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I believe more than twenty million dollars in accumulated personal assets is excessive wealth and should be confiscated.[How do you define "excessively rich"?
You are justified:
The 2008 Obama Would Denounce the 2010 Obama - By Jim Geraghty - The Campaign Spot - National Review Online
The 2008 Obama Would Denounce the 2010 Obama
December 7, 2010 10:14 A.M.
By Jim Geraghty
The liberal outrage over the tax deal is warranted. They, too, are learning that all of Obamas statements come with expiration dates, and that they labored, long and hard, throughout 2007 and 2008 to elect a man who will, in the end, ratify most of President Bushs policy choices.
Guanatanamo Bay is not closed, and will not close. At least 50,000 U.S. troops will remain in Iraq through 2011. There is talk that U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan through 2014. Rendition will continue. Government wiretapping is expanded, not receded. Obama has refused to release controversial photos that allegedly show detainee abuse. The Obama administration asserts the authority to kill al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists, even ones that are American citizens, without trial. There will be no KSM trial in Manhattan; the administration now sees the wisdom of military tribunals. There have been no summits with the leaders of Iran, or North Korea, or Cuba, or Syria. (Obama met Chavez at a Latin America summit.) Obamas Middle East peace initiative has gone nowhere, a fools errand considering the deep-rooted, longstanding furies and divisions in the region.
Domestically, there will be no Card Check. There will be no cap-and-trade. There will be no amnesty, no DREAM act. The man who denounced Bushs recess appointments now uses the tool regularly. Bill language isnt posted online for five days before signed into law. NAFTA will not be renegotiated; new trade deals with countries like South Korea are signed instead. No windfall profit tax will be enacted. He has frozen federal workers pay. His deficit commission rejected a VAT and proposed a slew of spending cuts that liberals find unacceptable.
Obamacare? The GOP is hell-bent on repealing it. If Obama loses in 2012, its gone.
But hey, liberals, cheer up. You got the Lilly Ledbetter Pay Act.
I believe more than twenty million dollars in accumulated personal assets is excessive wealth and should be confiscated.[How do you define "excessively rich"?
I believe anyone who cannot be satsified with twenty million dollars has been infected by the sickness commonly known as greed and is in need of therapy via re-education.
I thought about how much money it would take to enable one to own two fine homes, two or more fine cars, afford high-end university educations for several children, first class medical care, reasonably luxurious vacations and a life of leisure. I believe twenty million would do it but I leave that speculation open to review and adjustment.What on earth made you choose $20 Million?
Many agree with that and with an equitable system of redistribution of this nation's wealth there will be many more millionaires but no billionaires. But if you manage to do even better than one million I see nothing wrong with you having as much as twenty millions.I think I could be absolutely satisfied with 1/20th of that and I know I could live on $1 Million for an awfully long time.
Net worth.Also, are you talking about Net Worth? Annual Earnings? What?
Actually I'm not that person, nor are you. (But I wish I were).Also, what makes you the person that decides where the cut off is. I certainly agree with you that $20 Million is excessive, but then what on earth makes me the person that decides that as well?
Really. Have you ever heard of the Internal Revenue Service? Just expand on that reality a bit and it will seem more American.I must vehemently disagree with you on the confiscation of property that you describe. In my humble opinion that is extremely un-American.
You've got to play with it awhile. It's a radical idea and bears an uncomfortable resemblance to classic communism. The major difference being no communist entity would permit any of its subjects to accumulate a twenty million dollar fortune. That is manifest capitalism. (With a socio-political safety valve.)Not saying that you are un-American just that this one belief you have does not seem to be an American ideal in my opinion.
Immie
I believe more than twenty million dollars in accumulated personal assets is excessive wealth and should be confiscated.[How do you define "excessively rich"?
I believe anyone who cannot be satsified with twenty million dollars has been infected by the sickness commonly known as greed and is in need of therapy via re-education.
What on earth made you choose $20 Million? I think I could be absolutely satisfied with 1/20th of that and I know I could live on $1 Million for an awfully long time. Also, are you talking about Net Worth? Annual Earnings? What?
Also, what makes you the person that decides where the cut off is. I certainly agree with you that $20 Million is excessive, but then what on earth makes me the person that decides that as well?
I must vehemently disagree with you on the confiscation of property that you describe. In my humble opinion that is extremely un-American. Not saying that you are un-American just that this one belief you have does not seem to be an American ideal in my opinion.
Immie
Well tell ya what you sperm drooling colon jousting cum dumpster, exactly WHAT were the racist statements in the post?
I'll give you a hint........there are none.
And, I kinda think that 20 years of honorable service in the US Military qualifies me to speak my mind about the president and his policies.
You never served though........
You're criticizing the president, you right wing extremist, just because he's black. There's no other reason for your criticism. You hate black people. Go ahead and admit it. You ex-military types are going to undermine our country.
Assuming you actually did something other than serve 20 in Leavenworth.
Work on your reading comprehension idiot, I'm pissed that he sold out to the GOP. Didn't say anything about his race, beliefs or anything.
I disagree with the president because the fucker sold out, I don't really care what he looks like, just what he does in his job.
Nice try idiot, you fail yet again.
And.......FWIW..........you can't spend 20 years in Leavenworth and come out with a retirement. I've got both a check and an ID card.
STFU, your not getting screwed no matter how much you cry about it.
Well tell ya what you sperm drooling colon jousting cum dumpster, exactly WHAT were the racist statements in the post?
I'll give you a hint........there are none.
And, I kinda think that 20 years of honorable service in the US Military qualifies me to speak my mind about the president and his policies.
You never served though........
You're criticizing the president, you right wing extremist, just because he's black. There's no other reason for your criticism. You hate black people. Go ahead and admit it. You ex-military types are going to undermine our country.
Assuming you actually did something other than serve 20 in Leavenworth.
Work on your reading comprehension idiot, I'm pissed that he sold out to the GOP. Didn't say anything about his race, beliefs or anything.
I disagree with the president because the fucker sold out, I don't really care what he looks like, just what he does in his job.
Nice try idiot, you fail yet again.
And.......FWIW..........you can't spend 20 years in Leavenworth and come out with a retirement. I've got both a check and an ID card.
. But in your pea picking mind it must.
doesn't matter....any criticism of the big O...not to be confused with ZERO...is racially motivated.
No matter how justified it may be. They can't stand it.
Now I know most of the people who come from the red states aren't real smart but calling a person a name that is directed at their race or gender is not the same as calling ones position on a subject as a sell out or misguided.
Now calling bush a murdering liar and backing it up with the truth that he sent 4000 young kids to their death in a war of his own desire is not the same as saying that obama sold out his base and made a deal with the devil(republicans in this case)
doesn't matter....any criticism of the big O...not to be confused with ZERO...is racially motivated.
No matter how justified it may be. They can't stand it.
Now I know most of the people who come from the red states aren't real smart but calling a person a name that is directed at their race or gender is not the same as calling ones position on a subject as a sell out or misguided.
Now calling bush a murdering liar and backing it up with the truth that he sent 4000 young kids to their death in a war of his own desire is not the same as saying that obama sold out his base and made a deal with the devil(republicans in this case)
I'd love to know what you base your knowledge of the mental capacity of people from "red states" on. Consider the factors of born in a blue state and moved to a red state...or reversed...or how about born in another country and moved to either or. How does that determine "smarts"?
Just because you have been stuck in a blue state all your life doesn't make you anything other than unwilling to change your surroundings.
Still trying to figure out how "sell out" is racial.
doesn't matter....any criticism of the big O...not to be confused with ZERO...is racially motivated.
No matter how justified it may be. They can't stand it.
Now I know most of the people who come from the red states aren't real smart but calling a person a name that is directed at their race or gender is not the same as calling ones position on a subject as a sell out or misguided.
Now calling bush a murdering liar and backing it up with the truth that he sent 4000 young kids to their death in a war of his own desire is not the same as saying that obama sold out his base and made a deal with the devil(republicans in this case)
I'd love to know what you base your knowledge of the mental capacity of people from "red states" on. Consider the factors of born in a blue state and moved to a red state...or reversed...or how about born in another country and moved to either or. How does that determine "smarts"?
Just because you have been stuck in a blue state all your life doesn't make you anything other than unwilling to change your surroundings.
Still trying to figure out how "sell out" is racial.
doesn't matter....any criticism of the big O...not to be confused with ZERO...is racially motivated.
No matter how justified it may be. They can't stand it.
Now I know most of the people who come from the red states aren't real smart but calling a person a name that is directed at their race or gender is not the same as calling ones position on a subject as a sell out or misguided.
Now calling bush a murdering liar and backing it up with the truth that he sent 4000 young kids to their death in a war of his own desire is not the same as saying that obama sold out his base and made a deal with the devil(republicans in this case)
I'd love to know what you base your knowledge of the mental capacity of people from "red states" on. Consider the factors of born in a blue state and moved to a red state...or reversed...or how about born in another country and moved to either or. How does that determine "smarts"?
Just because you have been stuck in a blue state all your life doesn't make you anything other than unwilling to change your surroundings.
Still trying to figure out how "sell out" is racial.
Obviously, you don't know where Ivy League Schools are located:
As you see, they are located primarily in "BLUE STATES."
If anyone was intelligent in Kansas (or, God forbid, Texas), then an Ivy League School would be there.
If this post isn't the perfect example that our military deserves better, than nothing does.You know.........I live on my retirement from the Navy. Right now, I'm raking in 550/month and am happy with that even though I pay 220/month in rent.
Interestingly enough, I still find ways to keep myself amused with bicycles, writing, art and learning.
How am I screwed by someone else keeping their money? They earned it. Let them have it.
Briefly stated, the problems we're seeing today are the direct result of Reaganomics, deregulation and a tax rate which has been reduced from a progressive 91% level to a flat 15%. How you will be screwed by this is the lost revenue must come from somewhere and eventually it will get around to you in one way or another.
The thing you need to keep in mind is increasing the tax rate of the rich will not make them poor. They will still be rich -- just not as rich.
You're well advised to not be swayed by that kind of corporatist propaganda and keep the origin of this "meltdown" in mind. When Bush was appointed President (by the Supreme Court) the economy was in good shape. There was a budget surplus and a perfectly manageable deficit. Bush initiated an unnecessary invasion and occupation and reduced taxes at the same time, which is predictably destructive to even the healthiest economy. Add to that Bush's reckless spending and you have the formula for disaster.And the meltdown continues.... The hardcore Fabian Socialist Left has gone totally unhinged because Obama isn't left enough....
Tell me about it. More Government control in the lives of the American people and a constant attack on our economy and it's not left enough.
