badgenome said:
Here's the problem with that: we don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem. If we raised taxes by the amount that the Democrats want to, it will cover about a week's worth of federal government expenditures. The Democrats don't even pretend that it's going to help the deficit, which is why they constantly fall back on the "fairness" bullshit. As far as what Obama said, it's incredibly offensive whether he meant, "You didn't build that business," or, "You didn't build that road/bridge/whatever." Just because the government can build a fucking a road (paid for with taxpayer money) means that some prissy little asshole who has never done a day's work in his entire goddamn life is entitled to confiscate your wealth and use it as he sees fit? Fuck that. |
I actually agree with you, however, when you have two groups who have different goals and ideas, in order to come together on an agreement to solve a problem both sides need to give a little to get a little. Like I said, republicans need to bend on taxes on the rich and democrats need to bend on spending on social programs.
as far as Obama being offensive, I don't really see that. He was just trying to give a speech about unity, but I just think the speech was poorly written. He seemed to hard on individual achievment.