[Rhodes22-list] Obama's Magic

[Herb Parsons]

Michael,

Your last paragraph sums up my attitude almost to a T.

I have a story about a friend that I'll share some time. It's a great 
story about how an individual can make a change, that the government not 
only can't, but would squash if given the opportunity.


MichaelT wrote:
> I came from a place where I have built my personal philosophy around my
> personal pursuit of happines. You are what you make yourself to be. You work
> hard. You live the American dream. You plan for economic freedom. Yes, get
> rich so you can help others, your family, Jimmy Carter in his Habitat for
> Humanity, Red Cross, etc.. America is and will continue to be the land of
> the opportunity. 
>
> My family immigrated here in 1969 (Apollo 11, Amazing Mets, etc.) and have
> now been a US citizen since 1984. What I don't understand is how so many
> Americans are delighted by the social policies of Obama. It was unbelievable
> to me that he has gotten the rally from all walks of life to support the
> judgement of what is rich and not rich and when its reasonable to give more
> in taxes in the name of patriotism and fairness. People are where they are
> because of their decisions. When people make bad decisions, they ought to be
> the ones to suffer the consequences. None of this shared suffering or as
> Obama wealth sharing that's outright wrong. The progressive tax system as it
> is wrong. I bought first condo in 1987, 20% down, no late payments for
> nearly 10 years, turn rental unit 2 years later. But I suffered over $50k in
> losses for being upside down, the property was valued 30% less than the
> mortgage amount and I ended up having to negotiate to give the property back
> to the lender 10 years later.
>
> I want my land of opportunity. I want to keep it. I want a government that
> creates opportunities to hard working people. A gov that supports getting
> rich. A gov that leaves up to you and me as to how we care for the poor and
> the hungry through our own altruistism. I have mixed feelings about McCain
> but am deathly afraid of Obama and what this country can turn out to not be
> if he is in office.
>
> Michael
> s/c Silversides
>
>
> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>   
>> Michael,
>>
>> Thank you, thank you, thank you! Now on to the lions, and tigers, and
>> bears.  And last but not least, the Flying Pandas.
>>
>> I had a long conversation with my mother last night about her health
>> issues among other things.  Her doctor is recommending that she have
>> "minor" surgery for some back issues and she explained that there is
>> nothing "minor" about doing surgery on an 83 year old woman.  "But,
>> Mrs. Haslett, Medicare will pay for it".  Mom built bombs in a defense
>> plant during WW2 in Springfield, Illinois and is no dummy.  "No, my
>> kids will pay for it and what difference does that make?"
>>
>> Everyone loves de-regulation if it means flying to Grandma's house
>> coast to coast for $129 but against it if they have to take some
>> personal risk.  If we're going to re-regulate the economy, I say we
>> start with the airlines first and go back to the days when pilots were
>> gods and flight attendants could fit down the isle.
>>
>> Sarah Palin is the only politician in this race with the balls (fill
>> in the blank here _____ with the more appropriate description) to say
>> it is your responsibility to live within your means.
>>
>>  "A chicken in every pot".  Deja Vu all over again!
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:39 AM, MichaelT <mticse at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> While we're at it...I thought I'd add to the mix from today's WSJ coped
>>> below
>>>
>>> Michael
>>> s/v Silversides
>>>
>>> Obama's Magic
>>> By Kimberley Strassel
>>>
>>> And now, America, we introduce the Great Obama! The world's most gifted
>>> political magician! A thing of wonder. A thing of awe. Just watch him
>>> defy
>>> politics, economics, even gravity! (And hold your applause until the end,
>>> please.)
>>>
>>> To kick off our show tonight, Mr. Obama will give 95% of American working
>>> families a tax cut, even though 40% of Americans today don't pay income
>>> taxes! How can our star enact such mathemagic? How can he "cut" zero?
>>> Abracadabra! It's called a "refundable tax credit." It involves the
>>> federal
>>> government taking money from those who do pay taxes, and writing checks
>>> to
>>> those who don't. Yes, yes, in the real world this is known as "welfare,"
>>> but
>>> please try not to ruin the show.
>>>
>>> For his next trick, the Great Obama will jumpstart the economy, and he'll
>>> do
>>> it by raising taxes on the very businesses that are today adrift in a
>>> financial tsunami! That will include all those among the top 1% of
>>> taxpayers
>>> who are in fact small-business owners, and the nation's biggest employers
>>> who currently pay some of the highest corporate tax rates in the
>>> developed
>>> world. Mr. Obama will, with a flick of his fingers, show them how to
>>> create
>>> more jobs with less money. It's simple, really. He has a wand.
>>>
>>>  Next up, Mr. Obama will re-regulate the economy, with no ill effects
>>> whatsoever! You may have heard that for the past 40 years most
>>> politicians
>>> believed deregulation was good for the U.S. economy. You might have even
>>> heard that much of today's financial mess tracks to loose money policy,
>>> or
>>> Fannie and Freddie excesses. Our magician will show the fault was instead
>>> with our failure to clamp down on innovation and risk-taking, and will
>>> fix
>>> this with new, all-encompassing rules. Presto!
>>>
>>> Did someone in the audience just shout "Sarbanes Oxley?" Usher, can you
>>> remove that man? Thank you. Mr. Obama will now demonstrate how he gives
>>> Americans the "choice" of a "voluntary" government health plan, designed
>>> in
>>> such a way as to crowd out the private market and eliminate all other
>>> choice! Don't worry people: You won't have to join, until you do. Mr.
>>> Obama
>>> will follow this with a demonstration of how his plan will differ from
>>> our
>>> failing Medicare program. Oops, sorry, folks. The Great Obama just
>>> reminded
>>> me it is time for an intermission. Maybe we'll get to that marvel later.
>>>
>>> We're back now. And just watch the Great Obama perform a feat never yet
>>> managed in all history. He will create that enormous new government
>>> health
>>> program, spend billions to transform our energy economy, provide
>>> financial
>>> assistance to former Soviet satellites, invest in infrastructure,
>>> increase
>>> education spending, provide job training assistance, and give 95% of
>>> Americans a tax (ahem) cut -- all without raising the deficit a single
>>> penny! And he'll do it in the middle of a financial crisis. And with
>>> falling
>>> tax revenues! Voila!
>>>
>>> Moving along to a little ventriloquism. Study his mouth carefully, folks:
>>> It
>>> looks like he's saying "I'll stop the special interests," when in fact
>>> the
>>> words coming out are "Welcome to Washington, friends!" Wind and solar
>>> companies, ethanol makers, tort lawyers, unions, community organizers --
>>> all
>>> are welcome to feed at the public trough and to request special favors.
>>> From
>>> now on "special interests" will only refer to universally despised, if
>>> utterly crucial, economic players. Say, oil companies. Hocus Pocus!
>>>
>>> And for tonight's finale, the Great Obama will uphold America's "moral"
>>> obligation to "stop genocide" by abandoning Iraq! While teleported to the
>>> region, he will simultaneously convince Iranian leaders to peacefully
>>> abandon their nuclear pursuits (even as he does not sit down with them),
>>> fix
>>> Afghanistan with a strategy that does not resemble the Iraqi surge, and
>>> (drumroll!) pull Osama bin Laden out of his hat!
>>>
>>> Tada!
>>>
>>> You can clap now. (Applause. Cheers.) We'd like to thank a few people in
>>> the
>>> audience. Namely, Republican presidential nominee John McCain, who has so
>>> admirably restrained himself from running up on stage to debunk any of
>>> these
>>> illusions and spoil everyone's fun.
>>>
>>> We know he's in a bit of a box, having initially blamed today's financial
>>> crisis on corporate "greed," and thus made it that much harder to call
>>> for a
>>> corporate tax cut, or warn against excessive regulation. Still, there
>>> were
>>> some pretty big openings up here this evening, and he let them alone!
>>> We'd
>>> also like to thank Mr. McCain for keeping all the focus on himself these
>>> past weeks. It has helped the Great Obama to just get on with the show.
>>>
>>> As for that show, we'd love to invite you all back for next week's
>>> performance, when the Great Obama will thrill with new, amazing exploits.
>>> He
>>> will respect your Second Amendment rights even as he regulates firearms!
>>> He
>>> will renegotiate Nafta, even as he supports free trade! He will.
>>>
>>> Ms. Strassel is a member of The Wall Street Journal's editorial board.
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