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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon
I think you missed the point of Ma-ake's post. He's suggesting that when most voters decry Obama's socialism, they're really just upset about the possible reversion to pre-Bush taxation. But that in and of itself is not socialism. If it were, then by that definition McCain and a whole host of others are socialists -- originally McCain supported the pre-Bush tax rates and opposed the cuts.
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No, I think it went broader than that.
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It seems to me that trading in the really high rollercoaster for a more tempered material existence would be attractive to just about everyone. How many genuinely need that extra 500 sq ft in a home of 4000? Isn't this part of how we got to the current situation?
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I guess I'm really struggling with how greater government involvement in economic matters is such a horrific development that leads to inevitable calamity.
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... go beyond merely pushing 35% back to 39.6%.
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