Cracking me up pri_dk.. Ever since you talked me out of flat rate taxation I have been watching your words.
SK I know I used the rhetoric (redistribution of wealth) in an improper manner. I think what I am trying to get at is that I find a hard time trying to figure out exactly where Obama and the dems in general stand? Is that utopia more like a CAR utopia or more like a pr utopia? You kind of see what I am saying?
To me there is no doubt that Obama (and any other partisan candidate blue or red) will pander to the voters class in order to get votes. So yes to the more disenfranchised voters Obama (or any other candidate) would demonize wealth no matter how it was accrued. Forget about taxes for the moment and throwing out the partisan rhetoric is that how he really feels? Is that how people like Harry and Nancy feel?
Or is there more logic that is in their reality… that yes we can improve social safety nets but we do have to make sure the playing field is level between public/private jobs, union verses non union, etc even at the expense of pissing off some of our lobbyists and that improvements of social safety nets will come at the expense of other programs given a limited budget?
In my opinion (and it is only my opinion.. .the reality of the situation for our society and utopia CAR espouses are quite far apart and they cement a stereotype that I have developed over time for dems in general) However I think and hope I am wrong and if Obama/Nancy/Harry are going to be in charge I would hope that the people who voted for them would demand some of the common sense ideas that I have seen posted. To me some of these ideas that came from brian and pri_dk are contrary to what I think Obama and the dems stand for. That could be because of my own misconceptions……..I am not sure.
