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Sunday, March 30, 2008
Austin Hill :: Townhall.com Columnist
Obama Backs-Off From His Own Buzzwords
by Austin Hill
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Will the Dems' health care Christmas Present to America be an improvement or detriment to our health care system?


“But it’s not just the Warren Buffets of the world who own stocks” Bartiromo replied.

“Of course not” Obama responded.

“..Let’s hypothetically say that…cap gains goes from 15% to 25%….you’re impacting a lot of people…a hundred million Americans own stocks today…”

“Absolutely” exclaimed Obama. “So it’s not just the rich.”

“No, no no, absolutely” Obama insisted. “And that’s why I think that……uh…..for example….you could structure something in which people with certain incomes were exempted from this increase….”

Find the video or transcript and get the full story yourself. The point here is simple: “the politics of envy” works great on the campaign trail, but as fiscal policy it threatens to harm all Americans, and is ultimately untenable. Obama even conveyed to Bartiromo the possibility that taxes might not be raised at all, depending on what the nation’s economic conditions might be next year when he hypothetically would begin his Presidency.

Obama had to back-away from his own rhetoric when he was put to the test. Will a majority of Americans back-away from him before it’s too late?

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Austin Hill is a Talk Show Host At Boise, Idaho's 580 KIDO Radio, and a frequent Guest Host on the Fox Newstalk Radio Network. He is the Author of "White House Confidential: The Little Book Of Weird Presidential History," And Co-Author of the forthcoming title "The Virtues Of Capitalism: A Moral Case For Free Markets" (Northfield/Moody Press, 2010).
 
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Reply # 1
Date: Mar 31, 2008 - 10:37 PM EST
Analysing these blogs
Ronald Reagan is still the man who holds the country's greatest respect and is the most looked up to. Austin Hill laid out such a good article non of the lefties could think of any way to defend Obama. There seems to be a consensus from all of these bloggers far and wide that Obama, though seemingly well read, well spoken and well dressed, has amazingly done all this without collecting any substance in his character, Though he has the ability to enthrall masses of unthinking shallow people, he is still the proverbial empty suit.

The danger of this, of course, is the same danger others have had befor. Adolph Hitler was an electrifying speaker. Our MSM helped to replace a two-bit dictator in Cuba with a 6-bit communist dictator. Most south American countries have a constant struggle with the dictator problem. Dictators are adept at manipulating unthinking, shallow people.

We have two slick potential dictators in Obama
and Hillary. "I'll protect you from the rich" "Bosses are trying to cheat you", "The little man needs help and that's why I'm here", "I"m going to change this country". "The working class needs gauranteed jobs and government paid health care". These are some of
the things they will tell them before they are elected.

After they are elected, they will scream they need more power to get their programs through. In times past, when more of our politicians were statesmen, we had protection against this sort of thing. Now ........
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Reply # 2
Date: Mar 31, 2008 - 12:34 PM EST
I Am Sans Pariel
No,I knew what you meant.There really are some who would be as honest and patriotic.The news media would crucify them,though.They would not have a prayer,today.The media gets more left and powerful every day.
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