"SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND??"

In my last blog, I mentioned Joe the Plumber and his conversation with Senator Obama, last Sunday. Read this, to refresh your memory, and then I'll comment on it:

"Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn't it?" the blue-collar worker [Joe the Plumber] asked.

After Obama responded that it would, Wurzelbacher continued: "I've worked hard...I work 10 to 12 hours a day and I'm buying this company and I'm going to continue working that way. I'm getting taxed more and more while fulfilling the American Dream."

"It's not that I want to punish your success," Obama told him. "I want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success, too."

Then, Obama explained his trickle-up theory of economics.

"My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody. I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."

As I mentioned before, that's Marxism, pure and simple. An article at http://www.fundamentalfinance.com/blogs/socialism-vs-capitalism.php discusses the problems with Marxism. in clearer and more concise language than I can. Please take a moment to read the paragraph:

"The idea of a Marxist society is very alluring. In today's world of freedom and fairness, the notion of everyone being completely equal, even if this means taking from the rich and giving to the poor, seems just; however, the defect in Marxism is obvious. It is dependent on a type of human nature that is hard to come by. For Marxism to work, very little greed and jealousy can exist and people must have a general feeling of charity and a willingness to work their hardest for the good of everyone. These are obviously jot common traits. Marxism could also work if those who have the greatest abilities and those who work the hardest are satisfied with rewards equivalent to those whith lesser abilities and those who don't work hard at all. This is also very unlikely. Marxism undoubtedly leads to free riding and slacking."

I don't think Senator Obama is an evil man, but I do think that Marxism is an evil social and economic system. I'm probably preaching mainly to the choir, since most people who read this agree with my assessment. But, I feel that I have to say it anyway. If you disagree, please, please feel free to comment and tell my why you feel that Marxism is acceptable in the United States of America.

Remember these words if you don't think Mr. Obama is a Marxist:

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."

MY CONCERNS WITH A "PRESIDENT" OBAMA

As the election season winds down and with the last Presidential Debate scheduled for tonight, I'd like to express my concerns about a "President" Obama.

1 - Mr. Obama hasn't answered my questions about his involvement with so many anti-American people and groups. He brushes those relationships off as unimportant or non-existent, and challenges anyone who brings them up as "trying to get off the topics that the Americans want to hear about." I disagree. I want to know who our President gets his advice from; who he learned his politics from; and where he honed his political skills. He is well-liked by, tutored by, friends with, or in organizations with this partial list of scary people:

Ali Abunimah, Greg Craig, Bill Ayers, Bernarding Dohrn, Marilyn Katz, Dorothy Tillman, Louis Farrakhan, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Rev. James Meeks, Rev. Michael Pfleger, Rev. Joseph Lowery, David Axelrod, the law firm of Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C., Robert Blackwell, Jr., Saul Alinsky, ACORN, Project Vote, Cornel West, Rashid Khalidi, Mohamed Salim Al-Churbaji, Jim Johnson, Robert Malley, George Soros, Franklin Marshall Davis, Jim Wallis, Joyce Wheeler, Tim Wheeler, Democratic Socialists of America, the New Party, and the Socialist Scholars Conference.

I want Senator Obama to explain why he's so comfortable with people who hate America and work for its demise. If you don't recognize all the names listed here, Google them. You'll be shocked. And remember, this is only a partial list.

2 - His Tax Plan is right out of the Karl Marx Handbook - "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxism

He told an Ohio plumber that he intends to take the profits of small-business owners and "spread the wealth around" to those with lesser incomes. Go to this link for the complete story: http://www.nypost.com/seven/10152008/news/politics/obama_fires_a_robin_hood_warning_shot_133685.htm

I don't want a Marxist for President. Can Mr. Obama explain himself a little better on this one?

3 - Senator Obama's vision for the economy is wrong. He wants to raise taxes during an economic crisis. That's been proven several times to affect the economy in a very negative way. It would push a recession into a depression. His ideology places income redistribution above economic growth. That's an ideology that sunk Carter, Mondale, Dukakis, Gore, and Kerry. It simply doesn't work. I'm not convinced that he has a grasp of the American economy and, again, I fear that the advisers he'll choose will be from the same Marxist/Socialist school.

4 - Mr. Obama supports abortion. Given that Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsberg are 88 years old and 75 years old, respectively, there's a very good chance
that the next President will choose their replacements. The next four Justices are 72, 71, 69, and 68 years old. A two-term President will very likely choose their replacements. That's 6 of the 9 Justices that an extremely pro-abortion President could possibly choose. Remember: In 2002, Mr. Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act, which would have protected babies that survived late-term abortions.

5 - He's unaccomplished on the national stage. He took office in the Senate in Jan of 2005 and announced his candidacy for the presidency in Feb of 2007. Soon he will have campaigned for almost as long as he has been in the Senate. His list of accomplishments is extremely thin. In fact, one of the humorous things seen many times on TV is a "Man on the Street" host asking strident Obama supporters to name one accomplishment of Mr. Obama and there was never an answer. He has no real accomplishments that he can point to.

6 - He has never reached across the aisle to work with Republicans for anything. How can he be a uniter if his history proves that he's not one. He is a hard-core, left-wing idealogue.


That's all I have time for, right now. I wish I lived in a state where the outcome of the election was in doubt. In Utah, McCain will win hands down. I might be able to have an impact on neighbors and friends if I lived elsewhere, but I don't, so all I can do is hope that enough people in the other 49 states think the same way I do.


I don't hate Mr. Obama. I just distrust his politics. I fear that an Obama Presidency, along with a majority of Democrats in the House and Senate will be disasterous for the Untied States.


If you disagree with me and are a relative or friend, I do still love you.