Comments on: Obama on low taxes: “Selfishness”; Update: Video added http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patterico’s Pontifications » Obama and Biden’s Charitable Giving: They Don’t Want to Spread Their Own Wealth Around http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-2455724 Patterico’s Pontifications » Obama and Biden’s Charitable Giving: They Don’t Want to Spread Their Own Wealth Around Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:47:34 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-2455724 [...] UPDATE: Obama today says of McCain and Palin: “I don’t know when they decided that they wanted to make a virtue [...] [...] UPDATE: Obama today says of McCain and Palin: “I don’t know when they decided that they wanted to make a virtue [...]

]]> By: Obama on low taxes: “Selfishness” « Top Daily Digest Reading http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-2023441 Obama on low taxes: “Selfishness” « Top Daily Digest Reading Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:25:11 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-2023441 [...] Read about it here. [...] [...] Read about it here. [...]

]]> By: Obama on low taxes: “Selfishness”; Update: Video added « Top Daily Digest Reading http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1717117 Obama on low taxes: “Selfishness”; Update: Video added « Top Daily Digest Reading Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:25:20 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1717117 [...] Read about it here. [...] [...] Read about it here. [...]

]]> By: The Myth of Clintonomics http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1651277 The Myth of Clintonomics Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:48:25 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1651277 [...] Right Voices, and Hot Air have good articles on [...] [...] Right Voices, and Hot Air have good articles on [...]

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]]> By: The Two Malcontents » The True Name of Barack Obama’s Change: Intolerance http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1600982 The Two Malcontents » The True Name of Barack Obama’s Change: Intolerance Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:33:32 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1600982 [...] days ago Sen. Obama labeled Americans who don’t support his idea of raising taxes "selfish." Think about his [...] [...] days ago Sen. Obama labeled Americans who don’t support his idea of raising taxes "selfish." Think about his [...]

]]> By: 2008 Election Predictions: Make 'em here - IUplanet: Indiana Hoosier forums, sports, recruiting, photos, and Indiana University news http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1597756 2008 Election Predictions: Make 'em here - IUplanet: Indiana Hoosier forums, sports, recruiting, photos, and Indiana University news Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:11:00 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1597756 [...] in the making McCain 270, Obama 268 as the swing states all come to their senses, driven by "Selfishness" in not wanting their wealth redistributed, and not wanting the coal industry to be "bankrupted" and [...] [...] in the making McCain 270, Obama 268 as the swing states all come to their senses, driven by “Selfishness” in not wanting their wealth redistributed, and not wanting the coal industry to be “bankrupted” and [...]

]]> By: fallicle http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1593704 fallicle Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:15:32 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1593704 <blockquote> listen up, dummy. If you want to give away your own PB&J sandwich to a friend of yours who forgot their lunch, that’s cool. It’s called charity. It’s the conservative thing to do. If the teacher comes and takes half of your sandwich and decides to give it, agaist your will, to the bullies that tease you endlessly about your dumbo ears, that’s socialism. You don’t want me to give my money to others that I think need it. You want to tax me and “spread the wealth” to those people from whom you can bribe a vote. That IS socialism, you big-eared, blue-lipped, stuttering, marxist, dummy. </blockquote> A christian would prefer the bullies to have it. <blockquote> But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you (Luke 6:27-28). </blockquote> <blockquote> Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble (1 John 2:9-10). </blockquote>

listen up, dummy.

If you want to give away your own PB&J sandwich to a friend of yours who forgot their lunch, that’s cool. It’s called charity. It’s the conservative thing to do.

If the teacher comes and takes half of your sandwich and decides to give it, agaist your will, to the bullies that tease you endlessly about your dumbo ears, that’s socialism.

You don’t want me to give my money to others that I think need it. You want to tax me and “spread the wealth” to those people from whom you can bribe a vote.

That IS socialism, you big-eared, blue-lipped, stuttering, marxist, dummy.

A christian would prefer the bullies to have it.

But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you (Luke 6:27-28).

Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble (1 John 2:9-10).

]]> By: Exurban League http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1591794 Exurban League Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:40:39 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1591794 <strong>All sins are created equal, but some are more equal than others...</strong> If I'm selfish for wanting decide how my money is to be used, why isn't big government (and those who support it) greedy for wanting to use my money? ...... All sins are created equal, but some are more equal than others…

If I’m selfish for wanting decide how my money is to be used, why isn’t big government (and those who support it) greedy for wanting to use my money? ……

]]> By: The Big Brobama: Socialist Change We Can Believe In! « Mr. Smith Goes Conservative Blogging http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1589516 The Big Brobama: Socialist Change We Can Believe In! « Mr. Smith Goes Conservative Blogging Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:00:10 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1589516 [...] Hot Air » Video: Selfishness 101, posted with vodpod [...] [...] Hot Air » Video: Selfishness 101, posted with vodpod [...]

]]> By: The True Name of Barack Obama’s Change « Dr. Slogan’s Prescriptions http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1586954 The True Name of Barack Obama’s Change « Dr. Slogan’s Prescriptions Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:22:05 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1586954 [...] a two-hundred year old theory that has created the worst regimes in history. Just yesterday he has labeled Americans who don’t support his idea of rising taxes “selfish”. And if you need [...] [...] a two-hundred year old theory that has created the worst regimes in history. Just yesterday he has labeled Americans who don’t support his idea of rising taxes “selfish”. And if you need [...]

]]> By: Are You Selfish? Barack Obama Says You Are. | The Sundries Shack http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1585447 Are You Selfish? Barack Obama Says You Are. | The Sundries Shack Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:16:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1585447 [...] statement from Barack Obama speak for itself, though I do have two questions for you to ponder (via Hot Air). “The point is, though, that — and it’s not just charity, it’s not just that I [...] [...] statement from Barack Obama speak for itself, though I do have two questions for you to ponder (via Hot Air). “The point is, though, that — and it’s not just charity, it’s not just that I [...]

]]> By: Untitled 6 | Cold Fury http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1585399 Untitled 6 | Cold Fury Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:51:09 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1585399 [...] That’s about the size of it, yeah. Limousine-liberal hypocrisy, summarized: government ought to be responsible for caring for the weakest among us, because we’re damned sure not going to roll up our sleeves, man the soup kitchens and emergency rooms, and do it ourselves. And if you don’t agree that it’s the government’s appropriate and rightful function, then you’re “selfish” — more selfish than the pious hypocrites who lecture incessantly on the plight of the less fortunate, while gliding right by them on their way up the ladder of a sort of capitalist success they’d deny to those left longingly staring up from the ground. Those supposedly compassionate types pull that ladder up after themselves, and toss a few crumbs of government largesse down to the wretched masses as a way of assuaging their guilt. It’s “let ‘em eat cake” all over again, only with the added insult of smug contempt for anyone who dares to disagree. [...] [...] That’s about the size of it, yeah. Limousine-liberal hypocrisy, summarized: government ought to be responsible for caring for the weakest among us, because we’re damned sure not going to roll up our sleeves, man the soup kitchens and emergency rooms, and do it ourselves. And if you don’t agree that it’s the government’s appropriate and rightful function, then you’re “selfish” — more selfish than the pious hypocrites who lecture incessantly on the plight of the less fortunate, while gliding right by them on their way up the ladder of a sort of capitalist success they’d deny to those left longingly staring up from the ground. Those supposedly compassionate types pull that ladder up after themselves, and toss a few crumbs of government largesse down to the wretched masses as a way of assuaging their guilt. It’s “let ‘em eat cake” all over again, only with the added insult of smug contempt for anyone who dares to disagree. [...]

]]> By: An Obama Roundup « Beltway Snark http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1584528 An Obama Roundup « Beltway Snark Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:42:17 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1584528 [...] Jump to Comments Mr. Obama has had quite a bit to say as of late. Let’s start with the latest quotable from him. “The point is, though, that — and it’s not just charity, it’s not just that I [...] [...] Jump to Comments Mr. Obama has had quite a bit to say as of late. Let’s start with the latest quotable from him. “The point is, though, that — and it’s not just charity, it’s not just that I [...]

]]> By: fred5678 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1584445 fred5678 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:56:32 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1584445 <a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/ellis1.html" rel="nofollow">The ultimate essay</a> on this topic, from Davy Crockett. <blockquote>...Congress has no right to give charity. Individual members may give as much of their own money as they please, but they have no right to touch a dollar of the public money for that purpose...</blockquote> The ultimate essay on this topic, from Davy Crockett.

…Congress has no right to give charity. Individual members may give as much of their own money as they please, but they have no right to touch a dollar of the public money for that purpose…

]]> By: deedledee http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1584272 deedledee Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:39:56 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1584272 <blockquote>Barack Obama is rich and owns a Chicago mansion, gives $20K to Jeremiah Wright, and <strong>ZERO for his poor aunt in Boston</strong>, and ZERO for his dirt-poor half-brother in Kenya. </blockquote> Since she's illegal, he kept his mouth and wallet zipped perhaps? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081101/ap_on_el_pr/obama_aunt_5;_ylt=Ap_7b9FwDS4SjBECJMeCwEjZa7gF

Barack Obama is rich and owns a Chicago mansion, gives $20K to Jeremiah Wright, and ZERO for his poor aunt in Boston, and ZERO for his dirt-poor half-brother in Kenya.

Since she’s illegal, he kept his mouth and wallet zipped perhaps?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081101/ap_on_el_pr/obama_aunt_5;_ylt=Ap_7b9FwDS4SjBECJMeCwEjZa7gF

]]> By: Sharing toys vs. Redistributing them « WitSnapper | The Blog http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1584119 Sharing toys vs. Redistributing them « WitSnapper | The Blog Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:39:11 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1584119 [...] WitSnapper | The Blog “Goodly Lord, what a wit-snapper are you!” (Merchant of Venice, III.v.45) « Bill Clinton, always eager to help Sharing toys vs. Redistributing them October 31, 2008 As if it weren’t eye-popping enough for Joe Biden to get in Katie Couric’s face and insist that paying higher taxes is a “patriotic” act, now Barack Obama is taking that ball and running with it now, equating opposition to redistributionism with “selfishness”: [...] [...] WitSnapper | The Blog “Goodly Lord, what a wit-snapper are you!” (Merchant of Venice, III.v.45) « Bill Clinton, always eager to help Sharing toys vs. Redistributing them October 31, 2008 As if it weren’t eye-popping enough for Joe Biden to get in Katie Couric’s face and insist that paying higher taxes is a “patriotic” act, now Barack Obama is taking that ball and running with it now, equating opposition to redistributionism with “selfishness”: [...]

]]> By: deedledee http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1584027 deedledee Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:59:33 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1584027 This still has me burning..."a virtue out of selfishness?" John McCain? Who sat in a hell hole for 5 1/2 years? Who could have been released for propaganda purposes, but who stayed because others had been there longer? Who has given his whole adult life to the service of his country? Obama? A pious megalomaniac. This still has me burning…”a virtue out of selfishness?” John McCain? Who sat in a hell hole for 5 1/2 years? Who could have been released for propaganda purposes, but who stayed because others had been there longer? Who has given his whole adult life to the service of his country? Obama? A pious megalomaniac.

]]> By: Obama’s Desperate Straw Man « Verus Politics: Truth and Reason http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1583677 Obama’s Desperate Straw Man « Verus Politics: Truth and Reason Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:26:26 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1583677 [...] comments are hurting him. As evidence, listen to him set up this straw man argument for his redistribution plans, where he mocks the idea that his redistribution philosophy is “socialistic,” and [...] [...] comments are hurting him. As evidence, listen to him set up this straw man argument for his redistribution plans, where he mocks the idea that his redistribution philosophy is “socialistic,” and [...]

]]> By: herself http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1583674 herself Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:25:56 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1583674 What I find interesting is that the second man on the ticket for the Democrats has given less to Charity since 1998 than I have. And he is quite noticeably more "well off" than I am. He can afford it more than I can.   Their selfishness ends by spending OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. Fie on them.   And the Pinocchio Press does not call them on it.   {^_^} What I find interesting is that the second man on the ticket for the Democrats has given less to Charity since 1998 than I have. And he is quite noticeably more “well off” than I am. He can afford it more than I can.
 
Their selfishness ends by spending OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY. Fie on them.
 
And the Pinocchio Press does not call them on it.
 
{^_^}

]]> By: Road Sassy » Blog Archive » Ye Shall Know Them By Their Fruit….. http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1583659 Road Sassy » Blog Archive » Ye Shall Know Them By Their Fruit….. Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:23:34 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1583659 [...] Barack Hussein Obama: “John McCain and Sarah Palin they call this socialistic,” Obama continued. “You know I don’t know when, when they decided they wanted to make a virtue out of selfishness.” (Source) [...] [...] Barack Hussein Obama: “John McCain and Sarah Palin they call this socialistic,” Obama continued. “You know I don’t know when, when they decided they wanted to make a virtue out of selfishness.” (Source) [...]

]]> By: Merovign http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1583647 Merovign Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:20:09 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1583647 Imagine the gall of someone who wants to take things away from you to use for THEIR OWN PURPOSES and, when you object, THEY call YOU "selfish." What could be more selfish than believing you have a right to MAKE everyone else do what YOU want? Hypocritical, lying, thieving bastards. Imagine the gall of someone who wants to take things away from you to use for THEIR OWN PURPOSES and, when you object, THEY call YOU “selfish.”

What could be more selfish than believing you have a right to MAKE everyone else do what YOU want?

Hypocritical, lying, thieving bastards.

]]> By: Contempo Magazine Blog » Blog Archive » Ayn Rand on Selfishness vs. Obama on Selfishness http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1583428 Contempo Magazine Blog » Blog Archive » Ayn Rand on Selfishness vs. Obama on Selfishness Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:28:59 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1583428 [...] at Hot Air: This reveals the basic underlying philosophy of the Left - that one cannot possibly be charitable [...] [...] at Hot Air: This reveals the basic underlying philosophy of the Left – that one cannot possibly be charitable [...]

]]> By: Ayn Rand on Selfishness « Memoirs From a Young Conservative http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1583406 Ayn Rand on Selfishness « Memoirs From a Young Conservative Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:25:56 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1583406 [...] at Hot Air: This reveals the basic underlying philosophy of the Left - that one cannot possibly be charitable [...] [...] at Hot Air: This reveals the basic underlying philosophy of the Left – that one cannot possibly be charitable [...]

]]> By: JDPerren http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/31/obama-on-low-taxes-selfishness/comment-page-3/#comment-1583325 JDPerren Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:04:02 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=32787#comment-1583325 It <b>is</b> selfish, in the Randian sense -- and thank heavens it hasn't been completely obliterated in contemporary society, since everything we have as individuals and as a nation depends on it. To strive to create, achieve, and profit is selfish. It's just that anyone who makes the effort, without force or fraud, reaps the reward. It is selfish, in the Randian sense — and thank heavens it hasn’t been completely obliterated in contemporary society, since everything we have as individuals and as a nation depends on it.

To strive to create, achieve, and profit is selfish. It’s just that anyone who makes the effort, without force or fraud, reaps the reward.

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