Thread: The class warfare argument

And thus you give us another thread rather than trying to defend your Lord and Master in any of the other threads about his actual policies.

Lame Danny... very lame.

Originally Posted by Danny

Obama's announced "Buffet Rule" took me by surprise. I initially thought this would be fodder for the GOP to hit him with "class warfare arguments". Upon further reflection I think it's brilliant political strategy. He is forcing the GOP to defend millionaires and billionaires which will be politically damaging to them.

Of the polls I've seen a vast majority say the rich should be asked to contribute more toward deficit reduction and certainly if there are medicare cuts involved. Also since a tax on incomes of 1M plus affects 0.3% of the population, who the heck to the GOP think they are pandering to when they cry class warfare? How many voters are they expecting to win over?

I think Obama has realized the GOP are not going to allow one single more job to be created under his watch and its time to draw some hard lines that will be a) popular with his base b) make sense economically. Just getting something done is useless to him now because nothing will get done. No "going in 50% on crappy GOP ideas" as Bill Maher put it.

Give em hell Barry!

Danny, you're so utterly partisan that if Obama came on live TV and dropped a kitten in a blender, you'd be here telling us all how brilliantly he's solved both the hunger and pet overpopulation problems in one bold step.

So, please forgive me if I am not remotely surprised at your revelation, upon further reflection, that Obama is just dreamy....

You know what's hilarious? This is another demonstration of Obama going full-on liberalism. His solution to the problem is "tax the rich," right? Which has never been done before, right? So when this doesn't work, he'll just have another press conference and go "I blame the Republicans" and then propose raising taxes on the rich and government spending on infrastructure and teachers and give the obligatory fierce look across the television. What a genius. It's like you have a problem and you hold a brainstorming session and he immediately raises his hand and goes "continue doing what we're doing." If he had ever been in any private business, someone would have immediately either fired him or slapped him across the face.

Originally Posted by MattInFla

So, please forgive me if I am not remotely surprised at your revelation, upon further reflection, that Obama is just dreamy....

Well, he's no Bill Clinton, who had power crackling from his jeans. But he does have a sexy crease in his pants.

Originally Posted by MattInFla

Danny, you're so utterly partisan that if Obama came on live TV and dropped a kitten in a blender, you'd be here telling us all how brilliantly he's solved both the hunger and pet overpopulation problems in one bold step.

This would make him the best president ever. Cats suck.

So how many jobs did the Democrats create when they had the White House, The house of Representatives and the Senate? Why weren't they taxing the rich man more then?

Yeah, apparently they were holding this ace in the hole back until things got REALLY bad. Strange.

Originally Posted by Danny

Of the polls I've seen a vast majority say the rich should be asked to contribute more

Well, as long as they retain the right to say no to such a request.