[Rhodes22-list] Politics: Spread WHAT Wealth?

[Brad Haslett]

Bill,

Oh yeah, the ping-pong boys, about nine grand a month wasn't it? At
least Obama reported it to the IRS, as well as speaking fees with is a
clear and direct violation of Illinois ethics law (which having
grown-up in Illinois, I was surprised to find out they even had ethics
laws).

God Bless the PUMA's.  Hillary was supposed to scrub her website of
all evidence that was damaging to Obama but some enterprising PUMA
just found and published this letter -

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2008/images/01/23/nv.state.letter.1.23.08.pdf

It wasn't just Nevada, these shenanigans took place in every caucus state.

Brad

On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> Brad,
>
> I don't think my $15 donation will move us to the top of that list.
>
> We've got to put him on retainer like the ping-pong guys, or buy him a
> house like Rezko.
>
> He's not playing for chump change anymore.
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
> Brad Haslett wrote:
>> Bill,
>>
>> Look at the bright side!  Obama has never actually stood his ground on
>> ANYTHING in the Illinois or US Senate, unless of course you count
>> funneling millions of taxpayer dollars to Rezko. Now that Tony is in
>> jail, maybe we can get some of that wealth spread to us!  There's 600
>> million in interest free money lying on the self in South Mississippi
>> that no developer will touch with a ten-foot pole because there's so
>> many onerous rules attached to it.  But wait, why actually build
>> something that people would actually live in?  Using the Obama-Rezko
>> model, you just get your hands on the money, you don't have to really
>> do something constructive with it!
>>
>> I'm starting to like this guy.  You want to join me as a partner on a project?
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Will somebody please explain to me how this wealth spreading is going to
>>> work?
>>>
>>> Raising capital gains taxes on losses won't raise a great deal of revenue.
>>>
>>> Heavily taxing executives who have lost their jobs won't raise much more.
>>>
>>> It won't be long before we get down to "luxury taxes" -- on items like
>>> small sailboats.
>>>
>>> Remember that one, Stan?
>>>
>>> I'll bet it was great for your business!
>>>
>>> Then the only thing left will be inflation.  Letting the dollar collapse
>>> completely will boost home prices, the stock market, and force all kinds
>>> of people who do not consider themselves "wealthy" into higher, and more
>>> highly taxed brackets.
>>>
>>> When that happens, people who work will be more interested in holding
>>> onto their wallets than passing along what they have left to others who
>>> won't work.
>>>
>>> In the final analysis we always discover everyone is interested only in
>>> spreading the wealth of others to themselves--never the other way around.
>>>
>>> Bill Effros
>>>
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