Yesterday was quite a day for a lot of you who are fed up with our current levels of spending and waste. So maybe you weren't able to catch the president's reaction to the tea party protests.
Obama's response was that he had already delivered the most "progressive tax cut in history, with 95% of families getting a tax break in every pay check." Now for most of you who attended some sort of protest or rally yesterday, this explanation should infuriate you because you know the truth. You know that Barack Obama has not cut taxes for 95% of Americans. It's a calculated lie. Over 40% of those people don't pay income taxes in the first place? You know better, folks. Obama has changed the American language in many ways. He calls the war on terror an "overseas contingency operation." He calls acts of terror "man caused disasters." Now he's calling government handouts to people who do not pay income taxes "tax cuts." The media, of course, lets him get away with this. His "progressive" tax cuts are what have people up in arms to begin with - the achievers in this country are being taxed at rates that will eventually lead to a giant shrug.
By the way ... under Obama's definition our tax code is an act of terror on the American people. Nobody can deny that our tax code is a man-caused disaster. As such it is, by definition, an act of terrorism against the American people. Nice.
Obama says that Americans need a "government that is working to create jobs and opportunity for them, rather than simply giving more and more to those at the very top in the false hope that wealth will trickle down."
No, no and hell no. It is not the role of the government to create jobs for people. There is this little thing called the private sector that is far more capable of providing jobs for people. But the more you tax the small business owners and the entrepreneurs and the evil rich ... the more jobs government is going to create, because it is squeezing out the private sector! Also ... and do I really need to say this? ... the government doesn't "give" to those at the very top. Those at the very top EARN. They ACHIEVE? The government doesn't GIVE to them .. the government TAKES from them .... And then gives to those at the bottom and call it tax cuts.
Finally, Obama says, "We start from the simple premise that we should reduce the tax burden on working people, while helping Americans go to college, own a home, raise a family, start a business and save for retirement." In other words, Obama wants to reduce taxes on the middle class while providing handouts to ensure that people can do to college and own a home.