All of this socialism talk has me wondering

[deacon blues]

Originally Posted by MikeinAR

When Bill Clinton raised the $250K and above crowds tax level up to 39%, I don't remember all of this boogie man socialism stuff. When GWB took office, he then lowered the $250K and above tax level back to 36%, it's pre-Clinton level.

Now Obama is proposing that rate be moved back up to the Clinton level of 39%, and now the uggie boogie socialists are forcing wealth redistribution on all of us. Why wasn't any of this brought up 16 years ago if the threats so real?

Mike, you are either uninformed about the truth or you are purposely oversimplifying the obvious in order to dilute the problem BO has created for himself by telling Joe the Plumber he wanted to spread the wealth.

Obama embraces an ideology of wealth redistribution that goes farther than New Deal socialism. His recently revealed radio interview from 2001 in which he talks about "redistributive" opportunities missed during the civil rights movement. Its an agenda to take more from those who are successful, from those who are the main job creators, from those who invest into the businesses and companies that invent, that innovate, and that produce the products that make our economy competitive and progressive.

When BO says "I am going to give 95% of Americans a tax cut" he is not painting a full picture. 40% of Americans don't pay ANY taxes. He will give them basically free handouts, cutting them a check like a tax rebate, using the money taken from real tax payers (middle class and upper class).

BO says $250,000 and up will be the only ones who pay taxes. Then in a tv ad he says $200,000. Biden in an interview the other day said $150,000. The appearance that a hidden agenda is there is what has many people concerned. Obama's strong ties to very left leaning people and organizations along with his most liberal Senator status, recently voting to raise taxes on people making $42,000, and his "spread the wealth" response to Joe the Plumber makes labeling him a socialist and his policies socialism not so strange.

Its not "sudden outrage" (a nice attempt to obfuscate), its calling it what it is.