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Jewish World Review Aug 8, 2012 / 20 Menachem-Av, 5772 'You didn't build that' Speech Justifies Obama's Confiscation of Our Money By Ron Hart
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"A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have."
It is always with trepidation that Obama's handlers let him go off teleprompter and speak his mind. Such was the case of the now infamous "You didn't build that" speech. Encouraged by adoring believers, Obama got into his tent preacher revival voice and said what he really believes: Any success you may have is attributable to Him.
A precursor to that speech occurred during the 2008 campaign when he told "Joe the Plumber" that he needed to "spread the wealth around."
Some call this "class warfare." These people are also known as correct.
Class envy and hostility toward another class, such as the "rich," however ambiguously defined, are an empty piņata on which the shallow can take out their frustrations with society's producers.
Aside from insulting anyone who has worked hard to provide for his or her family and paid taxes to fund the seemingly unending excesses of government along the way, the "You didn't build that" speech was used to justify raising taxes.
The implication is that anyone with money, except the government, does not deserve it. This rare glimpse into the real Obama should unnerve everyone, whether you pay taxes or not. He is saying that government can confiscate what you have, because you did not earn it anyway. Obama is the very definition of runaway government.
Never mind that 20% of taxpayers already pay a record 94% of income taxes. Since he has no record of accomplishment, Obama is running on one diversion from his economic mess: making even more people pay what he deems their "fair share."
He constantly cites one instance when Bill Clinton balanced the budget for one year in the late 1990s.
So I have a deal for you all who tout the Clinton balanced budget. We will return to Clinton-era tax rates if you will return to the Gingrich/Clinton spending levels. The last Gingrich budget had expenditures of $1.7 trillion; adjusted for inflation, that would be $2.2 trillion today. Even under Bush's tax rates, you will confiscate $2.5 trillion in tax receipts this year. You would then have a $300 billion surplus. In reality, you guys in Washington are spending $3.8 trillion—and this is a "lack of tax revenue" problem?
The hypocrisy of Obama's "You did not earn that" philosophy continues. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps won 22 medals and now has more gold around his neck than the stars of "The Jersey Shore." Pretending to American voters that he is pro-accomplishment, the President tweeted congratulations to Michael Phelps for breaking the all-time Olympic medal record. "You've made your country proud."
What Obama meant to say is that Phelps did not build the pool he swam in, nor did he invent the water. The government did. Phelps worked out and swam 7 hours a day for countless years to make his dream come true. He achieved personal financial success in the form of AT&T and Subway sandwich shop endorsements. However, BP decided to sponsor only women swimmers because the ratings were huge when their commercials showed volunteers scrubbing oil off the ladies after they swam.
All across America, small- and big-business people are working 14- hour days, six and seven days a week, to provide a product consumers will buy — not because they have to, but because it represents value and because people are willing to pay for it. These wealth creators hire others, pay taxes, rent buildings—in short, they make the economy work for all of us. These are the real heroes Obama's administration wants us to hate, stoking envy in some of us so we will vote for Him. It is the lowest form of politics and the only weapon Obama has in his Axelrod Arsenal. To legally plunder in the name of "social fairness" from those who work hard, who create jobs and value in this economy, is immoral.
Liberal Democrats are elected by a purported "victim" class and by government labor unions. When presented with the choice between doing what is ultimately best for the citizens or what is best for special interest unions, it is an article of faith within the Democrat machine that you break your word to the voters. Why? Because unions keep tabs and don't forget.
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© 2010 Ron Hart
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