Obama: If You Want Lower Taxes You’re Selfish
Listen to the one in his own words:
“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 people! I want all of you to be rich. Go for it. That’s the America dream, that’s the American way, that’s terrific.
“The point is, though, that—and it’s not just charity, it’s not just that I want to help the middle class and working people who are trying to get in the middle class—it’s that when we actually make sure that everybody’s got a shot - when young people can all go to college, when everybody’s got decent health care, when everybody’s got a little more money at the end of the month - then guess what? Everybody starts spending that money, they decide maybe I can afford a new car, maybe I can afford a computer for my child. They can buy the products and services that businesses are selling and everybody is better off. All boats rise. That’s what happened in the 1990s, that’s what we need to restore. And that’s what I’m gonna do as president of the United States of America.
“John McCain and Sarah Palin they call this socialistic,” Obama continued. “You know I don’t know when, when they decided they wanted to make a virtue out of selfishness.”
So, wanting to keep more of your money is selfish? Thinking that narrowing the tax base in this country down to a select few taxpayers who will then carry all the tax burden is wrong is selfish?
Give me a break.
I also see that Obama trotted out that line about being a communist because he shared his toys and peanut butter sandwiches as a kid. I’d note that there’s a difference between choosing to give half of your sandwich to a friend, or letting a friend borrow something, than using the power of government to take money away from some citizens and distribute it to Obama supporters who don’t want to pay for their own gas or mortgages.
