Posted by
Catmman on Monday, March 16, 2009 1:36:24 PM
Let me get this straight...
For decades, the Left has harangued the electorate about how tax cuts, how anything which allows the taxpayer (the average citizen) to keep more of their money, is a bad thing. The mantra is "tax cuts for the rich" or "tax breaks for wealthy corporations". ANY tax cut proposal is painted as benefitting the "wealthy" while the "average American" or "the poor" are always potrayed getting the shaft.
Here we are: a Democrat controlled Congres (both Houses), the most liberal Democrat ever elected to the Presidency. The amount of money spent on TARP, Spendulus, other bailouts and now the "budget" is astronomical. The numbers are so big they are almost not worth mentioning. Tens of trillions of dollars suffice it to say when all is said and done, with more spending probably on the way. What has been done with this money?
The lions share of it has been given by those same Democrat congressmembers and President to the same groups they constantly demonize as being "rich". The government is GIVING taxpayer money away to these corporations/organizations - GM, Chrysler, Ford, AIG, Citigroup, Wells Fargo etc. ad nauseum.
So, the government is GIVING away taxpayer money (money, truth be told, we don't even have). I'll say that again: the GOVERNMENT, the same GOVERNMENT which rails against tax cuts for those same "rich" folks, is now giving away money to them, more or less free of charge. And to pay for it, the same government which said it wanted to "give a tax break to the 95% of Americans who need it" is now RAISING taxes on that same 95% .
The paradox? The Government who rails against letting the taxpayer (citizen and corporation alike) KEEP more of their own money, is now giving away money to the "hated rich" and taxing "the needy poor".
The next time you hear your favorite Liberal spouting about how we need to give "The Poor" more money and take more money from "The Rich", remember who received the lions share of all this "free" money from the Government and remember who payed for it.
And punch that Liberal right square in the mouth.