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Probably a reference to Romney's deceptively-edited ad,Betruger wrote:broken link
in all fairness that is not quite what he said. He said that they did not get there completely on their own, which makes sense.The point is that Obama seems to think that those who are successful, cannot take credit for their success.
The occupier of the white house has made many statements which would support the interpretation of hostility towards the successful. Including the quip to Joe the plumber about spreading the wealth around, and open support for higher taxes on high income earners. He has never, to my knowledge, made a statement to the contrary.Skipjack wrote:in all fairness that is not quite what he said. He said that they did not get there completely on their own, which makes sense.The point is that Obama seems to think that those who are successful, cannot take credit for their success.
Well, I dont interpret it that way. Also, Obama extended the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and they are still paying A LOT less taxes than they did before Reagan. So I cant really see any class warfare going on.The occupier of the white house has made many statements which would support the interpretation of hostility towards the successful. Including the quip to Joe the plumber about spreading the wealth around, and open support for higher taxes on high income earners. He has never, to my knowledge, made a statement to the contrary.
He is fairly vocal about wanting to end those tax cuts for individuals in the higher brackets.Skipjack wrote:Well, I dont interpret it that way. Also, Obama extended the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and they are still paying A LOT less taxes than they did before Reagan. So I cant really see any class warfare going on.The occupier of the white house has made many statements which would support the interpretation of hostility towards the successful. Including the quip to Joe the plumber about spreading the wealth around, and open support for higher taxes on high income earners. He has never, to my knowledge, made a statement to the contrary.
Actually not true, the rich payed a higher % of all taxes after Reagan, and they have been steadily paying more and more of the total since then. See table 6 in this link: http://taxfoundation.org/article/summar ... tax-data-0Skipjack wrote:Well, I dont interpret it that way. Also, Obama extended the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and they are still paying A LOT less taxes than they did before Reagan. So I cant really see any class warfare going on.The occupier of the white house has made many statements which would support the interpretation of hostility towards the successful. Including the quip to Joe the plumber about spreading the wealth around, and open support for higher taxes on high income earners. He has never, to my knowledge, made a statement to the contrary.
The rhetoric coming from the Obama camp that most characterize as "class warfare" extends far beyond the tax issue, but taxes are almost always involved. Pitting labor against management, the average worker against those in leadership positions, those that pay very high taxes against those who pay none, is always useful when you're looking to gather votes. Obama panders to the fragility of democracy like this on a regular basis. If you tell the American public that they didn't really earn their places of leadership, you're directly attacking management, leaders, business owners in order to get the votes of the vast majority who are not leaders, managers and business owners. That's what class warfare is like in modern democracies. In the past, the same dynamic used a guillotine.Skipjack wrote:Well, I dont interpret it that way. Also, Obama extended the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and they are still paying A LOT less taxes than they did before Reagan. So I cant really see any class warfare going on.The occupier of the white house has made many statements which would support the interpretation of hostility towards the successful. Including the quip to Joe the plumber about spreading the wealth around, and open support for higher taxes on high income earners. He has never, to my knowledge, made a statement to the contrary.
Comparing table 6 to table 5 for the top 1% and top 5% percentiles, that seems to be somewhat in line with the growth of income share. An imbalance that in itself will continue to drag down the economy until it's reversed one way or another.gregw wrote:Actually not true, the rich payed a higher % of all taxes after Reagan, and they have been steadily paying more and more of the total since then. See table 6 in this link: http://taxfoundation.org/article/summar ... tax-data-0Skipjack wrote:Well, I dont interpret it that way. Also, Obama extended the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and they are still paying A LOT less taxes than they did before Reagan. So I cant really see any class warfare going on.The occupier of the white house has made many statements which would support the interpretation of hostility towards the successful. Including the quip to Joe the plumber about spreading the wealth around, and open support for higher taxes on high income earners. He has never, to my knowledge, made a statement to the contrary.