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October 17, 2008
'Obama, Joe the plumber, and the gospel of envy'
Topics:Obama's call to 'spread the wealth' around is an old - and dangerous - theme:
[...] Senator Obama, in a rare moment of candor, all but told "Joe the plumber" that his wealth should be seized in the name of equity. Their personal encounter this past Sunday played out one of the old themes of democratic politics: the appeal to the many to take from the few. It's traditionally an easy sell in democratic regimes.As Jawa Report points out in: Obama Takes a Look Down His Neo Communist Nose at Plumbers - "Remember Mr. Obama its called in income tax, not a profit tax.Despite Obama's implication to the contrary, however, it doesn't represent much in the way of change.
Posted by Althor at October 17, 2008 8:44 AM
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