John McCain is proposing lower taxes for everyone. The Obama media, and the rest of his campaign, interpret this as tax cuts for the wealthy. Senator Obama has promised to increase taxes on high wage earners and reduce them for the other 95% of Americans, 40% of whom aren’t even paying taxes…thus providing them with what amounts to welfare. Sound complicated? It really isn’t, if you remove the political spin.
One of the clearest explanations of both the truth and consequences of South Side Barry’s tax plan was written by Dr. David Kamerschen, Ph.D., Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia. It goes like this:
Suppose that, everyday, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they pay their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would break down as follows:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing
The fifth would pay $1
The sixth would pay $3
The seventh would pay $7
The eighth would pay $12
The ninth would pay $18
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59
So that’s what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar each day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day the owner threw them a curve. “Since you are all such good customers” he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20. Drinks for the ten men now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes, so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men…the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his ‘fair share’? They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33 but, if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.
Hearing their dilemma, the bartender suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount and he proceeded to calculate the amounts that each should pay, and so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing - (100% savings)
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 - (33% savings)
The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 - (28% savings)
The eighth now paid $9 instead of @12 - (25% savings)
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 - (22% savings)
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 - (16% savings)
Each of the six was better off than before…and the first four continued to drink for free. But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. “I only got $1 out of the $20,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, “but he got $10!” Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar, too! It’s unfair that he got ten times more than I did!” “That’s true!!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 back when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks!” “Wait a minute!” yelled the first four men in unison, “We didn’t get anything at all! The system exploits the poor!” The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night, the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money among all of them for even half of the bill!
…And that boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, journalists, college professors, T.V. anchors and Mr. Barack Hussein Obama is how OUR tax system works. The people who pay the most in taxes derive the greatest benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much or attack them for being wealthy and they just may not show up anymore.
In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier. And just where do you suppose ‘The Messiah’ is going to get the fish and loaves to ‘anoint’ the folks that didn’t pay into the system at all?
For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who don’t understand, no explanation is possible.
R.S.F.
George Bush’s Legacy
Everyone knows that George Washington was our country’s first president; but will George Bush be the last president of a free and democratic America? We will decide that question on November 4th.
Socialism is merely a ’soft’ term for Communism. Instituting that failed ideology is the change Barack Obama and an unchecked Democrat majority in Congress would make. Obama himself has made this quite clear. He talks about collectivist cornerstones like redistribution of wealth, more government control and calls our Constitution a “flawed document which doesn’t go far enough”. There is even talk of a new Bill of Rights that will state what the government can do “on your behalf”.
The original documents, which have guided America to greatness for more than 200 years, intentionally limit the power of government to prevent a recurrence of the tyranny our Founding Fathers experienced under British rule. It is that same tyranny Obama and the Democrats would reintroduce through bigger, stronger government with less liberty for the rest of us. Keep in mind: no one knows what is best for you, better than you!
For those who may be too young to understand the meaning of Socialism or too old to remember the evils of Communism, which enslaved Russia and many Central European countries throughout the last half of the 20th Century, let me give you a brief description. It is a practice whereby government takes away your freedom and person rights, including those of speech, deed and ownership. The government then controls your life instead of you. It is a system that, by its very nature, stifles personal initiative and inhibits progress. It does not take wealth from the rich and give it to the poor in the fabled fashion of Robin Hood; rather, Socialism takes away from the middle class and gives to no one, thereby making everyone equally miserable. Eventually, the middle class simply disappears. This is the way it works, no matter what Liberal politicians or college professors tell you. Don’t believe me, just look around the world!
The thing that amazes me is how blind the American people have become…how self-involved, mindless and gullible. Jews, who said, “Never again!” after the Holocaust in the 1940s are ready to vote for Obama who is a friend to Palestinians and doesn’t view Iran as a threat. Blue collar workers, who stand to be hurt most by higher taxes and lost jobs, are looking to Obama’s inexperience and empty promises, instead of trusting John McCain’s steady hand.
Blacks who decry slavery, during the early years of this country, are ready to sell themselves back into obedience just because the task master happens to be of their skin color. May I remind you that it was Blacks who originally sold their brothers and sisters to the White slavers? Let me also remind you that Barack Obama is NOT fully African-American? He has an equal amount of White genetic material coursing through his veins and made a choice to be Black. In today’s society, he could have just as easily opted for a different self-image.
By any other color, at the end of the day, Obama is simply a radical like William Ayres, Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan, Rashid Khalidi, Father Flager or any of his other friends and associates. Like them, he represents a danger to America and the precious freedom we have always enjoyed in this country but have so easily take for granted. Either protect it on November 4th or be prepared to lose it!
Be prepared to lose your freedom of speech, right to bear arms and ownership of personal property. Be prepared to be told how to live, where to live, where to work, how much you can earn, what kind of car to drive, what doctor to see (or if you can see one at all), which medications you’re permitted, what schools you can attend, which books you’re allowed to read, how to vote, and which investments the government will make to fund your meager retirement. This is just for openers. Obama’s appointment of Liberal judges will make it an easy transition for courts’ jurisdictions to include legislative as well as legal powers. Then they can do anything to us! Excuse me. Barack says, “On our behalf.”
We already see a creeping Socialism with the government all but nationalizing banks, mortgages and real estate, regulating the auto industry and laying ground work to nationalize our oil industry. In addition to legislation and judicial fiat, just about anything can be mandated in the catch-all category of global warming! If more power is needed, it can be obtained by gutting the First and Second Amendments as well as constructing a new Obama Bill of Rights.
At a pivotal time in the history of our Republic, when we most need a strong leader, be wary of electing a mere messenger…a messenger who speaks with a forked tongue…who carries false promises and offers dreams that, in truth, only you yourself can fulfill. However you think George Bush should be remembered, don’t let his legacy be America’s epitaph.
R.S.F.