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.
Tomorrow (Friday 6/26/09) the Cap and Trade, more accurately called the Cap and Tax bill, comes up for House vote. It represents both the largest tax increase and greatest incursion into our lives by government in American history. It must be stopped in its tracks. Passage of this measure will siphon thousands of dollars per year from your family’s pockets.
“Ists” and “Isms”
I received a letter the other day which addressed me as a “Conservative Activist”. That night I saw a television show that made me realize some might consider me a “Survivalist”. Here, all the while, I thought I was a “Capitalist” speaking out against “Marxism” in America and supporting our troops fighting “Terrorism” abroad, so the rest of us can live to enjoy “Freedom” at home. Freedom. How’d that word get in there?
Lately, freedom seems to have gotten lost among the labels and, as it turns out, some of us don’t really understand what it is. Take, for example, a Liberal friend of mine [about whom I've spoken before] who agrees with the acting president that we have no right to “impose our way of life” on people in other countries. They both call it “meddling”, as does Mahmoud Ahmedinejad — who probably didn’t even know the word existed until our own B. Hussein Obama used it and gave him the opportunity to toss it back at us as propaganda. My friend has finally quantified the reason we can’t agree on any of the issues: we disagree on the fundamental principles.
What none of the three aforementioned understand is that freedom is the natural condition of human kind. Our founding fathers realized that reality and wrote about it often. Freedom comes from God, not from man. Since it can only be suppressed by man [governments and tyrants], helping to restore the natural order is neither imposing nor meddling. Millions of Iranians risking their lives in the streets of Tehran know that too and are waiting for words of encouragement from America — but our shining beacon at freedom’s door is dark. My friend says it’s none of our business because no one has asked for our help. I don’t know why anyone thinks so many signs in the crowd are printed in English but I’m guessing they’re the same people who think the revolt we are witnessing is still about the election.
Obama is an embarrassment. He has abdicated his responsibility as any kind of free world leader. Even France and Germany have spoken out but, for all the meaningless drivel he and his teleprompter have generated, his deafening silence is broken only by a few vague remarks about the government violence. This ideologue is coldly recasting the very essence of what America is about and will have the blood of thousands on his hands if Ahmedinejad once again slams freedom’s door on the fingers of the Iranian people.
Let me be as plain as the ears on ‘Bama’s head. When he apologizes for the brilliance of America, he does not speak for me. When he parades weakness in front of the world, he does not speak for me. When he insults our friends and friendlies up to our enemies, he does not speak for me. When he says America is broken and should be fixed with massive government programs, he does not speak for me. When he demonizes success and tramples our Constitution, he does not speak for me. When he disrespects the military or degrades their mission he does not speak for me. When oppressed people cry out against tyranny and are willing to die for freedom, he doesn’t speak at all.
So all other “ists” and “isms” notwithstanding, I say to my Liberal friend that I mostly consider myself a “real-ist”. Occasionally my government loses its way and as long as there is a First Amendment, I will speak for myself and try to influence a course correction. I have always been and shall always be proud of my country. If supporting those in other countries who are trying to restore freedom’s natural order is “meddling”, then I’m a “medd-ler”. There, we now have a “ler” label.
Above all else, I am an American and to the people of Iran, if our acting president won’t say it, I will — Press on! We hear your voices and you are not alone. God and the American people are with you!
R.S.F.