Letter to the editor:
The best way to spread wealth
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008 | 2:03 a.m.
Nothing about “Joe the Plumber” rates a quarter-page column by Clarence Page (“Joe the Plumber isn’t exactly the boost McCain needed,” Monday).
But these words spoken by Barack Obama to Joe Wurzelbacher and omitted from Page’s column rate such a discourse: “I think that, when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”
I am certainly concerned about who spreads the wealth; what criteria determine to whom the wealth goes; how one qualifies for a piece of that wealth; and how many jobs are created by the spreading of the wealth.
When wealth is used by a business owner — let’s call him Joe — to pay wages to Steve, that is good. Steve then spreads earned wealth to others for his family’s necessities such as food, energy, education, child care, legal advice, medical care, etc. These recipients of Steve’s wealth spread that wealth further for their needs.
Wealth spread by working people creates new jobs and improves the economy.
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Rev. Wright told the real agenda. The white man is evil because 150 years ago there was slavery. He wants the government to pay "slave reparations" to all black people. Obama found the way. Tax refunds to people who don't pay them. What a joke.
Only Joe asked a real question of Obama. Compare the interviews of Obama and the vp candidate Palin.
Charlie Gibson asked Barack Obama with the questions asked of Sarah Palin. Here's what she wrote:
OBAMA interview with Charlie Gibson, June 2008
How does it feel to break a glass ceiling?
How does it feel to "win"?
How does your family feel about your "winning" breaking a glass ceiling?
Who will be your VP?
Should you choose Hillary Clinton as VP?
Will you accept public finance?
What issues is your campaign about?
Will you visit Iraq?
Will you debate McCain at a town hall?
What did you think of your competitor's [Clinton] speech?
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5000184
PALIN interview with Charlie Gibson, Sept. 2008
Do you have enough qualifications for the job you're seeking? Specifically have you visited foreign countries and met foreign leaders?
Aren't you conceited to be seeking this high level job?
Questions about foreign policy
-territorial integrity of Georgia
-allowing Georgia and Ukraine to be members of NATO
-NATO treaty
-Iranian nuclear threat
-what to do if Israel attacks Iran
-Al Qaeda motivations
-the Bush Doctrine
-attacking terrorists harbored by Pakistan
Is America fighting a holy war? [misquoted Palin]
Yeah, the propagandistic major liberal media:
Hardball for Sarah by a liberal interviewer.
Softball for Barry by THE SAME liberal interviewer.
Journalism DIED in 2008!
"Hardball for Sarah?"
Asking what newspapers she reads is "hardball?"
So sad that the radical right wants to excuse her incompetence and ignorance and blame it all on the boogeyman media.
Let's seen NVMakz, that's the media boogeyman and the ACORN boogeyman. Excuse after angry excuse...
McSame comments, different day.
its called trickle down.
obama hates it.
The Financial Mess Is Just The First Spread The Wealth example. Fannie Mae melted down the economy by taking money from 401K and retirement accounts and spreading it over the millions of mortgages given to mexicans so they could have a house and could vote.
Spread the wealth. The next examples will include the mass exodus of jobs when Obama threatens to tax the companies who create the jobs in this country.
And when he imposes a tax on dividends and a tax on capitol gains you will see the stock market enter free fall down to 3000, making it extremely difficult for small business to raise capitol for expansion. More jobs will be lost.
Spread the wealth. Give Us Your 401K. Spread The Wealth.