, teachers, city, county and state employees, retired people, and thousands of 401(k)s. I suspect even some of those plumber and pipefitters unions have money invested in those companies.

I came from Cuba. I have seen this movie before, and I know how it ends. I have heard the same lines, spoken by different actors, the Castro brothers in my case and more recently by Hugo Chávez in Venezuela. With all his refined education and eloquence, Mr. Obama is just another socialist who thinks that our American-trained socialists will make socialism work here, while all those others around the world have failed. We are so much smarter here.

Luis Vicens
Pembroke Pines, Fla.<<

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In reply to: delphine88
Tue, 10-28-2008 - 12:19am
Thanks for your insight.
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Registered: 10-10-2008
In reply to: delphine88
Tue, 10-28-2008 - 12:47am
Totally agree!