Palin: Obama’s Plan Is “Experiment With Socialism”
(CBS)
(ROSWELL, N.M.) - Sarah Palin drew huge cheers at an airport hanger rally here when she insisted that Barack Obama’s infamous comments to Joe the Plumber meant that the Democrat would initiate a socialist economic plan.
“Senator Obama said the wants to ‘spread the wealth,’” Palin said. “What that means is he wants government to take your money and dole it out however a politician sees fit.”
Palin acknowledged a man in the crowd who carried a sign proclaiming himself to be, “Ed The Dairy Man,” and used him to help make her point.
“Barack Obama calls it spreading the wealth, Joe Biden calls higher taxes patriotic, but Joe the plumber and Ed the Dairy Man, I believe that they think that it sounds more like socialism,” Palin said. “Friends, now is no time to experiment with socialism.”
Palin said that Obama was not being straightforward about his tax plan.
“He claims that he'll cut income taxes for 95 percent of Americans, but the problem is more than 40 percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all. So how can you cut income taxes for folks who don't pay them?”
She added that Obama would get the money from his proposed tax credits by increasing tax rates.
“In other words, Obama's plans to raise taxes on some in order to give checks out to others is not a tax cut,” Palin said. “It is more government growth and it's another government giveaway.”
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See all 51 CommentsGreat new book out by Jeff Wilson called The Manhattan Project of 2009. They all need to read it!
With Barack Obama as president, all the wealth in America will be redistributed to those who refuse to work for it.
This, in turn, will destroy America''''s productivity - which will mean that there will be less wealth to "spread around".
Therefore, Barack Obama will find it necessary to increase taxes on those who work. This, again, will destroy America''''s productivity.
Business of all sizes will close, more and more people will be out of work, and looking for support from the government.
This will mean a severe shortfall in tax revenue for the Socialist programs that Liberals hold dear.
And again, Barack Obama will raise your taxes. This will make even the wealthiest working Americans destitute and starving.
Then America will be simply overtaken by it''''s enemies.
Sounds good to you?
Go ahead and vote for Obama.
Posted by OneAmerican7
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Well, that''s just too damned bad, OneAmerican7. If living in the US is going to be that difficult for you under an Obama presidency, I suggest you pack your bags and leave. Better yet, go back to the planet you came from.....Uranus, wasn''t it?
What is socialistic is the Bush/Republican bailout of the banks. Don''t believe the right-wing liars.
Socialism = McCain''s plan to give $300 billion more to the banks.
Palin doesnt even know how to use the state of Alaska backup email system, no less understand economics. Oh yes, I remember now, she deleted all the emails she doesnt want you to see.
the dollar is now worth half what it was when they took over, 8 years ago.
That''s a reflection of the destruction of the USA economy done by Gramm, McCain, McConnell, and Bush. Team GOP. Flunked economics.
Socialism is ALWAYS made necessary by capitalism. One either remembers this, or forgets it and gets robbed again: seems to happen every 20 years or so.
Socialism, according to Answers.com, means--
"Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy."
What graduated tax rates have to do with that is certainly a mystery to me. Ironically, in a socialist system Joe the plumber would already be part owner in the business he currently works for.
So Palin is confused again. What else is new? I think we''ve passed the point where it''s even newsworthy when she, once again, makes her ignorance apparent.
In beliefs, Obama and Ayers are siamese twins. In fact, all of Obama''s long term friends and mentors have the common thread of a low opinion of the United States, and radical views of how to change her. "Buying stock" in our private banks and financial institutions is the beginning of " nationalization" of business.
Is this the America we want?
belief that capitalism is evil, and it is time for "social justice". According to a CNN piece by Drew Griffin, "in April of 2008, Ayers published a blogposting in which he ranted against capitalism, describing it as a tool for oppression, thuggery and slavery. "
In beliefs, Obama and Ayers are siamese twins. In fact, all of Obama''s long term friends and mentors have the common thread of a low opinion of the United States, and radical views of how to change her. "Buying stock" in our private banks and financial institutions is the beginning of " nationalization" of business.
Is this the America we want?
belief that capitalism is evil, and it is time for "social justice". According to a CNN piece by Drew Griffin, "in April of 2008, Ayers published a blogposting in which he ranted against capitalism, describing it as a tool for oppression, thuggery and slavery. "
In beliefs, Obama and Ayers are siamese twins. In fact, all of Obama''s long term friends and mentors have the common thread of a low opinion of the United States, and radical views of how to change her. "Buying stock" in our private banks and financial institutions is the beginning of " nationalization" of business.
Is this the America we want?
belief that capitalism is evil, and it is time for "social justice". According to a CNN piece by Drew Griffin, "in April of 2008, Ayers published a blogposting in which he ranted against capitalism, describing it as a tool for oppression, thuggery and slavery. "
In beliefs, Obama and Ayers are siamese twins. In fact, all of Obama''s long term friends and mentors have the common thread of a low opinion of the United States, and radical views of how to change her. "Buying stock" in our private banks and financial institutions is the beginning of " nationalization" of business.
Is this the America we want?
belief that capitalism is evil, and it is time for "social justice". According to a CNN piece by Drew Griffin, "in April of 2008, Ayers published a blogposting in which he ranted against capitalism, describing it as a tool for oppression, thuggery and slavery. "
In beliefs, Obama and Ayers are siamese twins. In fact, all of Obama''s long term friends and mentors have the common thread of a low opinion of the United States, and radical views of how to change her. "Buying stock" in our private banks and financial institutions is the beginning of " nationalization" of business.
Is this the America we want?
You, unlike Sarah Palin, at least seem to have some idea of what the word "socialism" means. What I can''t figure out is why you tie that plan to Obama. It''s the Bush administration that pushed it, and McCain supports it.
Perhaps it is Bush and McCain we should be worried about. Maybe THEY''RE the ones who are really leading us to socialism?
Seriously though, this is all just more ignorant scare tactics from the McCain campaign.
Socialism, according to Answers.com, means--
"Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy."
What graduated tax rates have to do with that is certainly a mystery to me. Ironically, in a socialist system Joe the plumber would already be part owner in the business he currently works for.
So Palin is confused again. What else is new? I think we''''ve passed the point where it''''s even newsworthy when she, once again, makes her ignorance apparent.
And Palin is John McCain''s experiment with stupidity.
McCain has lost ALL HONESTY.
McCain has lost ALL DIGNITY.
He sends this talking parrot out to sling mud that McCain KNOWS is a fabrication and spread outright LIES.
I wonder if Americans are so stupid as to buy McCain''s DESPERATE EFFORTS to mislead America.
Palin couldn''t define socialism if you asked her.
Hopefully she''ll soon be headed back to Alaska for good.
There are some issues that are foolish to risk creating loosers in great numbers: health care, education, housing, food and nutrition.
Depriving large numbers of people to these basic and essential needs yields huge consequences that not one class of our society is immune, such as crime, disease, homelesses, malnutrition, and famine.
Our nation has learned how incapacitated we can be if policies deprive too many from their basic needs.
I don''t know how Sarah Palin can talk about Socialism, when the Bush Administration has already revoked some valued rights in the name of patriotism. What did we get in return for giving up some of our rights these past years? A trillion dollar war without solution and a shoddy economy. If we socialized medicine, it would cost us far less and we would have something to show for the effort.
If being a patriot means we have to be deprived and oppressed, it is time we find another leader to follow. Barack Obama and Joe Biden are the best chances towards the changes that our country needs.
Where has she been?
Oh, wait. She would have to actually be in touch with Americans to know.
I have voted Republican my entire life but I''ve been insulted by the Republicans enough this election cycle. After all, Christians and patriots are Republicans...they can''t possibly be in any other party.
Colin Powell said it best this morning on Meet The Press. Polarizing? You bet. And the Christian Right scares the bejeezus out of me.
This is so arrogant. And it is his half brother. Do you think Obama should go in and say hello half brother, I know you are poor and miserable, let me bring you to the great riches of the US. He would probably answer screw you, I am happy here, I am not poor, and I dont want to live in the country that is so hated around the world,and has such high crime rate. This is just so typical, arrogant mindset of many people in the US. Most people around the world dont think this is such a great place.
One thing is clear: Obama has shown how much he likes to spend by how he has run this campaign ,. This is a foretaste of his presidency should he be elected . Repeat the phrase "tax and spend", and you will get a good sense of what an Obama Presidency would be like.
If a candidate can spend on a Presidential campaign more than double what any other campaign in history has ever spent before, think of what the size of the federal government will look like after one or two terms of an Obama presidency.
How a candidate runs his campaign is an important indicator of the character of the man or woman we may elect. In the case of Obama, the evidence is that he is a very skillful, ambitious, and driven candidate, and also a very, very cynical and dishonest one. What Obama says means very little. He is after all a clever lawyer. We have had a recent experience with a very smart lawyer as President and how he parsed words. In Obama''s case, the lies have been pretty blatant, despite the best spinning efforts by the campaign.
It is not his words, but what Obama does that matters. And right now, Barack Obama is trying to buy the Presidency, and it looks like he is succeeding.
He "continues to argue that large tax cuts for the wealthiest households are the most reliable way to stimulate growth. You know what does happen when you cut rich people''s taxes? They get richer.
Last week, John McCain released his economic plan to "help" folks battered by the recession. The plan included a cut in the capital gains tax by half (from an already too low 15% to 7.5%).
Th type of income, such as the profits from selling appreciated assets like stocks, is SO CONCENTRATED among the wealthiest families, that only 0.2 percent, or $4, of the gains from this cut will reach middle-income folks. Yet smack in the middle of the worst financial crisis since the Depression, this is what a presidential candidate comes up with."
%u201CHe claims that he''ll cut income taxes for 95 percent of Americans, but the problem is more than 40 percent of Americans pay no income taxes at all. So how can you cut income taxes for folks who don''t pay them?%u201D
Palin is asking some very good questions while many in the Democrat party are sitting back and believing.
There will be no tax cuts...the utmost experts in the world state that cutting taxes during this time of crisis would toss us into depression....either tax cuts or depression, take your choice.
And see if you can find the answer to Palin''s question above, from the Obama campaign. Nobody is able to answer it...they don''t want to address the 40% who don''t pay taxes and receive money back, known as earned income. I know a woman who pays no taxes and gets $600 from the goverment every April.....surprise folks, its earned income and Obama wants to increase it.
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