OK...Finally we get the truth from Obama and his agenda.

[MrLabGuy]

Great to see you back Wagner. This forum is heavily weighted toward the Government will save us crowd and really needs some balance.

MrLabGuy, Libertarian who believes in Personal Responsibility which includes corporations, government and individual citizens.

[AzX5]

Originally Posted by MrLabGuy

Great to see you back Wagner. This forum is heavily weighted toward the Government will save us crowd and really needs some balance.

MrLabGuy, Libertarian who believes in Personal Responsibility which includes corporations, government and individual citizens.

[Weasel]

I'd say a good start would be stopping any politicians from having 6 digit salaries. You should run this country for the love of it and because you believe you can do better for it, and have a comfortable living during that period... not become a rich career politician.

We are no longer in the period of "of the people, for the people" but we would be better off if we were.

GOOOH | Get Out of Our House: A non-partisan plan to elect citizen representatives!

[MPowerFarmer]

There is absolutely an issue with distribution of wealth. People do not need 10, 20, 50 billion dollars when a large plurality of American can not afford health insurance. And by the way I am well into the highest tax bracket.

[Wagner]

Originally Posted by MPowerFarmer

There is absolutely an issue with distribution of wealth. People do not need 10, 20, 50 billion dollars when a large plurality of American can not afford health insurance. And by the way I am well into the highest tax bracket.

And who are you to deem when/where a person should spend their earnings? Sorry you don't have a right to render 'need'. Maybe you need to do a little research on this topic of spreading wealth to those in 'need'.

A Nation of Givers — The American, A Magazine of Ideas

[julezw]

A little background info on the source:

From site:

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From wikipedia:

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) is a conservative,[1][2][3][4] non-partisan[5] think tank founded in 1943. Its stated mission is "to defend the principles and improve the institutions of American freedom and democratic capitalism—limited government, private enterprise, individual liberty and responsibility, vigilant and effective defense and foreign policies, political accountability, and open debate."[6] AEI is an independent non-profit organization supported primarily by grants and contributions from foundations, corporations, and individuals. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Some AEI scholars are considered to be some of the leading architects of the second Bush administration's public policy.[7] More than twenty AEI scholars and fellows served either in a Bush administration policy post or on one of the government's many panels and commissions. Among the prominent former government officials now affiliated with AEI are former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton, now an AEI senior fellow; former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities; Lynne Cheney, a longtime AEI senior fellow; former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, now an AEI senior fellow; former Dutch member of parliament Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an AEI visiting fellow; and former deputy secretary of defense Paul Wolfowitz, now an AEI visiting scholar. Other prominent individuals affiliated with AEI include Kevin Hassett, Frederick W. Kagan, Leon Kass, Charles Murray, Michael Novak, Norman J. Ornstein, Richard Perle, Radek Sikorski, Christina Hoff Sommers, and Peter J. Wallison.[8]

Research and analysis go a long way indeed.

[justben]

There is a point at which you've made enough money... that isn't right. Maybe what he should've said is something like: "The CEO's of companies salaries should not be allowed to go up millions of dollars in a year that they have had to lay off any employees. Instead, freeze his salary and keep the employees who he laid off employed with the extra $2,000,000 he was paid this year.

(2,000,000/40,000=50 employees jobs saved.) What's the difference between 4 million or 6 million dollars? If I made 4,000,000 in one year, I'd be on vacation for the rest of my life.

[Weasel]

Oh no! He just used math and logic! I agree with the above statements.