Comments on: Obama and Sowell: who can tell when people have made enough money?

By: Power Grab « Appalachian Conservative

Power Grab « Appalachian Conservative — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:13:38 +0000

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By: Boonton

Boonton — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:28:40 +0000

So the policies to date are top marginal tax brackets that are dramtically lower than our post WWII average even under only Republican Presidents and some slight fiddling with top level bonuses for firms that would have been 100% bankrupt sans taxpayer aid. This is Obama deciding when we’ve made enough money?

If this is your idea of socialism or communism it hasn’t lived up to the hype.

By: ELC

ELC — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:58:30 +0000

@ Boonton 12:10 pm. This sort of silliness might have made sense back when Obama was relatively new but we now have actual actions to give us context to every ambigious phrase that you want to dig up. We sure do.

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By: Boonton

Boonton — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:10:11 +0000

Actually I just read the ’embellishment’ as a statement of individual fact. There is a point at which ‘you’ve made enough money’ just like there’s a point at which ‘you’ve eaten enough’. If you’ve made such a statement it doesn’t mean you are saying the gov’ts job is to police the snack machine so the guy whose already eaten three snickers bars is stopped from buying another one.

The context of Obama’s speech seems to imply that this is the meaning he meant. More to the point we are already a year into Obama’s first term. This sort of silliness might have made sense back when Obama was relatively new but we now have actual actions to give us context to every ambigious phrase that you want to dig up. The search for secret motives behind every phrase here says more about the motives of the blogger than Obama.

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By: setnaffa

setnaffa — Sun, 02 May 2010 13:03:13 +0000

Read Romans 1:18-32… If you don’t have your own Bible, you can see it online at BibleGateway dot com.

If we don’t fall on our knees and beg for the LORD to forgie us and heal our nation and give us wise leaders who love America, we’re doomed…

We may already be past the tipping point…

By: ELC

ELC — Sun, 02 May 2010 12:57:56 +0000

Obama: “I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.” (April 28, 2010)

Lincoln: “I don’t believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else.” (March 6, 1860)

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 02 May 2010 07:24:18 +0000

Obama’s comment is just the sort of thing one would expect from a crypto-fascist and communist.
Trained in the “Das Capital” school of economics, Obama does not know that the wealth of productive people is used to fund innovation, create jobs, and create credit (the legitimate kind, not fraudulent bubbles), and much more. I have already written an open letter to the POTUS asking that he and his very rich friends be prepared to donate all monies above 250K/year to charity or to retiring the national debt. I’m not holding my breath waiting for a reply. The nomenklatura are above such things, you know!

By: wGraves

wGraves — Sun, 02 May 2010 04:04:27 +0000

If Steve Jobs ever ever really decides that $5M is enough, the will stop inventing new products, move into his $5M home, and just enjoy his kids. Unfortunately, that will mean no iPod, iPad, iPhone, and Apple will die, like it did the last time they got rid of him. Does this ever occur to our economically challenged leadership?

If some random person wins the lottery, they do nothing productive. The money is spent on luxury toys. If Jobs has a few extra millions, he starts PIXAR. Our country functions economically because a small number of very creative people move us forward. They need wealth to do it. Stop that process, and we will all regret it. If you think unemployment is bad now, just watch what happens if you eliminate individual wealth.