Have you heard the latest smear tactic from the
McCain/Palin/Fox News campaign team? You know, that one
about Barack Obama being a so called "socialist." Guess
what, it doesn't have anymore truth do it then their other
smears like that Obama "pals around with terrorists."
It's important to realize that the entire basis of this
"socialist" smear is that Obama want's to allow the Bush
tax cuts for the very rich to expire. The very same tax
cuts that McCain voted against in 2001 and 2003.
By McCain's logic guess who else is a socialist? John
McCain in 2003! Does that mean McCain is now a reformed
socialist?
The entire argument centers on the idea that Obama's tax
plan which calls for tax cuts for the majority of Americans
and raising taxes on the very rich is somehow something
very different and very new for America. This is not true.
America has had a progressive tax code for a very long
time. As has every other Western country. There is nothing
new about a progressive tax code.
Furthermore every tax "redistributes" wealth. That's the
very nature of taxes. Unless John McCain is for no taxes at
all (and how could he pay for his wars without taxes?) then
McCain is also a "redistributer."
Are you beginning to see just how ridiculous this
"socialist" smear really is? It's a complete distortion of
reality. They know that. What they are hoping for is that
the average American voter is too stupid to realize they
are being lied to (again.)
To make even more clear how stupid the socialist attack is
consider this: Obama's proposed tax code would include
lower taxes on the rich than there were during most of
Ronald Reagan's Presidency. Do you think the rich were
hurting in the 1980s? Do you think that Ronald Reagan is a
socialist too?
By the McCain/Palin definition everyone (this side of Ron
Paul) is a socialist. It's an absolutely dishonest and
meaningless attack.
Another important point is that America does have socialist
programs. Programs like Social Security & Medicare. And
guess what, when these programs were introduced those on
the right (Republicans) derided these programs as
"socialist." How have they worked out? Would you like
Social Security & Medicare to be done away with? How about
Public Education? Isn't that socialist too? How about
police departments? How about firemen? There are a lot of
things about America that are "socialist" and guess what,
most people rely on those socialist institutions in some
way or another.
The dishonesty of this attack only proves once again how
similar a McCain/Palin admin. would be to a Bush/Cheney
admin. Not only are they exactly the same on all of the
important issues but they tell the same kind of lies.
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Marvin J. Markus recommends you learn more about the
candidates at http://www.ThePresidentialCandidates.US
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