OK. Let's simplify this. Obama cares about one thing and one thing only. Getting re-elected. Again and again and again. "But Presidents can only serve 2 terms, right?" Please see the FOUR terms of FDR back in the 30's and 40's for the answer to this - it can be CHANGED by the government.
So how is Obama BUYING votes? Very simple. You need to know a little about Tax Law to understand it, so here is a quick lesson.
-- The top earning 1% of the population pay a whopping FORTY PERCENT of all Federal Taxes.
-- The top earning 10% of the population pay SEVENTY PERCENT of all Federal Taxes.
-- Amazingly, the bottom earning 50% of the country pay ONLY 3% of the taxes.
Some think that is fair. I don't, but that is not the point here. The point here is that under Obama's tax increases on the wealthy, the percentage of taxes the bottom half of the country is paying will go DOWN. With all of the Tax CREDITS that Clinton, Bush, and now Obama have created/endorsed, almost half of the country will not be paying ANY taxes, and many of them will actually get a check every year. Not a refund, a PAYMENT. Meaning that those "credits" don't just offset the tax obligation some taxpayers have, it actually reduces their bill to BELOW $0. So the government cuts them a check for MORE than they paid in!!! That may sound great at first. But where do you think the money is coming from that allows the government to cut them that check? It is from US, the taxpayers. You know, the ones that keep the country out of BANKRUPTCY!!???!!!
So .... here is how this buys votes for Obama. Quite simple. If, under Obama's policy, 50% of the country is paying either $0 federal taxes or they are actually being PAID by the government each year just to be a citizen in this country, they are far more inclined to vote for him.
It really is that simple. He can rubber stamp any law he wants because more and more Americans don't have the PRIDE in self-reliance that created this country and got us through the difficult times we have made it through. They are perfectly fine with accepting these handouts. It is no different than sitting on a street corner with a hat held out begging for change - except begging is HONEST. At least the begger is being TRANSPARENT. (Remember when Obama said he would have the most transparent government ever? What a joke.)
He is buying their loyalty through government reliance. There was a time when we called this SLAVERY. This President is economically ENSLAVING the very citizen's he was elected to represent.
In case you can't tell, I am pretty damn ticked today. Please comment and let me know I have not lost my mind!!! Please let me know that we are not ready to give America away!!!!
the Patriot
I believe you are hitting it right on the head when you mention the lack of interest in SELF-RELIANCE. I, too, see this as a willingness to submit to a form of enslavement - allowing the government to provide for all my needs and thus crippling not only me but all my descendants as they become accustomed to this way of living. We abolished slavery in this country, and many of the slaves at the time found the thought of freedom to be a scary one, because they had never had to fend for themselves or figure out where their next meal would come from. This has become a fear tactic used by the liberals to enslave a massive part of our nation's population. It sounds all good to say "I'll never have to worry about anything again" but it plays into the hands of those who are so willing to just "take care" of you. It puts all the power of your life into someone else's hands.
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