Captain America vs. Robin Hood

The economy is sucking salt, and the reason is clear: President Obama's policies---and those of his party---have undermined and crippled the free market to the point of absolute paralysis. Since January 2009, Team Obama has given us: a massive expansion of government, unprecedented spending, record-breaking deficits and debt, and socialized medicine. No wonder there's no job creation or economic growth happening. The severe debt crisis, the government spending spree, and the uncertainty that comes with all of the new policies and regulations make any business owner want to crawl under a rock and wait until the Left-wing hurricane blows over.

A new Gallup poll posed the question: do you think our government should or should not redistribute wealth through heavy taxes on the rich?

The results were not comforting: 49 percent of Americans say no, but 47 percent say that the government should confiscate wealth and give to those who don't have as much. This is pure wealth redistribution---an anti-American concept all the way---and yet 47% think it's a swell idea.

71 percent of Democrats believe it, which is no surprise, while just 43 percent of Independents do, and only 28 percent of Republicans believe in enforced redistribution.

The demographic breakdowns are not surprising either: 52 percent of women want income redistribution, but just 42 percent of men do. Just 41 percent of whites agree with it, while 64 percent of non-whites do.

You don't need to be David Axelrod to figure out Obama's re-election strategy. He desperately needs minorities, union workers, and women if he's going to have a prayer of getting re-upped in 2012.

Obama is a true believer. There's no way he's going to change his ideological pitch. Statist wealth redistribution is how he rolls, and he's hoping enough people are riding the gravy train to pull the lever for him again, even as his Far-Left mania is destroying the economy.

The Left believes government is in the business of providing social justice by taking from the haves to raise up the have-nots. Conservatives believe government exists to maintain an equal playing field so that everyone has a fair shot at success. This is in line with the Founders' vision for America: maximum individual freedom to allow for maximum individual and therefore collective prosperity. The Founders understood that liberty is a zero-sum game: the more power the government exerts over your life, the less freedom you have.

The Democrat view of wealth redistribution runs counter to everything the Founders wanted for this country. This is the question before Americans today: do we want a vibrant capitalist nation or a European-style welfare state? We're quickly sliding down the path of the latter. There's still time to arrest the slide, but the sand is slipping through the hour glass.

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[thebuckstopshere]

well.........maybe we will get something "made in America" even if it is by the hand of the Chinese........

thanks "representation"

http://sadhillnews.com/2011/06/08/china-to-build-50-square-mile-self-sustaining-city-near-boise-idaho

NO RINOS 2012

[jay]

thanks "representation"

NO RINOS 2012

Posted by: thebuckstopshere | June 09, 2011 at 01:32 AM

Wonder if your "representaion" refers to my posting the original tea party slogan.
Which is strange. The NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTAION meant that the founding fathers didn't want to be taxed by those who were NOT their elected officials.
They didn't feel they were being taxed too much, or anything else.

[xbjllb]

"See all the RATS now calling for RESIGNATION!!

WEINERGATE is in FULL EFFECT." - UG

Wow. So now five is "ALL" of them.

Strange numeral system you work from. Roman? Or Sicilian?

[DJ]

But if you want to define "rich" you have to try and apply a universal criteria for the entire country.

$100 million will make you OK, EVEN in a place like New York, for example.

Anything less.. I dunno.. $60 million is great and everything but you might still have to worry every now and then.

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Posted by: Ummahgummah | June 09, 2011 at 01:09 AM

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OK Ummah,

I'll tell it like it really is: According to the libs, anyone who dosen't qualify for food stamps is considered rich.

American life in the not to distant future:

-Trade in your gas guzzling SUV for a bicycle.

-Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will be considered a decadent indulgence.

-Air Conditioning will be a luxury.

-Due to the scarcity of real MDs, Witch Doctors will be covered under ObamaCare.

- Mandatory prayer five times per day.

Get the picture?

[DJ]

America's decline into third worldism is _mainly_ due to the IDIOCY OF LIBERALISM!

[M/M]

Thanks Longrifle. The US isn't perfect. I really think we need to take a look at what is happening to the Iraqi Christians because they lived in that country for thousands of years:

http://www.persecution.org/2011/04/24/the-silent-extermination-of-iraq%E2%80%99s-christians/

How the Copts are being discriminated against:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJXAonFVcmA

Hope you like the Sopranos. Don't like gangster movies, but I loved that show. It introduced me to many aspects of Italian-American culture that I never appreciated before and parts of NJ that I never was interested in before.

I really liked the way the used Bob Dylan to remake this old Dean Martin song. It sounded better in the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9zCILCGDPg

[Ummahgummah]

America's decline into third worldism is _mainly_ due to the IDIOCY OF LIBERALISM!

POSTED BY: DJ | JUNE 09, 2011 AT 07:33 AM

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Yeah so true. You also noticed how they are defining "rich" down. They are trying to conflate happiness, contentment and being able to lead a decent lifestyle with "rich".

All so they can then go after these "rich", whom they define as earning more than $100K a year.

Which is of course a complete fallacy.

Rich means never ever having to worry again, regardless of the vagaries of life or the economic upheavals we are seeing in many countries at this time.

This you need a pretty good amount invested in a broad range of ways. Cause FDIC won't cover what you got if you put it in your local bank.

If you do it right $100 million should keep you for the rest of your days, even as things are blowing up all around us and libs are screeching "TAX THE RICH".

Obviously you will move funds away from places that elect a guy like Barack HUSSEIN Obama and send goofballs like Barney Frank to Congress to sit on Finance Committees.

Add to that a cadre of racist and resentful Congresscritters like the CBC and you will understand why we are hearing a giant sucking sound.

I'm not the only one who thinks this way.

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[Ummahgummah]

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This used to be an ASPIRATIONAL SOCIETY. All I see now is the politics of jealousy and resentment.

All I see is what can you do for me and if you don't want to I will vote for those who promise to make you.

What happened to God Bless the Child?

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[DJ]

"Yeah so true. You also noticed how they are defining "rich" down. They are trying to conflate happiness, contentment and being able to lead a decent lifestyle with "rich"."

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That's correct, Ummah.

The ruling class knows the psychology of the working masses. They have their manipulation tactics down to a science and use them very effectivly. They know very well that someone who makes 35K per year views someone who makes 135K per year as very rich. Of course if you make 135K per year, you don't feel rich at all. Once a person makes 135K per year, they will, as a general rule, reset or requantify their definition of what rich is. Once redefined, they may define rich as someone who makes 350K per year and so on and so forth.

Once you get past a certain point of income, the definition of rich becomes relative. But more importantly, the ruling class uses class envy to manipulate the masses in order to confiscate the masses' wealth via taxes.

[Ummahgummah]

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Exactly. So they figured out that 100K is a nice round BIG-SOUNDING number for numbskulls like jay for instance.

It is safe to assume that more than half of Americans do not make $100K or above.

The way people are being conditioned in our wonderful public schools you know that those poor "underpaid" teechurz are in full indoctrination mode.

You can bet your bottom dollar that they seethe at the sight of kids scampering into a waiting Mercedes or Beemer after class when instead they should be feeling content that that child is well taken care of.

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[DJ]

"Exactly. So they figured out that 100K is a nice round BIG-SOUNDING number for numbskulls like jay for instance."

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Yes. They liberal ruling elite know all too well nunbskulls like jay outnumber thinking Americans. Obama's election and probable reelection is evidence of that.

[Ummahgummah]

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Ditto!

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[Ummahgummah]

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Meanwhile here in New York, the execrable liberal Alec Baldwin is making noise about running for mayor.

I am taking my show on the road.. just in time..

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[Ummahgummah]

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Ed Koch is joining the chorus of those calling on Weiner to resign already. Meanwhile Spirit Airlines is having a Weiner Gate sale:

http://www.businessinsider.com/spirit-airlines-gets-in-on-the-anthony-weiner-fun-sext-scandal-2011-6

haha!

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[Ummahgummah]

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Remember he started out by blaming Republicans, hackers and his blender.. NICE TRY, asshat!

RESIGN ALREADY

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[LongRifle]

Obama trying to consolidate Muslim power ala' Godfather?

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/06/08/20110608us-yemen-airstrikes.html

[Ummahgummah]

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Killing Ghadafi and getting rid of Mubarak creates a vacuum. The Bama uses OUR money to consolidate power.

Can you say Al-Calif-al-Rasool-ibn-Barack-HUSSEIN-Obama?

This guy does not mean well for America.

Meanwhile he has Hitlery in Doha, accompanied by Mrs. Weiner. What is Hitlery giving away now?

They are transferring what is left of our credit worthiness to the moslem world.

And the Goopers in Congress are all acting like the proverbial hares in the headlights.

Someone needs to monitor their Twitter accounts. Why do I suspect that there are shady figures who have dirt on virtually everyone in Congress?

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[Ummahgummah]

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Ann Coulter is busy whoring herself out to the Republistablishment, shilling for Imam Chris Christie on the Mike Gallagher show.

Notice how they are all running to provide cover to the RINOS now!

DISGUSTING

DJ, you had her number first!

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[Ummahgummah]

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Time to focus a little more on the RED CHINESE DANGER:

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/china-wants-to-construct-a-50-square-mile-self-sustaining-city-south-of-boise-idaho

China Wants To Construct A 50 Square Mile Self-Sustaining City South Of Boise, Idaho

And it gets even better:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-09/02/c_13475069.htm

Chinese, Mexican defense ministers hold talks on military cooperation

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NOTHING TO SEE THERE, RIGHT LIE-BERALS??!!!! STILL "RACIST" TO START DEFENDING THE BORDERS??

LIEbERALISM IS INDEED A SEIOUS MENTAL DISORDER. THEY'RE GOING TO GET US ALL DISPOSSESSED OR KILLED!

FREACKING IDIOTS

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[Ummahgummah]

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RED CHINA wants to establish bases on the moon. Looks like they are doing a stop-over in Boise, Idaho first.

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[Ummahgummah]

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Meanwhile American-based LIEberals HAVE HALTED OUR MANNED SPACE PROGRAM!!!!

HOW MUCH ARE TEHSE TRAITORS BEING PAID!!!!

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[Ummahgummah]

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Goshen college offended by National Anthem:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/08/137031395/goshen-college-bans-national-anthem-at-sporting-events

"Goshen College has been and remains a ministry of Mennonite Church USA with an enduring peace tradition," Carlos Romero, executive director of the Mennonite Education Agency said in a statement. "The Board's decision reflects a belief that faith and honoring country can co-exist without disturbing higher allegiances to God and that Goshen College will become increasingly diverse and will welcome diverse viewpoints."

The board has asked the school's president to find an alternative to playing the national anthem.

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports the school first changed its policy to be more welcoming to visiting teams, "but the decision sparked resistance from some who believe the hymn glorifies war and distracts from the college's Christian values.

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