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  • press 2, charlie will let you know which number you pressed

  • What a bunch of crap. If the Red State WC wants to stay down in the mud and listen to talk radio, there's nothing us liberals can do for them. We don't owe any lip service to their "traditions" which, ironically, is a perfect example of talking down. You want to get out of the mud? Grow the **** up, face reality, and stop voting against your interests.

  • He's only 43 in this video but looks like he's in his late 20s!

  • GOP LIED AMERICA INTO IRAQ OIL WAR ! GOP NOW USING THEIR SECOND DEPRESSION TO ATTACK UNIONS !!!

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  • A worse president then Bush? This man knows what he's talking about for gods sake and he's been in it for 2 years. Compare that to the 8 years of Bush. Go watch Bush talking to Charlie Rose. Or Sarah Palin.

  • @AnimeIntroStyles4 Yes he is the worse President. Double gasoline pricing, double the spending from 1.8 trillion during bush's last year to almost 4 trillion per year now.....and another war in the Middle east along with all Muslim nations rising up.........and that is not a coincidence....This guy is a radical commie Muslim..

  • @Marksnotebook

    Look, our President had to spend because of the recession and the wars.It was a necessity. He is not a communist( he has several Big Cooperations people on his board, and Communism is defined as state ownership of companies, which definetely has not happened) , nor is he a muslim nor is he radical.He is black , though.

  • BARRACK OBAMA IS THE GRIME REAPER TO REAP AMERICA

  • Obama is the type of dude who wipes his ass, then takes a good long whiff of the brown spot before he puts it in the toilet. Sometimes he sneaks in a little taste too, I bet.

  • can't we work this out like adults?

  • Rising Star!:)

  • Obama is really doing a great job keeping the middle class around...NOT...He wants to tax the hell out of US. WAKE UP PEOPLE...Hes a bold face liar.

  • He wants to tax the rich. If you're getting taxed more it's because you HAVE more. Besides, taxes are going to be raised a lot in the future in order to pay for Social Security. It has to happen.

  • No it dosent have to happen. How about cutting millitary spending or ACORN. Plus havnt you heard a thing about the carbon tax? Guess what....it taxes everyone, no just the rich. Stop watching CNN and other government ran media. Theres other ways to go about it then just jumping to taxing everyone right away. Why is it people just lay down like cowards?!?

  • I'm talking about the future. We're using so much of our money for Medicare, Social Security, etc. already, and when the baby boomers retire we're going to be using everything we have for those things, so anything extra like military spending is going to more money borrowed, and the only way we can keep S.Security going is to raise taxes on the younger generations that have to pay for the enormous number of boomers in retirement. I don't have cable, so I don't know why you're talking about CNN

  • lol CNN isn't government ran. The only government funded news is NPR and PBS.

    All the cable news networks and the big 3 are owned by large conglomerates with their own agendas. It's pretty obvious who MSNBC and FOX news are rooting for.

  • where has he given any clue that he's going to tax the middle class? I didn't buy the 95% crap, those were empty campaign promises. But the republican filth about cutting the taxes at the top stinks even more.

    The middle class began shrinking ever since bush took office. I love the term "the trickle down" approach. How much trickled down to you? You think those those at the top 1% vote democrat? Hell no.

  • Obama made Planet-X... See he will kill us all...

  • The dumbing down of America and the "what is in it for me" mentality, Enough already!!! America Wake Up!!! Read and Learn and Confront your Leaders!!!

    Question Authority Now More Than Ever!!!!

  • So right!!

  • wow.... i'm in a small town, so i'm ignorant... thanks obama....

  • living in a smal town doesn't make you ignorant but not being able to comprehend what a man is saying sure makes you appear that way.

    You must think republicans care about those in small towns because Toby Keith appears at their rallies! Yeah that means they're on our side! Who cares if they give the tax breaks to the CEO's and board members. It'll trickle down to us!

  • Toby Keith is actually a Democrat.

  • yeah your righ sorry I was thinking of Hank Williams JR.

  • uh he's right folks

  • OBAMA 2012 !

  • Obama, why don't you let people worry about themselves? Stop trying to tell people how to live.

  • At least he's not trying to cram Jesus up our collective asses!!!

  • @philvanyam No, he's just shoveling SOCIALISM up our asses. Jesus NEVER hurt anybody like Socialism! Let's take our guns away so we can lose the rest of our freedoms & liberties to Socialists like Obama! Let more planes be hijacked & flown into buildings, while a couple small town good ol' boys could've stopped it if they were allowed to carry guns! Let's become "Northern Mexico" too while we're at it instead of calling them what they really are, "INVADERS"! It USED to be a FREE Country!!!

  • @Im4allguns

    The Democratic Party is in no way interested in violating the 2nd Amendment. Pretty simple.

    The simple act of organizing "We The People", for the greater good, is socialism.

    I can't discern exactly what it is that you are ranting so emotionally against.

  • @genxtargetmarket I didn't say the Dem. party, but they & the GOP are gradually taking us toward socialism. Obama IS taking away our 2nd amend. liberty by making it increasingly more difficult to produce ammo & arms. Have you tried buying any lately?

  • @philvanyam

    SUP IM JESUS BITCH AND IM GOING TO ASSISINATE HIS ASS ITS JUDGEMENT DAY

  • @gwhendri

    I don't think that "Jesus Bitch" is in the assassination business.

  • @philvanyam

    yea jesus was so stupid and your so smart

  • Aren't you telling him how to live, when you tell him to stop telling people how to live?

  • Well he is a public servant, no?

  • There's always an extreme end to everythig, People vote on faith issues rahter than economic issues either becse they need something to believe in which a govenrment has failed to aid or they are so rich they hv nothing else to worry abt.

    Obama background in community work has him grounded on bread & butter issues, & economic issues has laways lead to social porblems & unrest. That's something some people don't realize.

  • Puppet!!! just like every other puppet before him. Watch the Obama deseption

  • that movie is funny

    the people yelling at the cars driving by

    "WE ARE NOT YOUR SLAVES"

    rofl, good stuff :)

  • It's spelt 'deception' you dunce.

  • My bad! Fuck head

  • Your bad indeed.

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  • I dance naked to the Charlie Rose theme song.

  • collapseofthedollar Me thinks You got it right Bro-- Buy American if You can . You have to think in terms of "CAN DO" not I can't do this and that. Some of the richest American's are welders and have welding/ Fabrication businesses.  My gfather and gggfather were farmers-- pass the COKE and donuts please. Go America's Poor and Rich--invest in the FUTURE-build businesses , build quality products and offer quality services-smart American's still believe in embracing quality over cheap

  • Sum of the crass conservative morons who leave comments on here are helarious , i can imagine there donut crunching coca cola swilling mouths dribbling out this bullshit at an unconscious rate , a luxery only allowed to those who don't think before they speak , morons , Good on you America for voting in Barack , and before any nuckle dragging republican conservatives rebuff me , i aint no wealthy liberal , im a working class lad from England

  • learn to spell before insulting others i can imagine there donut crunching coca cola swilling mouths dribbling out this bullshit oh that image you have only from TV..False familiarity. I watch train spotting once so I know the working class of the UK

  • what are you talking about im from here and he is right on.

  • huh?

  • well said..

  • that sucks that those blue collar workers have to change jobs but it shouldn't be up to the nany state to fix everything. He basically thinks we have no chioce other that government to fix these kinds of problems, and that we need government to 'ensure' that people have a 'fair' start. I think McCain said it best then he called him SENATOR GOVERNMENT

  • President Obama has inherited two misguided wars, and an economic crisis of epic proportions (not to mention massive debt & massive deficits). The people responsible for this mess have gotten out Dodge, but whats most amazing is the fact that the people who voted twice for the worst President in the history of this nation, actually have the nerve to pull their heads out of the sand long enough to criticize a man whos only been in office for a month. What a joke!

  • Until those who love Liberty develop the resolve to open, conduct and finish "Liberal" season these arrogant "LIberal" scum are going to continue to attempt to regulate and tax every aspect of our lives. The only limit to their insanity/evil is the limit we force upon them at the point of a gun.

    Don't understand? Follow my links. Read the quotes page first. Then share and prepare.

  • this can't be serious...you actually want to shoot EVERYBODY in the democratic party. How about you give us a fucking chance before you label our chance at ruling the country a failure, just because republicans fucked up so bad that we might not be able to recover

  • Don't fear. Lots of republicrats must die as well.

    You really need to go read my quotes page and follow my other links. Unless all you want to do is argue and lie.

  • Working class oi!

  • good interview

  • trouble is that that clown can't give plausible economic answers. well done America, you voted in a man who is going to increase taxes and government interference in the market, damage American competitiveness and increase the severity of the economic crisis. Nice one.

  • Cute...Vote Bush policies again versus any sort of logic. Thanks "typical American", that went well for us all.

  • Unsure, are you asserting that I am a 'typical american'? I'm British.

  • i cant watch this video

    someone want to chat Hf

  • I don't need a nipple from the government that steals from Americans every year through the 16th amendment. I don't want that dirty money.

  • You think I'm a podunk asshole that needs the help from the government, no sir. I'm an American, I owe it to America to be an idealist. What is best for America? Conservative individuals principles made this country strong. Obama thinks he knows whats best for ME, this is America. Get a clue of what liberty is. What we need is a moral restructuring of America. Liberal assholes are on the wrong side of the fence on most issues when it comes to that. Declaration of Dependence, good video.

  • Education. You can't even spell, sunshine. Good job!

  • So out of touch... I'm from a super small logging town and hearing him even attempt to understand just pisses me off.

  • So you voted against you interest. People like you are the reason we're behind Europe. I hope you're prayer and intelligent design in you school instead of reworking our helathcare system to make sense (ie European style universal health care). God you idiots have been holding us back since you voted in Reagan.

  • Hahaha, I'm an individualist not a socialist collectivist. The liberals trying to tear morals to shreds only adds to my loathing for liberals. Individualists principles built this nation, liberty built this nation. Liberals of the solicitors of their own enslavement. You just showed your elitist attitude toward rural communities by jumping to conclusions. This is America, we aren't Europe, we are better than Europe. Hard working Americans are better than the French or the Germans. God Bless You.

  • It's the same thing he was trying to explain in San Francisco, that was taken completely out of context and thus the "bitter" comments of the '08 campaigns.

  • ts trure religion is mostly a scam

  • what obama sayus here makes sense at least to me n im not an elist im broke lol

  • Obama and Rose are right.

    Workers who have lost their livlihoods are voting for the people who caused them to lose them: the Republican free trade job shippers.

    But the Republicans back their assault rifles, their white Christian America and so they like them.

    The Democrats don't

  • hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah­ahha

  • Reading the liberal remarks concerning socialism reminds me of two dog owners one a conservative whose dogs wags his tail, gets the newspaper, protects the home front, provides the family a reliable companion. Next the liberal dog owner whose dogs simply begs, begs, and begs.

  • imissyesterday @And you had a 3way with the dogs, DOG FUCKER. Looks whos beggin now, the auto industry, bank industry and every single category in the free market. Bush introduced the 700 million bailout bills not Liberal democrats. ferme ta guele with the bullshit putain de merde

  • OBAMA '08

  • Socialism is coming to America! Obama and is Marxists ideology is where we are headed! Times are changing..may be God's will like Palin suggests let God will be done

  • dude socialism has already came to america

    haven't you heard the bail outs bush has done

    they are taking over

  • I posted that comment before the bail outs...Ha see i told you all so..i'm a prophet..we haven't seen the last of socialism in America..this is just the beginning

  • It's amazing how the right turned this issue on it's head. He's saying that the democratic party shouldn't be condescending to white lower and middle class people who are struggling economically. That's "What's the Matter with Kansas"

  • Communist bastard

  • wanna explain the logic behind your idiotic statement=)

  • since he won't i will. while obama and the dem party may not be hardline communist(most of them)they certainly do exibit socialistic tendencies.

    -progresive and confiscatory tax rates on private individuals

    -income redistribution

    -proposed confiscation of profits from corporations

    -proposed forced nationalization of corporations

    -soviet style class warfare

    -proposed gov. control of media

    -gun control-even proposed confiscation

    geez how could anyone relate them to communists?

  • Explain what a communist actually is?

  • Communism is group ownership of capital and sounds like it will work. It leads to the loss of work ethic and results in a much poorer distrubution of wealth than capitalism. Neither system left alone will work perfectly but my visits to communist countries leaves me convinced that capitalism is much better.

  • that's called being smart getting lots of scholarships and your mom working herself to death...I'm poor pay for my college myself pay abuot 2000 dollars for one class and I manage...grow up

  • Its funny how obama claims growing up in the middle class when he graduated from a private high school that atm costs over $14,000 a semester to go too!

  • barack obama works for the new world order!

    hes not going to look out for your interests or our country but to further the agendas of the corporations and the elite!

  • it seems to me that that was the goal of the old order.

  • Smart guy who can make needed changes happen. Why re-elect the people who have destroyed this economy, etc.

  • fomxx...take an economic course...the economy destroyed? come on.....those people with the beards lost their job because Americans (that's you and I) demand top quality products at the lowest prices. Maybe (sarcasm) we can just all buy American and reduce the incentive to perform!

  • have as much unfounded faith in the unregulated free market as you please, but at the very least acknowledge the fact that Bush's republican white house has thrown this country into a staggering economic debt and triggered a recession. regulation, responsibility, and accountability are all necessary for americans to have an economy that supports everyone from the top to the bottom of the ladder.

  • I didn't vote for Bush in the 2004 election but our national debt is not staggering...it's very average vs. other countries as a percentage of our economy;s size (ie, GDP). Our manufacturing output is 50% higher than it was 12 years ago, and our unemployment rate is better than most countries. By the way, there is no recession: our economy is growing by over 2% (granted lower than our 3.5% historical average)

  • You say most countries, well, yeah thats why we're a first world country. You can compare america to rwanda or any other impoverished country but it's a little misleading. Compare or to other first world countries and it's another story.

  • to the black liberation racist white hating trinity church for $27,000, whose beliefs he says he doesnt adhere to

    liberals are morons

  • pathetic how to liberals all criticism of barack be it his policies or character, with no mention of the color of his skin, are "racism" or "people afraid of a black in a position of power" despite rice, powell etc

    "Cindy McCain made over $6,000,000 (six million dollars) last year!"

    obama tax returns - over 7 year period, with combined salary in range of $240,000-1.6mil, obamas donated average of less than 4% to charity total, some years less than 1%

    single biggest charity check made out

  • The problem with america is we've become way to damn dependant on forein goods and influences when we made our own goods, grew our own food, drilled our own wells, built our owns cars and all that stuff we were better as a whole. the rich man who owns these factories and such moving to mexico and other places is lining his pockets with cheaper labor and higher prices dwindling the american dallor while our unemployment rises

  • A president that actually speaks thooughtfully whats the world coming to.

  • This is thoughtful?? You are a complete moron ThisguyQuake... just like Obama. He generalizes people and groups everyone into a pattern in his head you idiot.

  • McCain is senile, his health is in poor condition, and he has confused Sunni and Shi'a over seven times, has forgotten or lied about details of the Iraq war regarding the Anbar awakening and where Al'Qeuda arrives, has frequently cited plans to work with countries that don't exist like Czechoslovokia, and has flip-flopped on every issue under the sun. He is foaming at the mouth for more wars in anyplace he can find them, which will of course bankrupt this country.

  • Yeah, and Obama said his Parents met at the Selma Alabama March in 1965. Obama was born in 1961. Let me know if you need help doing the math.

  • How ignorant...People will lie to themselves or misrepresent or dishonestly reinterpret the language he uses when he discusses these issues. wosmith's comment is on point. Please read it. No reason to repeat the same point..People who hate him because of race or are intimidated by the fact that he is smarter than they are act out of jealousy and fear. They will come up with any excuse not to vote for him -- including that he lacks substance or flip flops which is a laughable MSM talking point.

  • Obama is a black muslim. Of course, he wants to kill the poor. He wants to kill the rich as well. He just hates Americans, especially whites. And I agree. America sucks dick. Black power, yall. LUDACRIS FOR VEEP, YO.

  • Cindy McCain made over $6,000,000 (six million dollars) last year!

    CINDY MCCAIN is an Anhauser Bush distributing HEIRESS who grew up with BUTLERS, MAIDS, CHEFS, and probably a eunich who would wash her AS*!

    Michelle Obama grew up dirt poor and studied hard, got in Ivy League schools and worked her way through school!

    John McCain was filmed the other day walking through a grocery store "pretending" to be an "average American with A PAIR OF $520 ITALIAN SHOES ON!

    McCains = Elitists

  • I see you guys spoke with a lot of pain in your writing! why couldn't you guys admit that you are not ready to have a BLACK MAN to go to the White House yet, and get it over with!!!---dancewu(dot)net

  • If it was a black man with a strong foreign policy, a sound (not socialist) economic policy I'd vote for him in a heartbeat. Bring on Condy Rice and Colin Powell, not this moron Obama. Don't you get it you idiot? It has nothing to do with his race, but with his fucked up view of the world!

  • why is a socialist economic policy inherently unsound? there are many socialist states where people do very well and the economy is very sound. this country already has a functioning form of social welfare. show me a single country with a completely free market that is unregulated by the government where most people enjoy a respectable standard of living. ONE example. please. staunch capitalism is just as wacky and unfeasible as staunch communism. socialism is a happy medium.

  • "socialism" is a stigmatized word. People don't truly understand and americans generally have very little knowledge of the rest of the world or that their are very positive examples. You say socialism to someone and every ignorant thing daddy and the television said comes ringing in their ears. It's a phobia more than anything.

  • Socialism is taking from the hard working and smart and handing it over to the stupid and lazy..

    That is socialism!!!!!!!

    THEY /the Goverment will take care of you is what some people think they hear from the government ,but where does the money come from..

    I have 5 sons and twins arriving in November through IVF,my family thrives...

    I want the government to stay out of my face and out of my pocket.........That is my American dream..

    AN INDEPENDENT FOR McCain 08.............

  • woah, if you think wealthy=smart then maybe paris hilton should be the president. And last time I checked the military gets paid pretty low, I guess they're just lazy.

    Let me guess you're a "christian"? All I can say is that when you fall on bad luck, when some disaster happens and you need help, remember that you're stupid lazy and poor and don't deserve it.

  • also all you people that keep crying about how you don't want government involved sure do want the government involved when it comes to oil. Why should I be taxed for that? I don't use oil and most poor people, especially in cities don't really use oil. I think taking a little from the rich to prevent people from dying is more respectable than taking money from the poor to keep your fat lazy self from having to take personal responsibility for your actions.

  • Obama jihad

    watch?v=xT9nYjqTL10

  • Where is your teleprompter?

  • Really? Where's the hypocrisy from Ron Paul?

    Vote Ron Paul for true change.

  • Dude, his statement that they go out hunting to feel better about their low income lives is a major stereotype caused by ignorance. This guy is just plain ignorant. Really out of touch. Why people like him is cause he uses words we want to hear. Change, Hope, ect.

  • that's not what he said. he said these people who have economic problems but also happen to engage in traditions like hunting, gun ownership, going to church etc (not used in this clip, but an example he used elsewhere) will end up voting for the party they feel is more in touch with those traditions (or is pandering to them) rather than one that has their economic interests in mind. stop hearing what you want to hear and listen again.

  • His entire campaign is built on emotion and very little fact because it easily sways people who don't think for themselves. Unfortunatly, the only "change" he's done is his stance on every major issue

  • Novouto.

    I watched the video and I didn't see him ever say that they hunt to feel better about their low income lives. He said that when they go out with their friends and hunt they feel a sense of comradary. Are you saying that they don't feel a sense of comradery when they go hunting with their friends? I get the impression that he was never getting your vote regardless of what he said, so no matter how many times you listen to this clip you will ignore his actual message.

  • The only problem with what Obama said here is that it is the educated way of describing the truth. I am educated, rural and bitter. I see the people around me who are uneducated, which is most of my neighbors, believe Fox news and their uneducated Baptist preachers who scapegoat gays, Mexicans and scientists as the root of our problems. It is sad, but true.

  • Thank you.

  • Americans must be the most narrow-minded people on Earth!

    Obama isn't socialist! Here in Wales we'd call him more right-wing than socialist!

    He's giving the whole world an option, and you Americans are willing to wreck it!

    Here's the truth, he's not the most experienced politician ever, but he understands foreign affairs better than Bush, McCain or Clinton, because they only see one answer, conflict! Obama's using his brain, and saying that there's another way! Try it for once!

  • How many answers are there to people who are willing to strap bombs to themselves to take out a few "infidels"?

    You might interpret it a little differently if 3,000 English had been murdered in 2001. Get off your high horse and compare "socialist" in the dictionary to Obama's strategies.

  • Is this the Rock .just kidding.With this guy I believe will be put in office, I wonder if the price of chicken will drop

  • "At first I support Barack, until I started paying closer attention. It is my duty as soldier to "Support and Defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign AND Domestic". I've urged all my family members to not vote for Barack because of his socialist ideas."

  • socialist organizations NEVER support non-socialists- but they ALL support OBAMA..

    keep the communists out- vote NObama..

  • You might want to jump back into your time machine...the Cold War is over dumb ass.

  • phoenix- yeah the cold war is over but the fruitcakes and their raghead allies want to start it up again.. but i'm not worried because there is not way americas will vote for a race hating church full of thugs..

  • I don't think you even know what the cold war was, and whatever anyone is doing now has nothing in comparison to the conflict between the US and Soviet Union...a conflict that has been dead for almost 20 years. You're obviously set in your ways, and are just looking for a fight...even though you have no real viable point to make. You're just spouting ignorant bullshit. Go watch more Fox News and other commentary that agrees with your point of view, forget the little things like reality.

  • hey goofus- seems like you brought up the cold war..

    to be honest about it- i don't really think most americans would want a hate church full of thugs leading america..

  • obama? you must be kidding:

    (1) He is supported by the socialist party of Chicago.

    (2) He has supported Black Liberation Theology for 20 years which "damns" America.

    (3) He is endorsed by Hamas.

    (4) He purposefully shows no symbol of patriotism unless he feels his election is in jeopary.

  • az, From your post I get the sense that you have given up believing in anyone, anything or any positive purpose, and are reduced to parroting baseless Limbovian talking points.

  • verified1- i don't know about any sense you get from anything.. but if you will say something i will respond..

  • 1 and 3 have no bearing on his qualities as a candidate. 2 and 4 are factually false.

  • funk- he doesn't deny long time support for black liberation theology..

    and yes they damn america because they say God damns america..

    too many are making me show proof of that and i'm getting tired of doing it.. honest..

  • my bet is this is not "circa 2004"

  • If what your saying is true then it will be THEIR lose not his. Remember folks, all of these candidates running for office are RICH. So if you dont elect Obama he will merely go back to the rich life he was living while McCain ruins YOURS. If Michigan and Florida turn their backs on him for something he didnt do then they will be turning their backs on their kids futures and all the other generations that will be effected by the brutal war that McCain wishes to have with Iran and Russia.

  • It will take a miracle for O to win back Michigan and Florida Democrats. When his campaign chose to take the low road it may have been good for weaseling the primaries, but not a winning strategy for the general election. And very unappealing to loyal FL and MI Democrats.

  • This is the man that they say is an elitist? Some people are so stupid.

  • That's because he is an elitist

  • Krispy916, What's an elitist? Someone who along with her husband makes millions of dollars a year and sucks up to billionaire corporations for their contributions, yet pretends to be an everyday slob just for votes? Or perhaps someone who cheated on his loyal wife for a multi-millionaire beer heiress? Is an elitist someone who grew up with very little except an idealistic mother who taught him that hard work, honesty & vision can improve not only your own life, but the lives of others you touch?

  • i kind of like sounding like a child here; you are the one whos stupid.

  • Hey I didn't see this on Foxnews!

    HAnnity?

  • Obama has made it clear that he will raise taxes if he is voted in as president. Why in the world would you increase taxes during a recession? He knows nothing about economics at all. And this man graduated Harvard? What the heck did he learn there? According to him people who make $70K are rich and according to him can "afford to be taxed more." What a bunch of BS. This man has Jimmy Carter written all over him. You need to cut taxes so more people will have more money and feel richer and spend

  • Why raise taxes? I can think of a few reasons: How about reducing the fiscal deficit that has us in a vulnerable position against the Chinese? How about the dangers of a fiscal deficit for inflation, which poses just as much of a risk to economic well-being as a recession does. How about the argument that progressive tax regimes facilitate equitable growth - stopping the trend towards inequality in this country? The fed can monitor money supply while fiscal deficits are reduced Seems sound to me

  • raising taxes doesnt raise revenues studies have shownt hat really when the top rate is above 30% it has little difference cause when the top rate goes up there is more cheating, less incentive to make etc... The government doesnt have a revenue problem it has a spending problem anyhow

  • So it seems that a logical solution would be to make the code simpler to avoid loopholes? The Nordic countries are just one example of high tax rates that work. And disincentives to consumption? Sounds like an idea that may move us away from the obsession with infinite growth that has driven us to degrade natural resources at catastrophic rates. Spending problem...so I assume you'd support a withdrawal from Iraq and decreasing defense spending? I'm with you there.

  • the problem is if you replace the defense spending with social programs etc i rather just see the federal government shrink by about a quarter government concentrate on infrastructure spending most money that the government spends is better off burnt or flushed down the toilet some where

  • I suppose I just disagree with such a dogmatic attack of the state. It has played a central role in promoting well-being in this country, only within the past 40 years has this radical vision of government become popular. You are aware that fiscal spending got us out of the depression, right? Just because the gov't has failed on some occasions, doesn't mean we should let the market rule. it means we should find better state solutions and new mixes with innovative social institutions.

  • So, "the market works in the long term", but what does it work for? An unfettered market works for wealth creation and accumulation, inequality and environmental degradation. We are seeing these effects with increasing inequality in the US and around the world, and environmental degradation of which climate change is just one component. I won't appeal to the lit that speaks to this, but I will comment that Brownes wrote books on "how to profit from currency devaluation" among others...

  • we should use property rights to protect the environment, also communist nations are the biggest abusers of the enviornment cause they answer too know one, technology advancement has done for the environment then any government ever has. So what is wrong with profiting from devaluation at least u should profit from the stupid policies of government I began to buy gold in 1999 cause I thought the tech bubble would blow up. Anyhow, when obama is elected and chances very little proof will be in,

  • You're missing the point. Market capitalism and traditional economics view the environment as an infinite asset - property rights are part of the solution (whether individual or communal), but we must change the way these systems are valued. Yes - communism is extremely destructive, it's state-run capitalism. The goal is accumulation, but differs from market capitalism in that the state, rather than the market sets the prices. The illusion that accumulation can be infinite must be revealed.

  • Umm ATDavis I thank you for responding to mossretard and others, because it is allowing me to learn stuff. I have no clue of what you speak I do believe that you are smart and way too smart than the folks you reply to. But one thing I learned in my years of working is that most ppl would rather believe and act on a lie than admit the truth about their false reality.

  • Obama ON POINT as usual.

  • Obama is a man of the people. You fools over there in america better make the right choice for once. You've done a lot of harm by electing that war criminal George Bush and now many are vowing to vote for John McCain who sounds as though he will be 3 times as bad as the bastard. Dont let yourselves and the rest of the world down by voting for another loser.

  • You're the fool for supporting a man like Obama. He is a pure socialist and no, bush is not a war criminal. It's called the constitution, something leftists like yourself are all too unfamiliar with. according to that, he did absolutely nothing illegal. Did you ever hear Bush say "God Damn america?" "US of KKKA?" "9/11 is America's chickens comming home to roost." And according to Obama people who make $70K a year are "rich" and can afford to be taxed more. That's over 100 milion Americans

  • A vote for Obama is a vote for socialism. If McCain runs a good campaign, he will win this election. Obama will have trouble winning Michigan and Florida and he won't win any states down south. the only areas he'll win will be the liberal infested pacifica and north east coasts. That's it. And Illinois and MAYBE Minnesota.

  • How is this wrong he will raise the maximum income tax from 35 to 52% if you include all his surtaxes. Taxing the rich to pay for the poor is flat out socialism. Ron Paul is a man of the people Obama thinks the government can slove your problems which it cant only you can do that. No income tax no federal reserve!

  • What wrong with that???

  • I am a working class poor, though I care about faith, economy and jobs are more important to me.

  • Obama is saying you shouldn't have to choose one or the other.

    The Democrats have long been the champions of the middle-& working-classes. He's saying Dems need to also acknowledge the importance of faith &/or hunting in people's lives, elements that've so often divided us.

    Only by treating all Americans' values with respect can we actually get things done, like improved healthcare, a better job market, & an end to a war that'll cost the average American family $16,500!

    ($ now loaned by China)

  • Disgruntled dykes and bitter Americans for Hillary!

  • You make all Obama supporters look bad (whether or not you are one).

    There're many legit reasons to dislike Hillary, but bashing her supporters is stupid and calling people "dykes" is just plain ignorant.

  • You make all Hillary supporters look bad (whether of not you are one).

    There're many legit reasons to dislike "freedom of speech", but exhibiting phony self-righteousness toward one topic while simultaneously approving lies about Bosnian trips is just plain disingenuous.

    Maybe that's why Hillary got creamed tonite in N. Carolina

  • BTW, I don't give a damn about anyone who thumbs down my comments, u r insignificant & most likely one of the "bitter" American dykes, sell out 6% blacks, or low class whites who came down from your mountain cabin or trailer to vote Hillary. And don't send me any persoanal message, I will delete ur shit right away w/out reading it

  • socialism is NOT a good way to go. democrats think if someone makes 75 grand a year that thats a crap load of money. which is why when they raise taxed is hits the middle class. get rid of welfare and things like that. (people really should make their own living) america would be better off. Not all americans are going to make millions like many of the entertainment world do. thats just the way it is...but don't hurt the middle class

  • Obama is the man. He tells it like it is & if ur offended, itz because ur most likely one of the low class "bitter" like the ppl in rural PA who voted Hillary because they live amongst rocks, mountains, and in trailers by riverbeds, areas w/no racial diversity.

  • Have you ever been to Pennsylvania??

  • wbarre, does the name stand for wilkesbarre? If so, you are probably a Pennsylvanian, as am I and you know I speak the truth about towns and cities along the turnpike, and western PA. These areas are pretty isolated and standoffish and there are lots of trailers, mountain cabins and guns.