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• 1. Drew  |  October 10th, 2008 at 1:22 pm

  Always funny how socialists like to attack VP Palin. Come on, Pat. You really think a bunch of microsecond clips taken out of context means anything? The same thing can be done with Obama the Messiah.

  If you are going to attack, at least use some substance.

• 2. Pat Cunningham  |  October 10th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

  The words “substance” and “Sarah Palin” should never be used in the same sentence. By the way, Drew, are you familiar with the word “satire”? Apparently not. You probably don’t remember the McCain ads comparing Obama with Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Those ads had nothing to do with substance, either. The distinction must have gone over your head.

  Oh, one more thing: Don’t call me a “socialist” or I’ll call you a “fascist.” Do we have a deal?

• 3. Drew  |  October 10th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

  The McCain ads comparing Obama with Britney and Paris were in very poor in taste, and uncalled for, I’ll grant you that.

  There are many different forms of Socialism. Wikipedia lists at least 17 varieties. I’m actually surprised you take offense to being labeled in this broad spectrum without at least asking for clarification.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

  But to put it simply “All socialists advocate the creation of an egalitarian society, in which wealth and power are distributed more evenly”

  So you are against this idea? Doesn’t Obama want to give tax breaks to the poor and more heavily tax the rich? Doesn’t Obama want government ran health care?

  How does me calling you a socialist have anything to do with the proposal of you calling me a fascist?

• 4. echo4charlie  |  October 10th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

  Good fight………………..

  Don’t stop on my account…………..

  If you want good political satire, watch the limited-time SNL on Thursday night (weekend update Thursday).

  Wow, was that funny. They nailed the last debate……….

  http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/

• 5. Drew  |  October 10th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

  Agreed. I loved the SNL version of the VP debate. Jason Sudeikis did a remarkable job as Joe Biden, and as always, Tina Fey was awesome as Mrs. Palin. But for my money, Queen Latifa was the best with her impersonation of Ms. Ifill

• 6. Milton Waddams  |  October 10th, 2008 at 2:46 pm

  Drew:
  The idea of a progressive taxation system is not inherently wealth redistribution or socialism. The idea of a progressive income tax is very well justified when you look at what many conservatives claim is the chief responsibility of government, that of mutual defense. By that logic wouldn’t it be the responsibility of those with the most to lose to pay the most in taxes to support that defense?
  The problem is that when it is coupled with the social welfare benefits provided by the state it becomes sort of a de facto wealth redistribution. There again, however the ability to create and/or earn that wealth is made possible by the society one lives in, so is it unjust that those who have most benefited from that society pay to benefit that society? Before just throwing out the unfairness of the progressive income tax, look at how and why it came about. There is an excellent book that describes the history of the income tax, I recently read it and recommend it.

• 7. DingDong  |  October 10th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

  Milt: Stop reading opinion pieces and try to use some logic. So, what your saying that some peoples lives are more valuable than others. Then my vote should be weighted more than others that make less than me. See your ridiculous defense logic is just stupid. People who make more will pay more taxes anyway just from the fact that a larger income will equal a larger tax at certain percentage. Typically people who earn more money are the people that produce jobs and are the small businesses. I know Obama he will not raise capital gains on small businesses, that is great too bad they typically don’t pay capital gains, they pay income taxes.

  So then Drew when does it go from a “progressive tax” system to socialism and wealth redistribution?

• 8. Craig Knauss  |  October 10th, 2008 at 10:31 pm

  “Dingdong says, “People who make more will pay more taxes anyway just from the fact that a larger income will equal a larger tax at certain percentage.” That’s BS, Dingdong. I’ll give you an example. Way back when, my working class parents had a combined income of $10,000 one year. President Richard Nixon had over $200,000 that same year. My parents paid about $1000 in income tax that year. Nixon paid $700. That’s right, $700. He had all kinds of offsets that reduced his tax. My parents didn’t. They used their money for food. When Reagan wanted his big tax reduction for the wealthy, he said the wealthy were paying 55% of their income in taxes. The GAO found out it was more like 28%, after deductions, credits, etc. Just a couple percent more than I was paying for far less income. So please feel free to take your “socialism” claim and park it somewhere. You’re not fooling anyone.

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