Obama tells small businessman he intends to spread socialism
At a campaign stop today, a plumber pointed out to Barack Obama that his plumbing business makes more than $250,000 per year, and so comes under the category that Obama has said taxes would be raised on. Obama replied that he didn't intend to punish the plumber. But, he said, the plan is to "spread the wealth around".
Obama said, "It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody that is behind you, that they have a chance for success too."
Of course, government taking wealth from the people who made it, and giving it to people who didn't, is the main pillar of socialism, and has historically proven to be destructive to nearly any society that has ever tried it... the late and unlamented Soviet Union being the latest big one.
This is the clearest statement Obama has ever made, of his support for the Socialist ideal.
See the exchange at http://www.breitbart.tv/html/195153.html
Last edited by Little-Acorn; 10-13-2008 at 12:46 PM.
"The social contract exists so that everyone doesn’t have to squat in the dust holding a spear to protect his woman and his meat all day every day. It does not exist so that the government can take your spear, your meat, and your woman because it knows better what to do with them." - Instapundit.com
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