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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      No, I don't think it is an awful four-letter-word type of insult. I am just not convinced that it is actually socialism, and I am interested in calling things what they are. Or, if it is actually socialism, it isn't a lie, but it is dishonest to get up in arms about Obama's "socialist...
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      Democrats on an escalator

      You should have just used this, it is snarkier.
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      The lowest top marginal tax rate during Reagan's years was 28%, implemented for 1988. HW Bush carried that rate for 2 years, then increased it to 31%. Interestingly, Reagan had a 33% tax bracket during the years that his top rate was 28% (footnote 8 of following link) Reagan taxed at 50% for 5...
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      Totalitarianism is a concern, especially with majorities in both Houses of Congress. Obama didn't say he would bankrupt the coal industry, he said it could bankrupt a company to build a new coal-fired power plant. Power companies build power plants, not the coal industry. Also, McCain...
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      Obama's proposal, as I understand it, is to renew the Bush tax cuts for all but the top 2 brackets. He will end the cuts for the highest two brackets, resulting in a top marginal tax rate of 39.6 percent, or exactly what it as at the beginning of 2001. Am I wrong on this? The Impact of the...
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      I wouldn't favor seizing oil companies, but I would prefer if they were regulated like other utilities. Hell, even cable TV is heavily regulated in a way meant to stabilize prices. I said that I don't think that nationalizing something so vital as utilities, which I view oil as, is necessarily a...
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      So which of Obama's policies are so socialist that they should concern me. The World Socialist Party denies that Obama is anything resembling a socialist, and vehemently so. Is Obama a socialist? | wspus.org This is an editorial answering the same question. It is an interesting read. I know...
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      Obama to SF Chronicle: I'm going to bankrupt coal facilities

      :laugh::laugh::patriot:
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      Instead of trying this guilt-by-association fallacy, why don't you tell me which of his proposals are giving you fits? Wouldn't that make for a far more productive discussion than accusing him of socialism and then defending that assertion by accusing him of socialism? Which of Obama's...
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      Obama to SF Chronicle: I'm going to bankrupt coal facilities

      You know who else supports a cap-and-trade system which could make building a new coal plant unfeasible? John McCain. McCain Pushes 'Cap-And-Trade' Plan to Fight Global Warming
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      He was a "family values" Republican, so his biggest and most influential tutors were his parents, right?
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      Socialism, in and of itself, is not necessarily bad. I am not a fan of having my disposable income decreased because the oil companies feel like jacking prices on a whim. There are certain vital commodities, e.g. utilities that are necessary for life, which probably should be nationalized or...
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      Democrats on an escalator

      Now THAT'S funny
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      Oil is such a crucial commodity in our lives that I can't see how nationalization of it is necessarily a bad thing, so long as the workers in the industry are making an appropriate wage. In practice, it might be bad, or it might be good. In theory, it isn't necessarily bad. Other utilities are...
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      There is absolutely a difference, I know that. I believe in equal rights. I believe in equal opportunities. Outcome is up to each individual person, so long as opportunity and circumstance are equal. I do not disagree with you there.
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      Have you never heard of context? This thread is about taxes. I was responding to a post calling his tax policy socialist. CONTEXT is important. Bush's grandfather (and GHW Bush's father) was an anti-semitic Nazi supporter. Does this make them Nazi supporters? Which plans of Obama's do you...
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      We are talking about tax plans in here. His tax plan is not socialist. McCain wants to change the tax structure too, why aren't you calling him socialist? George Bush changed the tax structure, call him socialist. Every President changes the tax structure. It is not socialism to do so. I...
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      What is your favotite shotgun and why?

      I use a 20ga Ruger Red Label for skeet, and a Remington 1100 for trap. My dad and grandpa did a lot of work to the 1100 when they were using it heavily for trap. It is a nicely balanced, smooth swinging gun with a great trigger. That said, I like my Ruger more. The reasons being that it is mine...
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      The very first line of that same wiki Egalitarianism sounds pretty bad. This is the first line of the egalitarianism wiki says: His tax policies may be good, they may be bad. I have read articles viewing them both ways. If he gets elected Tuesday, we will find out which they are. He is...
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      Why Obama's tax plan is Socialist

      Socialism is the government ownership or control of industry or production. What industry does Obama's tax plan control? George Bush is a socialist for nationalizing the banking system and home mortgage industry through the bailout.
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