In a restaurant at lunch today my server had on an
> "Obama 08" tie,
> again I laughed as he had given away his political
> preference--just
> imagine the coincidence.
>
> When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and
> explained to
> him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth
> concept.
> He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was
> going to
> redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in
> need--the
> homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my
> sight.
>
> I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to
> thank the
> server inside as I've decided he could use the money
> more. The
> homeless guy was grateful.
>
> At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution
> experiment I
> realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did
> not earn,
> but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money
> he did
> earn even though the actual recipient needed the money
> more.
>
> I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to
> swallow in
> concept than in practical application.

Russ you should give teri Cannovo credit for this.
And thats how sharing the wealth by marx and The oneos upposeed to work but doesnt. IN THE OLD SOVIET uNION lenin and Stalin took everyones wealth but they didnt give it to anyone they kept it and thats wht the great shiny one will do. Lenin and stalin had their Red Army the great one will have his civilian SS. THAT WILL DO HIS BIDDING.

No comparison...taking from a low paid server and giving to a homeless person...

Far cry from making $250,000/yr. and paying more taxes.

How absurd.


Joy

Joy nailed it on the head. Unless the waiter had taxable income in excess of $250,000, rather then showing an example of Obama's tax plan, "you" would just be displaying a tendency towards being a jerk.

And, trust me, we don't need any more lessons in that - you guys have demonstrated that quite enough.

so now you are going to tell me that sharing the wealth does not include the current minimum $700,000,000,000.00 bailout of companies that were so greedy they got caught with their pants down and tax payers have to bail them out. This is to inlcude buying into some companies.

So now wall street is getting bailed out, to include $400,000.00 junkits of fun and games with some of the 120,000,000.00 given to AIG.

Now GM and Chrysler are requesting bailout money and or buy in by the US Government [ socialism], the insurance companies are getting ready to line up for a nice hand out, whoes next? Oh yeah our states now are running huge deficits and surely their hands will be out for some of that good ole bailout money and then they will go and tax you, I and everyone else within your state to cover the deficit.

But yet if you or I open our hand for some of this tax money all that lands in our palm is bird ****.

So what is that ? Not sharing the wealth? BS it surely is, except its sharing the wealth at the top, were it always is shared.

Mike you ever hear me championing this socialists bailout?

No you haven't because I do not believe in it at all. It shouldn't have been passed. having said that I realize that their are tons of plain working class folks that stood to lose BILLIONS...but that is the capitalism for you. See Mike in live, mo matter what liberals thinks, there are no guarantees.

As an aside I just heard Biden say that instead of $250.000.00 a year they are now saying $150.000.00 a year. When the time comes if you make $100.00 a year those socialists will find the way to tax that as well.

Redlet the answer to your initial response no I have or read not.

My initial sentence was generic not a direct response at it may seem.

Redleg sorry about misspelling on your name. Once you post can not edit, which is a drag

Actually, Russ has some silly romanticized idea that a second great depression would be good for America. He thinks that with his collection of weapons, he and his will be okay while all of the people that he dislikes will go under - and that the country will be better off for it.

He is totlly full of crap about that, but that is what he has said.

And, Russ, you most assuredly did not hear Biden say what you claim he said. The reality is that Obama has never said that everyone under $250,000 would get a tax cut. What he has repeatedly said is that taxes will not increase for anyone making $250,000 or less. If memory serves, it was $200,000 and below where he said tax cuts begin. In other words, if your taxable income - not your gross - is $250,000 your taxes will remain where they are now.

All the dude is doing is rolling back the tax rates as they existed before Bush passed his "temporary" tax cuts.

Suddenly I am getting the Impression that the Anti-Obama group seem to think that Obama has all of a sudden invented something called "The Tax".

They must know something I don't because I paid high Taxes under every president that was elected when I owned my Business. The Old saying is, "The more you Make, The More They Take". He-ll, I can remember my last project I think I paid about 30% Fed and an additional 17% State of Cal, in Cap. Gaines Taxes!

Now if I could have shown a Profit of say 75 Billion a Year than maybe I could gotten away with paying little or no tax. Then I guess you are exempted from'"The More You Make, The More They Take".....

What a ********* excuse to stiff a waitress. No one will ever accuse you of "sharing-the-wealth."