Video: Obama’s redistributionism
posted at 6:55 pm on October 13, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Fox and Friends featured this exchange between Barack Obama and a plumber on the campaign trail this weekend. Want to hear a redistributionist explain his policy? Here it is:
Plumber to Obama: “Your new tax plan is going to tax me more. Isn’t it?”
Obama: “It’s not that I want to punish your success, I just want to make sure that everybody that is behind you, that they have a chance for success too. I think that when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”
It really doesn’t get any clearer than this, although a close look at Obama’s tax policy makes it almost as obvious. He doesn’t want to penalize your success! He just wants to take a big chunk of it and give it away to people he likes better.
Redistributionism. It’s what’s for dinner after January. (via The Boss)
Update: I’m not as pessimistic as that last statement sounds. I just wanted to keep it punchy. We still have a long way to go before this election is over.
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Looks like Ed has conceded defeat in November?
Manlyrash needed stat!
lorien1973 on October 13, 2008 at 6:58 PM
And why these people think that my earnings are theirs to “spread around” is beyond me. Where the heck does he get off thinking that HE has the right to spread MY wealth around? He simply drips narcissism.
crosspatch on October 13, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Good thing he’s not a socialist or communist or anything.
rbj on October 13, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Bradky on October 13, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Here’s McCain’s opening to hit Obama hard with this at the last debate. Will he?
I’d like to say “bingo, this will sink Obama’s campaign”, but… I said that about 10 times in the primaries and learned my lesson. Things that would have sunk anyone else’s campaign and political career seem to just have no affect on people’s support for this racist, socialist putz.
Michael in MI on October 13, 2008 at 7:01 PM
Oh, My, God. I am levitating. I want to kill someone. This is beyond what I can absorb and accept. Obama is the epitome of a socialist, and America thinks this is a good thing? AUuughhghghghgh
anniekc on October 13, 2008 at 7:02 PM
Doesn’t the word “Thief” come to mind?
CC
CapedConservative on October 13, 2008 at 7:02 PM
Is it me, but the fact the B.O. smells like a half rotten salmon in the stream?
Does he really take those whom are middle class and running businesses to be that STUPID?
Ed, what about you? Are you around the 250K mark? WOuld it make a difference if B.O. lowered it?
upinak on October 13, 2008 at 7:02 PM
what I noticed there too, given the bullying by the media spilled over into the conservative punditry that says you criticize mcCain and Palin at all cost, ignore Biden and Obama, combined with tons of Push polls by MSM…it was just a matter of time
jp on October 13, 2008 at 7:03 PM
annie, here is a rock to hold on too. The only thing stable right now.
upinak on October 13, 2008 at 7:03 PM
About the same here, except for instead of levitating, I’m burying myself in Lovecraft.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 13, 2008 at 7:03 PM
This doesn’t suprize me, I heard he likes to spread it around GRIN.
Dr Evil on October 13, 2008 at 7:04 PM
so basically, Obama is for an Immoral economic philosophy. It violates atleast 2 of the Ten Commandments(stealing and the marketing logic of Class Warfare/Envy)
jp on October 13, 2008 at 7:04 PM
Can we use the “S” word publically now?
dugan on October 13, 2008 at 7:04 PM
I suggest that if Obama wins, everyone takes that check that they get in the mail and spend it either on a gun or give it to a church.
Show him what clinging really means.
MadisonConservative on October 13, 2008 at 7:04 PM
That rock comes with a rope; ready to drag everyone under. No one sees the rope, though.
lorien1973 on October 13, 2008 at 7:04 PM
I’ve been doing it for weeks. He is a socialist. Why deny the obvious?
lorien1973 on October 13, 2008 at 7:05 PM
Obama doesn’t seem to have a deeper understanding of the economy than what he expressed in the clip. That is, that an economy can be made “fair” if you take money from people who have too much, and give it to people who don’t have enough.
My daughter had this simpleminded idea when she was in the third grade. It’s terrifying that a serious contender for POTUS doesn’t seem to have even the most basic grasp of the way incentives and disincentives affect economic growth.
Cicero43 on October 13, 2008 at 7:06 PM
That’s catchy; “Spread THE wealth around” … THE wealth …
Individualism is staring into the darkest abyss, yet. Static thinking is overtaking all as the defeatists and self-haters grow in America.
progressoverpeace on October 13, 2008 at 7:08 PM
Michael Chikliss is a plumber — who knew?
:-)
:-)
Buckaroo on October 13, 2008 at 7:08 PM
Remember. Obama is all about the pie. Too bad he doesnt understand that the pie always grows.
lorien1973 on October 13, 2008 at 7:09 PM
So, did the plumber then beat the sh!t out of OBambi for implying such a stupid thing? Some plumbers are like that, you know.
AubieJon on October 13, 2008 at 7:09 PM
O’Reilly hit him with it, strongly, back in his interview. No one seened to care.
progressoverpeace on October 13, 2008 at 7:09 PM
If “that one” is elected I’ll be hiding under that rock.
I would send a sizeable chunk of cash if I thought THAT clip would be shown over and over again in prime time. ON a sitcom network. OMG- I feel like I’ve been beaten about the head and pocketbook. DUH! I was just mugged.
anniekc on October 13, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Redistributionism. SOCIALISM, it’s what’s for dinner after January. Hey Barry, give me one single solitary example of a socialist country that works??? Didn’t think you had one.Mojave Mark on October 13, 2008 at 7:11 PM
Then why should I work if I am going to be given money from those that do?
Seven Percent Solution on October 13, 2008 at 7:11 PM
For almost 9 years my wife and I scraped together every extra dime we could so I could pursue the dream of an invention I’d thought of and get that invention to market.
We put our lives on hold for those years while also putting three (Obama supporters)through college.. Now just when the invention is selling my debts look to be paid off soon and we can start to enjoy the fruits of our labor this socialist wants to take money we struggled for and give it to others… so they have a chance at staying addicted to government ..
I wanna scream at him how he is punishing me for our hard work and sacrifice… as he told his supporters not long ago.. to get in people’s faces..
I’d love to have 5 minutes in his face to explain how I feel..
theblacksheepwasright on October 13, 2008 at 7:12 PM
“
It’s not thatI wanna punish your success…”jgapinoy on October 13, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Racist.
lorien1973 on October 13, 2008 at 7:13 PM
“I think that when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.””
ladies and gentlemen, we may have come upon duh1’s equivalent of the dukakis tank moment — a statement so bad, so public, and so able to strike a chord with joe and mary q citizen that it can have lasting resonance. It is up to John to blow this open on Wed. …
Buckaroo on October 13, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Seriously. That any Americans in any significant numbers would support this is appalling.
If Obama wins, I think I’m just going to go right ahead and invoke the Elder Gods or something. The Stars HAVE to be Right for this kind of madness to exist in significant amounts.
Who’s with me?
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 13, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Snow? If you use that word I am going to white wash you with the “S” word!
It that racist?
upinak on October 13, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Socialist.
Hey someone page Rick Moran so he can spin what Obama really meant by “spread the wealth around”.
Spirit of 1776 on October 13, 2008 at 7:14 PM
You leave my rock pet alone. By the time B.O. gets out of office it might be the only friend I have!
upinak on October 13, 2008 at 7:14 PM
You know, this is interesting and all, but let’s face it – it’s nothing more than a distraction to all of John McCain’s approval of every single car crashes where mexicans in the US are involved. You know, *CRASH!!* blood! Gore! Injury! Death! “Who’s that mexican running away from the scene????” *gasp, and dead!* - ‘I’m John McCain, and I approve of this drunk mexican who just comitted vehicular manslaughter.’
wise_man on October 13, 2008 at 7:14 PM
Yes. Socialism is a fine system for a static society where nothing really changes, kind of the way most children view the world. Sad stuff.
progressoverpeace on October 13, 2008 at 7:14 PM
Why haven’t you eaten Washington yet?
I blame Grue for everything!
lorien1973 on October 13, 2008 at 7:15 PM
Redistributionism. It’s what’s for dinner after January.
It will be with all three branches of government (yes, even the judicial after he puts his judges in place) are under the control fo the Dems if “The One” wins next month.
FDR could only DREAM about the things Obama will do to this country after he is elected (God forbid….)
Agent of the Cross on October 13, 2008 at 7:15 PM
No, no, no. You guys are seeing this all wrong. He’s like Robin Hood, doncha know. Those thieving rich folk are gonna get justice!!!
.
/sarc off
artlover on October 13, 2008 at 7:16 PM
We are slouching toward Marxism!
grapeknutz on October 13, 2008 at 7:16 PM
you know, i never liked her, but it may be time to reread some Rand.
AdrianG on October 13, 2008 at 7:16 PM
thief…..well then I will be happy to send half my payroll to your welfare roster Butthead Obama….I will go golfing and work half as hard and make the same money……
how on earth did this clown ever get this far????
SDarchitect on October 13, 2008 at 7:16 PM
… I don’t think it’s edible.
Even if it was, I don’t think I could digest it.
Cthulhu Fhtagn!! :P
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 13, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Does Marx have any cache anymore?
McCain should run an ad:
With this quote spoken over it.
lorien1973 on October 13, 2008 at 7:17 PM
It all depends on what “too much” is. Do you really think, Mr. Cicero, that the likes of Soros, Burkle, or Buffet actually contribute anything to the economy? Do people, with thousands of times the wealth more than they would need to live a good life without another day of work, contribute to the solution, or are they part of the problem?
These people would tax us more in an instant, and would gut our retirement accounts in the same instant, if it meant more money to them. They have the power to do that — Soros showed that when he broke the Bank of England a few years back. I say tax them first and tax them hard.
What we are growing here is an aristocracy. They need to be reigned in ;-)
unclesmrgol on October 13, 2008 at 7:17 PM
The Bradley factor.
csdeven on October 13, 2008 at 7:18 PM
That is not the socialist that I knew!
HoosierCon on October 13, 2008 at 7:18 PM
Affirmative action. This is the ultimate penitence for a goodly number and the ultimate revenge for many others – a total dismantling of all that the US stood for.
progressoverpeace on October 13, 2008 at 7:20 PM
thats why we’ll get stuck with the marxist!! good going there Juan!!
right4life on October 13, 2008 at 7:20 PM
Unbelievable. You’d think Obama’s response would alarm even the star-eyed college students.
I’m reminded of a very clever TV-ad campaign McDonalds ran about 20 to 25 years ago. A young guy got his first job at McDonalds. The ad showed some scenes of the kid working, and it cluminated with the kid reviewing his paystub with his dad.
In one of the best ad lines I can recall seeing, the kid looks up from the paystub to his dad and asks, “Who is this FICA guy? And why is he taking my money?”
Middle America needs to think twice about the wisdom of voting for Obama with his series of cotton-candy refundable tax credits in exchange for the much greater prospect of economic prosperity resulting from steady employment.
Look to Michigan to preview of Obamanomics.
BuckeyeSam on October 13, 2008 at 7:21 PM
If you made the money legally, you should be able to keep it, minus reasonable taxation. Even if you’re George Soros.
It’s a matter of principle.
Cicero43 on October 13, 2008 at 7:21 PM
“Spread the wealth around”
Obama tells the ignorant ground
When you hear him say that
Lock up all you’ve got
And head for the mound
Where are my brownie points for being good on economic and all other matters?
Foxtrot working hard. Reduce your efforts and live it up. Let Obama take care of you. This is the real lesson.
Socialism über alles!!!
Entelechy on October 13, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Once upon a time I would have said, ” Everythings a mess, the economy sucks, crooked politicians are everywhere, there’s no reason NOT to let a Dem take the heat for the next four years” But, this…..this is unacceptable. Can you even IMAGINE the SC justices he’s going to come up with? and the Dem congress will usher them in with a smile. Why aren’t more people “getting” this?!
anniekc on October 13, 2008 at 7:21 PM
I would say horizontal tango
upinak on October 13, 2008 at 7:22 PM
As I’ve said for more than a decade, the Dems want to lower us to be just like Canada & Europe.
jgapinoy on October 13, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Barry=Robin Hood in the hood
redrock on October 13, 2008 at 7:24 PM
Well, duh! The penny finally dropped. THAT’s why we needed to introduce new methods of teaching math over the past 40 years! Nice of the Senator from Illinois to have helped on that project before running for office…
TubbyHubby on October 13, 2008 at 7:24 PM
…and to think, Bill Maher says Canada & Europe are above us.
jgapinoy on October 13, 2008 at 7:24 PM
If I need Obama and his money to make me “successful,” I don’t become successful, I just become a slave of Obama’s generosity.
snaggletoothie on October 13, 2008 at 7:25 PM
Prediction:
Revolt within 10 years.
Viper1 on October 13, 2008 at 7:25 PM
To repeat myself, for the insufferable umpteenth time “Obama is a socilist, leaning toward Marxist, with an anarchyst wife”. Vote for your own destruction, and your country’s, and deserve it.
Everything else is just babble.
Entelechy on October 13, 2008 at 7:25 PM
Oh, but don’t call him a socialist!
WisCon on October 13, 2008 at 7:25 PM
Ding, ding, ding – you win….a tyrant.
dugan on October 13, 2008 at 7:25 PM
Hey Barry………. Let’s start with you.
………….. give me your wallet!
Seven Percent Solution on October 13, 2008 at 7:25 PM
For a while there I was buying into the “We need a Carter to get a Reagan” argument. But this was the final cure of that fantasy. Can you imagine the damage Obama AND the existing Congress could do in just 4 years!?!?!?!?
artlover on October 13, 2008 at 7:26 PM
Everybody sing!
“We’re gonna spread the wealth…take away your freeeeedommmm. Obama’s gonna do it, Obama’s gonna leeeeeead ‘emmmm…he’ll take your change aaaaaaand he’ll rearrange iiit…Obama’s gonna do it, Obama’s gonna change your wooorld.”
capitalist piglet on October 13, 2008 at 7:26 PM
This is no surprise. This is a true core socialist statement. Right up there with Hillary’s taking something away from us for the “common good.”
Glynn on October 13, 2008 at 7:26 PM
Culturally. Lefties always swoon over how sophisticated and “nuanced” the Europeans are. That whole Holocaust unpleasantness notwithstanding.
Cicero43 on October 13, 2008 at 7:27 PM
“Spread the wealth around?”
You and Michelle go first, Barry. I want to see how much you enjoy giving away your money.
None of this surprises me given BO’s affiliations, not at all. It’s just frightening and depressing.
Cody1991 on October 13, 2008 at 7:27 PM
When you get all he’s got, with such ease, it’s simple to redistribute your money.
A government which has the power to give you all, has the power to take it all away. (I don’t recall who said it, but it’s profound).
Wake up America, wake up!!!
Entelechy on October 13, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Be of good cheer. McCain will win. And a good thing too… ’cause Barry’s 125k limit would not stand. Oh, he wouldn’t call it anything as crass as a ‘tax’- that would be reserved for those eeeevil rich fatcats making 125k or more – but he, San Fran Nan, and Dingy Harry would make sure that folks making appreciably less than 125k would get the chance ‘to be patriotic’.
Drunken Angry Clown on October 13, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Barry is going door to door for votes. If he stops by, I’ll be sure to ask him. Everyone should.
lorien1973 on October 13, 2008 at 7:30 PM
I want to share wealth with all the Hollywood types, Professional athletes, and some MSM stars….I’ll keep what I got thank you.
d1carter on October 13, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Trust me- Barry will be clutching all his personal money as tight as he can- he’ll still show up in 1200.00 suits and lunch on arugula salads; Did he forget to mention it’s only the white folks who will get to cough up the extra cash?.
anniekc on October 13, 2008 at 7:33 PM
Tell this Aussie he is wrong but wouldn’t McCain linking this little exchange to what caused Fannie and Freddie to fail in the debate go at least some of the way to destroying Obama’s supposed superiority on economics?
I also think putting that exchange in the context of a Democratic Congress, Senate and Whitehouse should terrify people.
kingsley on October 13, 2008 at 7:33 PM
$ociali$t is way too kind….
he shares the dreams of his father…
sven10077 on October 13, 2008 at 7:34 PM
“because the man with the gun says you must comrade” would be an honest response on his part.
sven10077 on October 13, 2008 at 7:35 PM
McCAIN IDIOTS- AD MAKINGS YOU FREAKING MORONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This should play in every state from now until the election and after the election to remind all of America what Democrats, or the Democrats running the DNC currently are all about!
It is a toss up now as to who in this election is going to cause us to become alcoholics faster, McCain’s stupid campaign or the sheer Marxism of Obama! UGH! I need a pet rock too!
freeus on October 13, 2008 at 7:35 PM
Obama’s just calling this a tax credit instead of a welfare check.
Rovin on October 13, 2008 at 7:35 PM
–Karl Marx
29Victor on October 13, 2008 at 7:36 PM
At this rate we’ll need two posts a day about illegal mexican paramilitary illegal drunk drivers illegals to foment more McCain disgrunteledneddesses.
wise_man on October 13, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Yes kingsley, it would, but getting the American public to pay attention long enough to connect even these OBVIOUS dots is too much- and I don’t know if there’s anyone worse than John McCain at explaining things!
anniekc on October 13, 2008 at 7:36 PM
roflmao!!!!!!!!!! You are so bad…
jerrytbg on October 13, 2008 at 7:36 PM
–Barack Obama
-Karl Marx
This is too easy
29Victor on October 13, 2008 at 7:38 PM
In Obama-land, spreading the wealth is for others, I guess. B Hussein and his wife gave a whopping .0089 percent of their 2001-2004 income to charity.
Crummy, cheap-ass hypocrites.
Cicero43 on October 13, 2008 at 7:39 PM
Maybe hubby and I should sale our home and buy a trailer. :) I read some of News Weeks comments. Am appalled by how many Socialists write on there. Ignorant sheep running rampant in our Country. They think they are getting a free ride. Guess they just might. Share the wealth my a$$. Anyone want to build a compound? (just joking) McCain please knock him out on Wed. No more nice guy.
sheebe on October 13, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Oops.
That was .89 percent of the Obamas’ income to charity. Gotta give credit where credit is due, after all.
Cicero43 on October 13, 2008 at 7:41 PM
baraks trade mission to china is gonna bring us 250 million gray suitsto wear
rico101 on October 13, 2008 at 7:42 PM
1) I’ve been advocating we elect Cthulu in ‘08 for a number of months. Why vote for the lesser of two evils when you can have the Greater Evil?
2) Stop eating. Seriously. You’re gonna get so fat that you’ll need to be hospitalized. And when Obama’s elected and enacts his socialist medical program, I’LL wind up having to pay for your fat ass. PUT. THE FORK. DOWN.
Harpazo on October 13, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Absoulutusness Classic wise_man.
Rovin on October 13, 2008 at 7:43 PM
A few weeks ago I received a mailer from BO’s campaign asking for money. They also requested that the recipient use their own stamp to mail their contribution in order to save BO’s campaign postage costs. Cheap bastards, eh?
I took a red marker and wrote “NEVER” across the sheet, put it the envelope and threw it in the mail. Guess Barry had pay the postage for that one.
If he wins, I’ll be mindful not to do that again and not to use an “N” word lest I be rounded up for re-education camp.
/sheesh
Cody1991 on October 13, 2008 at 7:44 PM
So at the debate tomorrow, mccain should ask obama for 1/2 of his donations.
Since he’s wanting to spread the wealth. Start with himself.
lorien1973 on October 13, 2008 at 7:45 PM
And when the plumber is punished, and lays off the plumbers “behind him” that he hired, what are their chances for success THEN?
Sorry, my bad. We’re not supposed to ask that question.
Steve Z on October 13, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Yes. But even if he doesn’t take us to be that stupid, he’s counting on the fact that there are more of THEM (takers) than there are of US (producers). Numbers-wise, the takers can get him into the White House with their votes. They simply outnumber the producers by a wide enough margin that he can buy their votes by promising them he’ll steal our money and give it to them. They’re hiring a surrogate thief so they don’t have to break into our businesses themselves in the middle of the night and loot our stores. He can do it legally, though it’s still at gunpoint.
aero on October 13, 2008 at 7:47 PM
It begins.
ManlyRash on October 13, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Hugh Hewitt is raging about this right now.
This is a BIG issue, I hope Mac (intelligently) addresses it
Wed. night.
aquaviva on October 13, 2008 at 7:48 PM
Now now, be nice to Barry, McCain would not like it. Better to lose the White House than talk against Barry.
Wade on October 13, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Obamunism speaks!
NTWR on October 13, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Well said, aero.
anniekc on October 13, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Exactly! Frame it as “Joe Six Pack” learns what the middle class can REALLY expect from Mr. Wealth Redistribution. It sells itself.
Patrick S on October 13, 2008 at 7:50 PM
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