AGreed. Most Americans are totally behind the idea of contributing to the COMMONweal.
But if asked if they approve of increasing taxes (even on just the wealthy) so that government can turn around and give it out as an entitlement to those who did not earn it -they OVERWHELMINGLY disagree with it. Massively disagree with it.
Yes, that is probably also true. But look how you had to structure the question to make your feeble point:
"and give it out as an entitlement to those who did not earn it."
What you rightest loyalists never seem to realize, and what I suspect the average
not especially interested in politics Americans are just now beginning to realize is this:
We have been giving entitlements to those who do not earn it (the superwealthy) for a great long time.
It is THAT which is making Americans sign on to the share the weath, which we all know is really nothing more than returning to more progressive system of taxation which we abandoned in the last eight years.
And unfortunately, since Obama has said he will inflict higher taxes on the wealthy in order to give it to the other 95% (whether they pay taxes or not) -this is exactly what Obama meant by the comment.
Yup. Now were I advising Obama, I'm not entirely sure I'd structure this shared wealth in the way that it looks like Obama is planning on doing it.
While I think sending earned income tax credits is a way of shaing the wealth, I think in the long run that money is better invested in education, continuing education, creating new jobs in alternative energy, and in helping America reindustrialize.
Americans, most of them, would rather have a decent job that pay a living salary, and adaquate health care, than a handout.
It is a comment very much in line with his own book where he describes his attraction to Marxism. But is in no way an American value.
I agree. Sadly, so many people are in such financial straights now, that they really do need cash infusions right NOW, just to keep their heads above water.
The solutions are long term, and our investments should be striving to help people help themselves.
But since we have millions of americans who, basically though no fault of their own, are in serious trouble, we've got to waste precious assets just helping them to make it through anoother year.
The disinvestments we have made in education, and production, infastructures and so forth, have eroded American workers ability to take care of themselves.
We've dug a hole, and now we've got to climb out of it before we can rebuild out economy.
NOTHING we do will work in the long run as long as we continue to allow manufactured goods into this nation without tariffs, folks.
That is the root cause of every economic problem we're having.
