Monday, November 3, 2008

On the "redistribution of wealth"

Ok, let's get serious here. Obama's tax plan, labeled "socialist", will not result in the downfall of capitalism in our beloved USA. Nor will it lift the lower class to the level of equality with the middle class. Nor will it bring the upper class to a level of equality with the middle class. It is, yes, a change in how taxes are paid, but that happens with every president, and yet our economic system lives on.

If you really believe that Obama's "socialism" will so drastically change the system that there will be "no incentive to work hard" then I have two responses: 1) I might question YOUR patriotism, and perhaps your stewardship, and 2) Try quitting your job after he's elected, and see what happens. Do you think you'll still be as well off as before? Of course not, that's just stupid.

If you want to argue that Obama's tax plan will adversely affect the economy, then do it. That, at least, is a point worth arguing. But please cut out the socialist/Marxist BS; it's only preying on the fearfully ignorant, and that's just not very nice.

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