While defending his need to raise taxes and spend yet even more money on
entitlement programs to raise the Debt Ceiling to save the economy so the country doesn't
collapse on August 2nd (it's not), the Big O mentioned a few of the
culprits that need to be taxed and a new sub breed of them...the dreaded
Corporate Jet Owners. Who exactly are these evil CJO's? Are they the
same guys on Wall St and throughout Corporate America that donated money
to help get Obama elected? Are they the Wall Street fat cats that blew
off his recent fundraising dinner in New York? Are they the Studio
Heads and Stars of Hollywood that give him money and use award events to
bash prior Presidents while praising our current POTUS? What about the
Hedge Fund guys that paid 10's of thousands for one of his recent
dinners, do they count or are they off the hook because they are not
part of a GE like corporation?
How about when the First Lady jets off to Spain with her
entourage...is she a Corporate Jet using Phat Cat? Is Ms Pelosi who
racked up more mileage then any other Speaker of the House flying all
over the place on our tax dimes a Phat Cat? What about when POTUS goes
golfing, to fundraisers, photo opps with the WNBA is he a Phat Cat
Corporate Jet user? Or do they not count because they are using Government
property that is funded by taxes? What is really sad here is that all
this will raise is a few billion that adds up to about half of 1 percent
of the deficient. In other words, Big O needs to find another 200 of
like places to tax to even things up. Maybe he should consider some
other options to save the economy.
There are many who fear that we might see riots like we have been
seeing in Greece. While others say not likely, I think the opposite is
true. Just how difficult do you think it would be to set up a protest with like riots and clashes with Police here? Greece in it's heyday was
the worlds "Superpower". It was the Greeks who gave us Democracy and
much of our culture. It was Greek Spartans who stood at Thermopylae and
held off the Persians. The Greek Athenian Navy that then counter-attacked and
routed Xerxes forces at Salamis and then finished them off at Plataea (hmmm the West fighting
off Persians...sound familiar fellow History buffs?). However, it is not
the United States having to face the problems of the Greece of today
that concern me. It is the Rome of yesterday that I fear we may become.
Another Superpower of it's time, a society that lost it's core values
and gorged on itself amid public spectacle (again, any of this sounding
familiar?). Rome in the end fell as it spread itself to thin, became
fat, happy and stupid and was conquered and crushed by Barbarian hordes.
That seemed to work out pretty well for Mankind now didn't it (hint...the Middle Ages)?
This country wasn't founded on a few hard working families while the
rest sat waiting around for handouts. It was founded by people working
together to create a better life for themselves and their children. We
are not going to get out of this mess by over-taxing high achievers nor
by enabling those who refuse to contribute to society. This country
offers the potential to better yourself and move up from the circumstances one was
born into. It does not guarantee a better easier life. It is a
combination of hard work and yes some luck to live the American dream.
It is something one must earn...no one is entitled to it.
Big O might want to brush up on his history (classes he obviously
skipped along with Economics) and keep in mind that the reason we
decided to separate ourselves from Mother England was because we didn't
want to be ruled by an unelected King who calmed Divine rights nor be
taxed to death. Not to be repetitive...but any of this sounding familiar?
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