TheRealMafoo said:
never has a candidate before Obama run on a platform of taking from the rich to give to the poor. I know a lot have wanted to do so, but it was never part of there platform. When your insulted by saying you want to "share the wealth", and you don't even realize it's an insult... and that wins you votes, this country has become something I don't recognize. |
But we've had our highest tax bracket at 39.6% and way higher several times throughout history. Why is it socialism when Obama does it but not Clinton or anybody else during the last century?
McCain can't have this socialism argument if he's also for a progressive tax code that taxes the rich to pay for the poor. If McCain had a flat tax platform, he could seriously have the "Obama's a socialist who wants to redistribute the wealth" argument. But since their tax plans are both progressive, it makes McCain's argument "the difference between 36% and 39.6% is SOCIALISM." That argument isn't as strong, so nobody's buying it.
