http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/051315-752527-obama-poverty-speech-attacks-wealthy.htm
Typical liberal rubbish - oppressed / oppressor...... all in the name of getting votes.
I do have to admit that I agree, he did start out rationally....
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He started off OK. "I think we can all stipulate that the best anti-poverty program is a job," he said, and "we don't dispute that the free market is the greatest producer of wealth in history."
But next came his real message: those "cold-hearted, free-market, capitalist types" who "pretty much have more than you'll ever be able to use and your family will ever be able to use" should give that excess up so the government can "invest" it in federal programs.
"If we can't ask from society's lottery winners to just make that modest investment, then, really, this conversation is for show," he said.
It's disturbing enough that the nation's president has such a disparaging view of the innovators and risk takers who've creating new products, better services, new jobs and more prosperity.
But Obama was just getting started. He complained that the rich aren't just getting richer, they're increasingly isolating themselves.
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Typical liberal rubbish - oppressed / oppressor...... all in the name of getting votes.
I do have to admit that I agree, he did start out rationally....
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He started off OK. "I think we can all stipulate that the best anti-poverty program is a job," he said, and "we don't dispute that the free market is the greatest producer of wealth in history."
But next came his real message: those "cold-hearted, free-market, capitalist types" who "pretty much have more than you'll ever be able to use and your family will ever be able to use" should give that excess up so the government can "invest" it in federal programs.
"If we can't ask from society's lottery winners to just make that modest investment, then, really, this conversation is for show," he said.
It's disturbing enough that the nation's president has such a disparaging view of the innovators and risk takers who've creating new products, better services, new jobs and more prosperity.
But Obama was just getting started. He complained that the rich aren't just getting richer, they're increasingly isolating themselves.
Read More At Investor's Business Daily: http://news.investors.com/ibd-edito...erty-speech-attacks-wealthy.htm#ixzz3a6uo2UWR
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