Top 10 Tax Revolt Talking Points From Obama Critics

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For those of you who voted for Obama I hope you are increasingly happy as he digs us into a deeper hole that we will never escape. He wanted to be president. OK so you voted him in and now he is seeing that it's not as easy as he thought. Yes he has authority and look what he is doing!!! He is like putting a child in charge or our household budget. Would you do that??? Oh teenagers think they can do it but would fail miserably. Mr. O thought he could do it and here we are. When do we stop him and Princess Nancy and Prince Harry and take back our economy???? I am almost 70 and can't afford to retire and I resent that!!! My grandchildren will be paying for all his spending long after I am dead and long after his own kids will be adults. I am personally ashamed of his attitude that he "knows all". I can't wait for 2012 to come and release him from his duties. My generation knows you can't spend what you don't have and even with credit cards you will reach a limit and not be able to pay. Have you realized yet that he is not going to pay your mortgage or put gas in your car????? Do you see how badly he is handling foreign affairs???? He does not have our best interest in mind, it is only to take over as much authority as he can so he can have a dictatorship for himself. Is this what you want for our country??? Nothing I say will make a difference to those of you who think he is so wonderful. If you watch, listen, read and pay attention to what he is doing you will soon see that what you thought he would do he is not doing!!! Change? Oh yes, more government in our faces instead of less. I do not want Washington Buearocrats to run my life, my pocketbook, my medical decisions and my life. WAKE UP!!!!!

Carol Gacioch of NC 2:18PM May 21, 2009

"Why treat the US Government like a household?
Why treat it like it's an infallible God?
"Does your household have the ability to print money or wage war? So why the fears?
No, and so it will not suffer the consequences of printing money or waging war. The US gov't never makes a mistake, then?
"Does your household have the ability to maintain intricate infrastructure?
Do you mean can I fix my pipes or rewire a lamp? Yeah. Do you mean I can run 3-15x over budget to execute a Boston "big dig" or a new SF Bay Bridge? I can do that too, but I can't tax people to pay for my errors and miscalculations.
"My theory is you have no idea what you're talking about. You have no idea what sort of risks are involved with short term or or long term federal deficits yet scream to the high heavens about the implications. You have no idea what type macroeconomic impact deficit spending has in times of recession with aggregate demand and lending dramatically cut from a period of full employment. Not that there aren't any risks involved.
So...nobody knows or can know, you don't know, so Geo Bush is wrong and 0bama is right? Let's see, we have a Congressional Budget Office that forecasts deficits that will impair the US Tsys' ability to pay its debts. Do we know the amount of those debts? Yes, we do. We now need $4 billion in foreign investment daily to pay for them. But, we should be OK if we triple them. Cool. Hope and change, dude.
"But my point is, I just doubt these Tea Tantrum throwers even know the issues.
But you do not KNOW the TT throwers know or don't know the issues and you don't seem to know the issues, you just know that Geo Bush is such a demon that it's impossible for any change to be worse and thus 0bama must be better.
Big Brother !! Socialism !! Puh-lease.
"George W. Bush orchestrated usurpition of the Constitution (legal memos authorizing the suspension of the first and fouth amendments),
Name one person who was affected outside of Jose Padilla.
"and was a spend happy president (deficit no less)
So it's OK to triple McHitler's spending!
"and you get pissy about a plan to invest money in the short term
Short term, eh? When was the last time a Federally imposed tax was rescinded? Ans: It was the telephone tax, enacted (IIRC) in 1898, revoked 2007(?)
(while boasting aggregate demand and spurring private investment)
Raising taxes on private investment spurs pvt investment?? How you figure?? Taking money from produ
"to decrease a potential long term deficit (that's the real issue) that is based on structural problems of Medicare. Read a book. Not by Any Rand. And then try this all again.
No potential. It is absolutely real. What books do you recommend? Do they talk about what happens when a nation's deficit reaches 13% of GDP? Do they refer to Britain's or Canada's experience w/gov't health care?
Chris of FL
Apr 10, 2009 14:01:38 PM [permalink] [report comment]

Al in LA of CA 11:14AM April 15, 2009

"You have no idea what sort of risks are involved with short term or or long term federal deficits yet scream to the high heavens about the implications."
These projections are 10 years out, this is not a measure aimed at the current recession. It seems you might not know what you are talking about.
"George W. Bush orchestrated usurpition of the Constitution (legal memos authorizing the suspension of the first and fouth amendments),"
So did Lincoln! It was wrong for both to do it but History tends to be pretty forgiving and what prey tell does Bushes constitutional violations have to do with Obama's budget?
"You get pissy about a plan to invest money in the short term"
10 years is not 'the short term'
"to decrease a potential long term deficit"
But it does not, even in the best scenario, decrease our long term deficit hell its not even trending that way while 0bama leaves office.

RNT of MN 11:10AM April 15, 2009

Why treat the US Government like a household? Does your household have the ability to print money or wage war? So why the fears? Does your household have the ability to maintain intricate infrastructure?
My theory is you have no idea what you're talking about. You have no idea what sort of risks are involved with short term or or long term federal deficits yet scream to the high heavens about the implications. You have no idea what type macroeconomic impact deficit spending has in times of recession with aggregate demand and lending dramatically cut from a period of full employment. Not that there aren't any risks involved. But my point is, I just doubt these Tea Tantrum throwers even know the issues. Big Brother !! Socialism !! Puh-lease.
George W. Bush orchestrated usurpition of the Constitution (legal memos authorizing the suspension of the first and fouth amendments), and was a spend happy president (deficit no less) and you get pissy about a plan to invest money in the short term (while boasting aggregate demand and spurring private investment) to decrease a potential long term deficit (that's the real issue) that is based on structural problems of Medicare. Read a book. Not by Any Rand. And then try this all again.

Chris of FL 2:01PM April 10, 2009

As we speak, the long awaited prequel to the blockbuster classic George Orwell novel 1984 is now being written by it's co-authors Obama, Pelosi, and Reid. Nobody else in Congress reads so critiques will have to wait until the politically expedient becomes obvious.

Tom Naramore of NC 10:28AM April 02, 2009

Early April fools eh? I plan on attending the Atlanta event but seriously doubt it will do any good. We're trying to make it a non-partisan event because with the Democrats in control, they ARE our only hope. The current defecit spending cannot be sustained and is not "Stimulating" anything. Repeal the current stimulus Bill, the sky hasn't fallen yet like Mr Obama warned. Go sit down and draw up a USEFULL Bill that really helps the economy and people who've lost their jobs. Hold "the agenda" spending until things smooth out and the proposals can be properly debated. In short, deal with THE priority.
I'm toeing the line with MY household budget

Chris Petty of GA 7:06PM April 01, 2009