My Family is very conservative, and while they I am an Obama supporter they continue to email me about why I am wrong to do so. I'd love to put together a response to the issue below, but check it out, this is what were up agaisnt.
The issue: Taxes
What the liberal whiners say:
1.'The rich don't pay their fair share' 2.'The working class carries the full load in this country, while the rich just keep getting richer, and paying LESS' 3.'How about those 50 hedge fund managers Barack Obama talks about all the time who made $29 billion, but actually paid less in taxes than their $60,000 a year SECRETARIES!' 4.'I'm sick and tired of all the corporate welfare in this country' Your winning, logical, reasoned arguments: 1.Really? According to the Tax Foundation, the top 1% of wage-earners in this country pays nearly 40% of the burden (an 11% INCREASE over 1999, when WHO was President? Oh that's right...Bill Clinton). Not fair? Well, you may be saying, 'that's because they have ALL the wealth!' Wrong again. The top 1% of earners account for just 21% of the total adjusted gross income. Hmm. Come to think of it...you're RIGHT! That really isn't fair. They're paying DOUBLE what they should be. By the way, the top 10% of earners pay 70% of the load. When you get all the way down to the top 50% of earners, they account for 96.4% of the entire tax burden. The next 10% pays 3.6%. And the bottom 40% of wage earners...pay NOTHING. That's right, nothing. In fact, they pay nothing, and then often get a "refund" (handout) at years end.
2. Now this argument, to me, is null and void, since it comes straight from the "Communist Manifesto" by our friend, Karl Marx (no, not Richard Marx, the singer with the hair...this is the OTHER Marx brother) Simply substitute the words "working class" for proletariat and "rich" for bourgeousie, and voila! Class warfare, Marxist style. Besides, do you know ANY rich people who don't work hard? Only 2% of this country's rich inherited their money, like the Kennedy's...the rest, earned it.
3. The "50 Hedge Fund mangers' who made a combined $29 billion is one of my favorite Barack Obama campaign stories. It's true of course. At least the part about how much money they made. Legally, by the way. But for a billionaire to pay less in taxes than his secretary, is preposterous at best. It's impossible. I need to see their 1040 form for proof. If they pay a smaller percentage than their secretary did, their accountant needs to be made President of the United States of America, immediately. No campaign, no election. The first ever APPOINTMENT to President in American history...just based on amazing skills.It's also interesting to note that one of those Hedge Fund managers, of whom Obam speaks, but never names, is....George Soros. $2.9 Billion last year. Keep those Moveon.org ads coming Georgie! being the big-hearted, big government guy he is, it's surprising he hasn't voluntarily written out huge extra checks to the Federal Government to make up the discrepancy.
4. For this, I refer you to yesterday's article on the evil oil companies...who, from 1977-2004 made over $643 billion in profits! But, during that time span, their disgusting "corporate welfare" situation allowed them to pay a paltry $1.343 TRILLION in state and federal taxes. What a free ride.
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/13261/
PART 1) Nanosolar
I am a huge supporter of green-clean energy, Barack Obama and I wonder why he hasn't yet clearly announced support for technoligies like Nano solar power or Hydrogen Fuels Cells in his green energy policy. These are two of the best, innovative current techologies we could use (not to metion thermal, nuclear, wind, etc) and the push for existing technologies that could free us from oil, stimulate our economy and end a lot of pollution. Obama has mentioned in his policy that he supports innovation in green energy including solar and wind, but I think a lot of skepitcs would relate more to his campaign if he were to mention it like this "I know about a US company who if the Government were to support, it could result in the company growing, giving thousands of new jobs, and power every city on their Nanosolar technology" or something like that so it is more than a nice idea, but a physical reality.
We could use Nano Solar technology to power buildings, houses, and other electronic devices, and I ask you, why doesn't our government announce a plan to buy or support the use of mass quantities of Nanosolar technology? It has no pollution and is cheap enough to implement on a large scale. Check out the company Nanosolar.
Some quotes off their website:
Our product is defining in more ways I can enumerate here but includes:
- the world’s first commercial solar panel based on a printed solar cell;
- the world’s first thin-film solar cell with a back-contact;
- the world’s lowest-cost solar panel –which we believe will make us the first company capable of profitably selling solar panels for as little as $.99/Watt;
- the world’s highest-current thin-film solar panel – delivering five times the current of any other thin-film panel on the market today and thus simplifying system deployment;
- an intensely systems-optimized product with the lowest balance-of-system cost of any thin-film panel – due to innovations in design we have included.
There is a lot of more interesting information on that website, and I hope that Obama will mention this and other innovative technologies when he addresses our Energy plan.
Part 2) Hydrogen Fuel Cells:
I won't go into too much detail, but once again when it comes to alternativs to the internal combustion engine and using gas/oil, why not take the step and run vehicles on Hydrogen fuel cells? If Obama were to announce his support of this source or enrgy for our vehicles he could win over conservatives and environmentalists at the same time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_vehicle
We have the technology, now how great would it be to see soem of Obama's green energy plan to go towards this kind of energy?!
I'm so glad to support Barack Obama and to see him winning no less!
The need for Obama couldn't be greater with the other Democratic candidate being involved with Bilderberger meetings and agendas.
Some Bilderberger info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilderberg_Group
&
http://www.meta-religion.com/Secret_societies/Groups/The_Bilderberg_Group/bilderberg_group.htm
Now, if some of you aren't aware, Hillary Clinton as well as Bill clinton have both attended Bilderberger meetings. Why is this of concern? Well their aim is to unionize America, Mexico & Canada and create the NAU - North American Union. To be controlled by Bilderbergers themselves, a panel of the elite who control the masses, aiming to create the NWO.
This is no conspiracy, check out:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52684
Now, realize that Hillary Clintion would be a Bilderberger President *if* she was elected:
http://www.oldthinkernews.com/Articles/oldthinker%20news/hillary_clinton.htm
Hillary denies it, despite the proof:
http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/091107_hillary_denies.html
Just wanted to point out to you Obama supporters that your support to Obama has helped keep America, AMERICA and not the NAU. There is a documentary about this I'm sure you'd enjoy, watch ENDGAME by Alex Jones for free @: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread328301/pg1
Yes, we can
(resist the new world order!)
I noticed the count is at 44 where, from my calculations show it should be @ 43.
It starts with (per the Obama Blogs):
Chicago, IL -- Today, superdelegate and Wyoming Democratic Party Vice Chair Nancy Drummond endorsed Barack Obama for President, citing his advocacy for veterans.
Drummond is the 318.5th superdelegate to endorse Obama, who is now 48 delegates away from capturing the Democratic nomination.
Drummond said...
Yet, the next delegate update I seen says:
Colorado Superdelegate for Obama; Delegate Countdown - 48 To Go
Chicago, IL -- Today, Colorado Democratic Party Chair and superdelegate Pat Waak announced her support for Barack Obama, citing his electability and strong support in Colorado.
WHAT HAPPENED??
Did Wyoming Democratic Party Vice Chair Nancy Drummond change her mind or did someone miss that in the delegate calculation?
Let me know if you have any information regarding this.
