Quote Originally Posted by medicinal
Now come on right wingers, say something about how all he wants to do is raise your frickin taxes, or put him down for being weak....
you didn't get that rush of right wing antipathy because this sort of rhetoric doesn't even deserve that much attention. out of the full deck, the two most often played cards are "race" and "it's for the children", we've heard it all before and we're less and less impressed by it every day.

this is not compassion, just political maneuvering. it's only another blatant attempt to separate hard working people from their cash to create a welfare state, entirely dependent an the government for its existence. who do you think will pay for all of these wondrous programs? it surely won't be the rich. for every tax increase there is another loop-hole born, but only for the rich. instead of creating opportunities they redistribute existing wealth. not the wealth of those who can afford it, but the wealth of families who are still trying to climb the ladder of success.

this empty socialist rhetoric only impresses children with no experience in the real world, the rich who are untouched by these massive tax increases, and the idealists who are willing to give up all they have worked for to pay for this illusion of progress. even the poor are unimpressed. they know how little such programs do to really improve their lot in life and, with the exception of those too uninspired to do more than sit on the couch and watch oprah, would rather see an improved economy that provides for a healthy working class than temporary handouts that so nothing more than sustain their meager existence. the socialist agenda is a dead end that profits only those in power and creates a slave class to do their bidding. we have seen it around the world and only a fool would want to repeat that failed experiment in his own back yard.