Who Is Obama To Say How Much Money Is Enough?
Apr 30, 2010 Political
Obama was out campaigning for the Democrats’ Wall Street takeover legislation and had something very interesting to say:
“Now, what we’re doing, I want to be clear, we’re not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that’s fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.” [emphasis mine] Real Clear Politics (video)
Who is Obama to say how much money is enough? If people work and are successful then they are entitled to whatever they can earn. Professional athletes make a fortune for playing kids games and they are entitled to whatever team owners are willing to pay them. Wall Street executives and all other workers in the private sector are entitled to whatever wages they can earn. It is not up to Obama to decide.
This is nothing more than a play to the base about greedy people, you know the people who earn money and pay taxes. Speaking of taxes, I think there comes a point where we have paid enough in taxes. Perhaps Obama can explain how he plans to tax the rich to death but begrudges them their earnings, earnings on which they pay a lot of taxes. They pay nearly all the taxes.
Obama made 5 million dollars last year. Is that too much?
Obama’s pal Oprah Winfrey makes many multiples of Obama’s millions. Is Obama ready to tell Oprah that she has made enough money?
It is not up to a politician to decide if people have made enough money. That is up to the individual earning the money. If people think they have not made enough then they are free to earn more.
This is the mindset we get when a Socialist occupies the White House.
Then again, this is a regime misrepresenting TEA Party activists and training the military to combat them.
Never surrender, never submit.
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Tags: earnings, enough, Obama, taxes, wall street