We are back to this again. Maybe Obama thought he could get away with it because he was talking to a young crowd, but at the MTV Townhall yesterday the first question up essentially boiled down to this: With the economy going the way it is, why should we still support you? So what did Obama try to get away with? In his answer to the question, he tried to pawn off this idea that he has cut taxes for 98% of Americans. No, he did not say "taxpayers" he said "American people." Sigh. How hard is this to understand? How can Obama cut taxes for 98% of Americans when 47% of Americans don't pay any taxes? I'll tell you how he did that. He sent out $250 checks. You see, in the wonderful world of Democrats, when the government takes money from a producer .. or borrows money from the Chinese ... and gives that money to a middle or low income American ... that's a "tax cut." Amazing how that happens, isn't it?
Sadly more Americans than ever are members of the moocher class, with the productive - the people paying taxes - on the decline. But under ObamaLogic, adding more people to the government dole and giving people hand outs is considered a "tax cut." I just don't understand it, and I don't understand how so many Americans can buy this horsesqueeze.
PrezBo also took a page out of the Warren Buffet handbook when it comes to taxes. One of the questions asked of Obama was about Social Security. While Obama says that "all options are on the table," he went on to explain that the questioner pays Social Security taxes (payroll taxes) on his income up to $106,000. However, Obama went on to lament that Warren Buffet "makes a lot more than that" but doesn't pay any more into Social Security. Now what is wrong with this example? It is quite simple .. even the UGA "evil corporation" student may be able to grasp this one: The questioner probably pays income taxes. Warren Buffet pays capital gains taxes. The questioner wouldn't be paying Social Security on his capital gains either. Capital gains tax rates are lower than income tax rates and are not subject to payroll taxes. So no, Warren Buffet is not paying payroll taxes on all the money he makes because he is not earning that money as income.
Ugh. Re-educating an entire American electorate is hard. But somebody's gotta do it.
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