An editorial by Paul Marx, Owner of radio station KBON  101.1FM
I was brought up believing that the United States of America was  the 
country that gave anyone the opportunity to be as successful as one  
can achieve, but now it seems that many people believe that if you  
become too successful you should be "punished"; if you make "too 
much"  money with your success some of that money should be taken away 
from you and  "shared" with those less fortunate, but aren't we are 
already  sharing?
Aren't the so called "less fortunate" in this country already  being 
taken care of? After all they get Federal housing, Food stamps,  
medical cards and God knows what else. How much more should we give  
them?? We have become a country filled with too many people who want  
something for nothing. Do we just keep giving and giving to those who  
contribute the least to the country? Shouldn't there instead be some  
sort of plan to reward those who contribute to the country or at 
least  let those who earn success, enjoy it? 
Why is it always so popular for a  politician or political candidate 
to talk about "more taxes" on the rich?  Why can't people understand 
that in most cases it is those so called "rich  people" that own 
businesses and create jobs. They are people who in many  cases 
started at the bottom and worked their way up, many taking a gamble  
by investing their life savings into a business or idea. So, they  
invest, build their business with hard work, hire people to work for  
them and see some well earned success, then we punish them. That's 
right  folks, while the word "tax" is being used it's not 
really "taxing" those  people who earned success, it is punishing 
those people. Is it fair that we  take from these people 
to "distribute the wealth"? Distribute to  who??
I don't want the government to take money that I have worked hard  for 
and give it to someone who most likely does not contribute to this  
country. I am fed up with driving down the streets at mid-day and 
seeing  people sitting outside smoking, drinking and playing cards 
under a tree  while I have to worry about my business; how the downed 
economy will affect  it. I am tired of going into a store all times of 
the day and seeing people  buying expensive steaks with food stamps 
but having the cash to buy cartoons  of cigarettes, bottles of wine or 
whiskey and cases of beer. I am tired of  driving by bars during work 
hours and seeing the same cars there day after  day. These are some of 
the very people Presidential candidate Barak Obama  wants to "spread 
the wealth" to. 
Anyway don't financially successful  people spread the wealth on 
their own by spending more money? I would think  that they probably 
buy bigger, more expensive homes, more expensive  furniture, more 
expensive automobiles, send their kids to college, etc. In  other 
words, besides creating jobs for other people who WANT to work, they  
help the economy by spending that money that they have earned.
I agree  with this "post" I found on a discussion board: "It is not 
the governments  job to determine who makes" too much" money, only to 
make fair rules for all  to follow. The smart and motivated will 
succeed, the lazy will not". 
To  Quote "Joe the Plumber": "That's the American Dream to me. You 
work hard.  You're going to get what you want eventually. It's not 
going to happen  overnight by no means, but if you work hard enough 
you will get it. I resent  the government or Obama's plan to take more 
away from me." -- (Joe  Wurzelbacher, October 12, 2008).
As "Joe" told Diane Sawyer recently:  "Americans should get treated 
equally. Why do we have escalating tax  brackets on higher incomes at 
all? Why are we penalizing the success that we  proclaim as the 
American Dream"?
A writing by Peter Ferrara titled  "Federal Income Taxes: Who Pays and 
How Much" states: "Facts are that the  top 1% of income earners are 
paying 40% of federal income taxes, almost  twice their share of 
income, so the rich certainly seem to be paying their  fair share, and 
then some. Liberal politicians who say we need to raise  taxes on the 
rich so they will pay their fair share are either abusively  
misleading the public or hopelessly ignorant regarding federal tax  
policy. If 40% is not fair for the top 1%, what would be fair, 50%,  
100%? Secondly, liberal politicians wailing about Republican tax cuts  
for the rich are also either misleading the public, or hopelessly  
uninformed. With the top 1% now paying 40% of income taxes, the top 
5%  paying 60%, and the top 40% paying 99.4%, where are the tax cuts 
for rich?  Clearly, federal income taxes are overwhelmingly paid by 
upper income  earners".
In my opinion, Barack Obama's political strategy seems to be  more 
welfare and give-away programs at the expense of not only who he  
considers to be "rich", but also at the expense of the hard working  
middle class Americans (Even though many of them may not realize that  
yet); taking from them and giving to those who contribute the least 
to  this country. 
It's very sad but it seems that America is becoming a nation  of more 
& more people with their hands out for charity & freebies,  and I have 
to give Barack Obama this. He's smart enough to realize that  
promising to give more of "something for nothing" to these people 
will  get him millions of votes.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. This election, maybe more than  ever, it is very 
important that you THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE and put AMERICA  FIRST! 
Thank you,
PAUL MARX
Owner/KBON  11.1FM
www.kbon.comP.S. One more thing. Ask yourself, who would you  have voted for if 
this election had been right after 9/11? In your honest  opinion who 
do you think would have best acted on America's  behalf?
  
October 22, 2008 at 9:24 pm
I heard this first on Rush's show and thought it a very appropriate analogy. Wish more ppl knew about it - pass it on -
October 22, 2008 at 11:17 pm
This is great!!! It's so simple…yet BHO just doesn't get it. Or…perhaps he does…get us all drunk (for free) and have his way with us. Count me out!!
October 23, 2008 at 11:20 am
While sitting at our coffee table with my 8th grader studying for an upcoming test, political news was on the t.v. in the background. My son was observing the treatment of "Joe the Plumber" and asked why people (media) were bashing him for asking a question. After my explanation, my son remarked, "Mom, that would be like me making 100 on my test, a classmate making a 25, my teacher taking points away from me, and giving them to the other student all so that our grades would be equal. But then we'd both fail."
I replied, "Yes, but maybe that would be fair." To which he replied, "Or maybe he/she didn't study, or better yet, didn't even care to study because he/she knew they would get some of my points. In that case, why should I study?" To which I replied, "Bingo son, you get it."
P.S. Bless you for the "shout out" on MM! You're terrific! I understand that this time of year she would be inundated with trolls, so I will continue to read and learn.
October 23, 2008 at 12:10 pm
sweetakin,
Your son is wise! You have taught your children well.
Thank you for your kind words.
Sincerely,
Red Pill.