Comments on: Obama’s “Read my Lips:” 95% of working families will receive a tax cut http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/16/obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cread-my-lips%e2%80%9d-95-of-working-families-will-receive-a-tax-cut/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AMAI http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/16/obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cread-my-lips%e2%80%9d-95-of-working-families-will-receive-a-tax-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-74419 AMAI Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:05:24 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/16/obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cread-my-lips%e2%80%9d-95-of-working-families-will-receive-a-tax-cut/#comment-74419 But is the problem with politicians, or rather with the public expecting government to "do something"? How many of those drawn by Obama somehow figure that they'll be getting a share of wealth owned by someone who is richer than they are? McCain actually did a fairly creditable job in that debate when speaking about reducing government. The problem for him came at the end. His dismissal of women's health as a reason for needing late-term abortions turned a lot of people off and made them forget his earlier good points. Is he a doctor for crying out loud? How does he or most of you even begin to understand the situation a woman finds herself in, when she is doubled over in pain because something has gone dreadfully wrong with the pregnancy? McCain SNEERED at women's health - good god, that made a lot of us really ill. The Religious Right needs to rethink their demands on this issue. It is at odds with their position on more freedom in the marketplace, too. So, what is it? A trade-off - freedom in the market in exchange for intervention in private lives and decision-making? The views on choice in reproductive matters clearly send many Undecideds running to the Obama camp, even as they fear the socialist agenda with respect to financial matters. But is the problem with politicians, or rather with the public expecting government to “do something”? How many of those drawn by Obama somehow figure that they’ll be getting a share of wealth owned by someone who is richer than they are?

McCain actually did a fairly creditable job in that debate when speaking about reducing government. The problem for him came at the end. His dismissal of women’s health as a reason for needing late-term abortions turned a lot of people off and made them forget his earlier good points. Is he a doctor for crying out loud? How does he or most of you even begin to understand the situation a woman finds herself in, when she is doubled over in pain because something has gone dreadfully wrong with the pregnancy? McCain SNEERED at women’s health – good god, that made a lot of us really ill.

The Religious Right needs to rethink their demands on this issue. It is at odds with their position on more freedom in the marketplace, too. So, what is it? A trade-off – freedom in the market in exchange for intervention in private lives and decision-making? The views on choice in reproductive matters clearly send many Undecideds running to the Obama camp, even as they fear the socialist agenda with respect to financial matters.

]]> By: jonkon http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/16/obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cread-my-lips%e2%80%9d-95-of-working-families-will-receive-a-tax-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-74417 jonkon Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:17:43 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/16/obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cread-my-lips%e2%80%9d-95-of-working-families-will-receive-a-tax-cut/#comment-74417 Considering that people out of a job pay no taxes, this is one campaign promise that I am confident that Obama can deliver on. After all, he merely promises CHANGE, not what KIND of change! Considering that people out of a job pay no taxes, this is one campaign promise that I am confident that Obama can deliver on. After all, he merely promises CHANGE, not what KIND of change!

]]> By: Regenbogenland : TRANSATLANTIC FORUM http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/16/obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cread-my-lips%e2%80%9d-95-of-working-families-will-receive-a-tax-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-74404 Regenbogenland : TRANSATLANTIC FORUM Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:14:44 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/16/obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cread-my-lips%e2%80%9d-95-of-working-families-will-receive-a-tax-cut/#comment-74404 [...] was Obama eigentlich so attraktiv für viele Wähler macht. Seine Wahlversprechungen jedenfalls, findet Rachel Alexander im “Intellectual Conservative”, sind nichts als bunte Seifenblasen: [...] [...] was Obama eigentlich so attraktiv für viele Wähler macht. Seine Wahlversprechungen jedenfalls, findet Rachel Alexander im “Intellectual Conservative”, sind nichts als bunte Seifenblasen: [...]

]]> By: sedonaman http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/16/obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cread-my-lips%e2%80%9d-95-of-working-families-will-receive-a-tax-cut/comment-page-1/#comment-74399 sedonaman Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:27:18 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2008/10/16/obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cread-my-lips%e2%80%9d-95-of-working-families-will-receive-a-tax-cut/#comment-74399 Obama is going to give 95% of the people a tax cut the same way the Democrats raised <i><b>all</b></i> student test scores above average, as they promised on several occasions. Obama is going to give 95% of the people a tax cut the same way the Democrats raised all student test scores above average, as they promised on several occasions.

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