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Does this mean it’s now okay to say that Obama is a redistributionist?
Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 11/25/2012 10:00:34 PM
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| With the reelection of President Obama secured, Washington Post economics reporter Zachary Goldfarb finally identifies “the bedrock belief that has driven the president for decade” (or Obama’s “driving force,” per the web edition). That bedrock belief is that the power of the federal government must be used reduce income inequality in America. According to Goldfarb, Obama formed this belief as a child and young adult living abroad, where he observed, in Obama’s words, “the vast disparity in wealth between those who are part of the power structure and those who are outside of it.”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
navybrat, 11/25/2012 10:16:59 PM (No. 9033732)
Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, the Clinton´s, John Kerry Heinz, Joe Biden, Al Gore and the Kennedys, to name a few, are part of the power structure. They live better then the majority of the taxpayers who pay their way. They will have pensions and healthcare that we will never have. With all that they have, they still want to tax us more and 47 percent pay no income tax, but ensure that these parasites keep getting elected.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Scribelus, 11/25/2012 10:23:00 PM (No. 9033737)
Why use six syllables when three will do: SO-CIAL-IST!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bob913, 11/25/2012 10:52:40 PM (No. 9033748)
The money is only going to insiders. It is not being redistributed to all the people in the US.
That was just propaganda. After all his family members live in poverty while obama has millions of dollars.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
nosillod, 11/25/2012 10:54:30 PM (No. 9033749)
Capitalist´s want to narrow the difference between the have´s and the have not´s just as Socialist do, just with a different approach. We say let capitalism allow those on the bottom of the economic ladder to climb up the ladder. They say, bring those on the top of the ladder down to the level of those on the bottom. Clearly, capitalism would seem to be the better approach...unless your goal is not to improve the life of your citizens, but to improve the amount of power you have as a Socialist politician.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
neanderthal, 11/25/2012 11:40:32 PM (No. 9033772)
Why three when two will do? MARX-IST!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
NotaBene, 11/25/2012 11:48:33 PM (No. 9033774)
Two words: Class Warfare.
There is nothing new about Communism. Their words are interesting, in the praxis they sow poverty and despair. Like the black cloud that has enveloped the USA.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
4Justice, 11/25/2012 11:57:17 PM (No. 9033779)
It is not real...it is all fake. His "redistribution" is really from the middle class to the uber-wealthy Democrats in bed with the government. Even if you give more goodies to the poor, they don´t end up better off...they actually end up with less buying power because of the effects of inflation, a stagnant economy, and higher energy costs. The middle-class is the biggest loser. They not only will lose buying power, but their savings and investments become worth less and taxes from every direction eats up what is left. The uber-wealthy (which are predominately democrat and leftists) will end up with more money, power and influence. Yes, socialism only helps the rich in power. Small businesses will die because they can´t compete against the cronyism that benefits the chosen mega-multinational corporations who are friends and contributors to the government. It is all a lie. Obama doesn´t care one wit for the poor. Socialism is self-serving for the elite.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
steph_gray, 11/26/2012 12:35:43 AM (No. 9033798)
Saw a great idea for a bumper sticker recently:
Redistribute Responsibility.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 11/26/2012 12:56:33 AM (No. 9033806)
Will the wealthy sitting on Capitol Hill share with the rest of US ?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Bla Bla, 11/26/2012 1:16:16 AM (No. 9033816)
Here´e my bumper sticker idea: Redistribute the Presidency. Now.
The actress Janine Turner, from Northern Exposure fame, wrote a great article a while back on what we & her fellow celebrities would actually live like if they get their socialist way. This has to be exposed before it´s too late. We have to start talking all over the web, media, our neighborhoods, etc.
We must never stop trying to educate those around us while we still can, and while this slide to socialist oblivion is still reversible. I had a futile discussion with my Union Rep cousin in San Fran last week. But the people around us were all listening.
She said, "You know why Katrina happened, don´t you?"
I told her "Yeah, I do -- the Federal money given to Louisiana for fortifying the levies was misappropriated. The govt cronies (she loved that word) thought they could do a facelift & the levies would never be tested like they were & they failed."
She blustered around mumbling that it was GW´s fault. But she said nothing to prove it. The others in that small chocolate store´s Open House were listening, though. We must keep educating everyone with the truth. The MSM isn´t gong to doit for us. I. Am. Breitbart.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
steveW, 11/26/2012 1:23:00 AM (No. 9033818)
Of course he is a "redistributionist" (the real word is Socialist - anyone who believes wealth is the State´s to distribute in the first place, not the property of free individuals). But the key to the entire thing is understanding the motive behind this "redistribution". As with everything Left, the language used ("fairness" "equality") is a smokescreen for the actual agenda. What drives a Socialist like Obama is a burning, white hot desire to punish the successful, the achievers, the affluent, the self-made men who refuse to trade their integrity for a miserable life of collective liberal guilt (or, as socialists call it, "helping people"). Punishing people is the driving force. See that, and you´ve unlocked their secret.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
veritas, 11/26/2012 1:37:02 AM (No. 9033824)
IMHO, two things drive, or matter to, Obama. Many others on the left are the same.
1. Power-lust. 2. Antipathy to those who achieve on merit [and the more they accomplish, the greater his hate].
For those like Obama, who have accomplished nothing on personal ability, merit, and effort, the animus toward achievers is bone deep, bitter, and personal. Obama knows, consciously or unconsciously, he flatly does not deserve his position and rewards.
And his "Leftism" is a matter of convenience, not conviction. If he could get more power as a free-marketer, that´s what he´d push. Count on it.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
pineledger, 11/26/2012 4:40:20 AM (No. 9033856)
Maybe they could work on the sun rising in the west while they´re at it.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Spidey, 11/26/2012 4:46:41 AM (No. 9033861)
If Obama´s a redistributionist,he´s not doing a very good job at it. The gap between rich and poor is getting wider every day.Obama and the left aren´t that interested in redistribution as they are at destroying the white middle class because that´s where most republicans are.
The liberals pretend to be in favor of taxes on the rich,while behind the scenes they funnel billions to already rich people.The amount of money "poor" people get is mere tokenism to string them along.
It´s not only people wanting a government cash dividend but standing in line for loan forgiveness of all types.Obama got his claws into college students when he took over the loan industry.Since then tuitions have exploded making the college admins and professors very happy with their new income source.
Liberal rackets and schemes are always to enrich the ruling class types,while pretending to help society´s victims.Meanwhile society´s victims stay stagnant.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
bpl40, 11/26/2012 10:31:00 AM (No. 9034187)
Well...duh! Is this still an issue? What a waste of space and bandwidth.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
AltaD, 11/26/2012 11:14:58 AM (No. 9034268)
Regional “revenue sharing" has been a way of life here in Cook County. The suburbs that are a part of Cook County have always subsidized Chicago. I assumed that this is true in every county controlled by Dems and if it isn´t, it will be.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Bla Bla, 11/26/2012 2:27:58 PM (No. 9034624)
re #12 -- agree, & I would add
3. Guilt (even if it is unconscious).
The entertainment/sports celebrities & career politicians -- who have never worked as hard as the middle class business owners, blue-collars, & workers for corporations -- feel guilty for having so much money while the rest of us work our @sses off.
Solution for all that guilt, as maids, nannies, chefs, body guards, etc., serve them? Ask the government to redistribute wealth -- since they can´t seem to part with their money on their own. Deep down they know the masses pay the tickets to be entertained by them & make them wealthy. But they are too selfish, or have no self discipline, to figure out a way to hand out their own mullah.
They have no idea what they are doing to our country & how badly this will go down. When is the the last time we saw a great movie out of Russia? Solaris is the only one I´ve seen in three decades. It was done around the time 2001 was. China´s only doing slightly better because of our trade with them.
When our wealth goes, so will the countries that depend on it for their own economy. We need to speak to them through their own genre. Movies, programs -- on their stations, not FOX. We have four years to do it.
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Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their island best.(snip).The power couple declined to answer journalists´ questions about their visit to the island nation, but some outlets are reporting that the moguls are there as tourists, though that would be illegal because of the half-century embargo the U.S. has on the Communist country. However, the Miami Herald said Washington has issued special licenses for
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