Are you sitting down? Obama plans to pay for his $3.6 trillion-dollar spending bill by raising taxes on the rich. I know I know ... I was pretty shocked too.
The bad news is by hiking taxes in a recession Obama will turn a disaster into a catastrophe. But theres good news too. The rich include most of Obamas biggest supporters.
While liberals love being praised for their looks their style their brilliance and their courage the one quality they dont want talked about is their money. To the contrary Democrats are constantly boasting about how poor they are -- as if thats a virtue in a capitalist society with no class barriers.
No matter how much money they have liberals will be damned if theyre giving up the poors mantle of angry self-righteousness. This is especially true if their wealth came by inheritance marriage or the taxpayer the preferred sources of income for Liberalus Americanus.
Democrats claims of poverty merely serve to show how out of touch elected Democrats are with actual incomes in America.
At the Democratic National Convention for example there were heartfelt tributes to the daunting self-sacrifice of both Barack and Michelle Obama for passing up lucrative jobs to work in public service -- which apparently is now defined such as in Michelle Obamas case as working as a diversity coordinator at a big city hospital for $300000 a year.
Seriously even with a company car full medical benefits and six weeks paid vacation thrown in how do people live on that?
Meanwhile the average salary for a lawyer with 20 years or more experience in the U.S. is a little more than $100000. If Michelle Obama doesnt lay off all this giving back stuff pretty soon shes going to find herself in Warren Buffetts tax bracket.
During the campaign Joe Biden was also praised by the Democrats for being the poorest U.S. senator -- as if that were a major accomplishment.
Howard Dean chairman of the Democratic National Committee touted Biden as a good example of a working-class kid adding that to this day Biden was one of the least wealthy members of the U.S. Senate. Only a Democrat would list never really made anything of myself on his resume.
On the Huffington Post operated by a woman who acquired her wealth by marrying a rich gay guy connected to Big Oil liberal blogger Steven Clemons gloated that unlike John McCain Biden wouldnt forget the number of houses he owns adding that in 2006 Biden was ranked the poorest U.S. senator.
And at his high school reunion Biden was voted most likely to try to bum a ride off of somebody. Vote Biden!
According to tax returns for Biden and his public schoolteacher wife in 2006 their total income was $248459; in 2007 it was $319853 -- putting the couple in the top 1 percent of all earners in the U.S.
This my friends is the face of poverty in America. At least in the Democratic Party. Its located just below that row of hair plugs. The Bidens are yet another heart-rending example of Americas hidden poor -- desperately needy families hidden behind annual incomes of a quarter million dollars or more paid by the taxpayer. My fellow Americans we can do better.
The national median household income was $48201 in 2006 and $50233 in 2007. Working for the government pays well.
If liberals are going to show how in touch they are with normal Americans by demanding a Marxist revolution against the rich every time they control the government how about taking a peek at the charitable giving of these champions of the little guy?
According to their tax returns in 2006 and 2007 the Obamas gave 5.8 percent and 6.1 percent of their income to charity. I guess Michelle Obama has to draw the line someplace with all this giving back stuff. The Bidens gave 0.15 percent and 0.31 percent of the income to charity.
No wonder Obama doesnt see what the big fuss is over his decision to limit tax deductions for charitable giving. At least that part of Obamas tax plan wont affect his supporters.
Meanwhile in 1991 1992 and 1993 George W. Bush had incomes of $179591 $212313 and $610772. His charitable contributions those years were $28236 $31914 and $31292. During his presidency Bush gave away more than 10 percent of his income each year.
For purposes of comparison in 2005 Barack Obama made $1.7 million -- more than twice President Bushs 2005 income of $735180 -- but they both gave about the same amount to charity.
That same year the heartless Halliburton employee Vice President Dick Cheney gave 77 percent of his income to charity. The following year in 2006 Bush gave more to charity than Obama on an income one-third smaller than Obamas. Maybe when Obama talks about change hes referring to his charitable contributions.
Liberals have no intention of actually parting with any of their own wealth or lifting a finger to help the poor. Thats for other people to do with whats left of their incomes after the government has taken its increasingly large cut.
As the great liberal intellectual Bertrand Russell explained while scoffing at the idea that he would give his money to charity: Im afraid youve got it wrong. (We) are socialists. We dont pretend to be Christians.
Ann Coulter is a columnist and author of Godless: The Church of Liberalism .
Are you sitting down? Obama plans to pay for his $3.6 trillion-dollar spending bill by raising taxes on the rich. I know I know ... I was pretty shocked too.
The bad news is by hiking taxes in a recession Obama will turn a disaster into a catastrophe. But theres good news too. The rich include most of Obamas biggest supporters.
While liberals love being praised for their looks their style their brilliance and their courage the one quality they dont want talked about is their money. To the contrary Democrats are constantly boasting about how poor they are -- as if thats a virtue in a capitalist society with no class barriers.
No matter how much money they have liberals will be damned if theyre giving up the poors mantle of angry self-righteousness. This is especially true if their wealth came by inheritance marriage or the taxpayer the preferred sources of income for Liberalus Americanus.
Democrats claims of poverty merely serve to show how out of touch elected Democrats are with actual incomes in America.
At the Democratic National Convention for example there were heartfelt tributes to the daunting self-sacrifice of both Barack and Michelle Obama for passing up lucrative jobs to work in public service -- which apparently is now defined such as in Michelle Obamas case as working as a diversity coordinator at a big city hospital for $300000 a year.
Seriously even with a company car full medical benefits and six weeks paid vacation thrown in how do people live on that?
Meanwhile the average salary for a lawyer with 20 years or more experience in the U.S. is a little more than $100000. If Michelle Obama doesnt lay off all this giving back stuff pretty soon shes going to find herself in Warren Buffetts tax bracket.
During the campaign Joe Biden was also praised by the Democrats for being the poorest U.S. senator -- as if that were a major accomplishment.
Howard Dean chairman of the Democratic National Committee touted Biden as a good example of a working-class kid adding that to this day Biden was one of the least wealthy members of the U.S. Senate. Only a Democrat would list never really made anything of myself on his resume.
On the Huffington Post operated by a woman who acquired her wealth by marrying a rich gay guy connected to Big Oil liberal blogger Steven Clemons gloated that unlike John McCain Biden wouldnt forget the number of houses he owns adding that in 2006 Biden was ranked the poorest U.S. senator.
And at his high school reunion Biden was voted most likely to try to bum a ride off of somebody. Vote Biden!
According to tax returns for Biden and his public schoolteacher wife in 2006 their total income was $248459; in 2007 it was $319853 -- putting the couple in the top 1 percent of all earners in the U.S.
This my friends is the face of poverty in America. At least in the Democratic Party. Its located just below that row of hair plugs. The Bidens are yet another heart-rending example of Americas hidden poor -- desperately needy families hidden behind annual incomes of a quarter million dollars or more paid by the taxpayer. My fellow Americans we can do better.
The national median household income was $48201 in 2006 and $50233 in 2007. Working for the government pays well.
If liberals are going to show how in touch they are with normal Americans by demanding a Marxist revolution against the rich every time they control the government how about taking a peek at the charitable giving of these champions of the little guy?
According to their tax returns in 2006 and 2007 the Obamas gave 5.8 percent and 6.1 percent of their income to charity. I guess Michelle Obama has to draw the line someplace with all this giving back stuff. The Bidens gave 0.15 percent and 0.31 percent of the income to charity.
No wonder Obama doesnt see what the big fuss is over his decision to limit tax deductions for charitable giving. At least that part of Obamas tax plan wont affect his supporters.
Meanwhile in 1991 1992 and 1993 George W. Bush had incomes of $179591 $212313 and $610772. His charitable contributions those years were $28236 $31914 and $31292. During his presidency Bush gave away more than 10 percent of his income each year.
For purposes of comparison in 2005 Barack Obama made $1.7 million -- more than twice President Bushs 2005 income of $735180 -- but they both gave about the same amount to charity.
That same year the heartless Halliburton employee Vice President Dick Cheney gave 77 percent of his income to charity. The following year in 2006 Bush gave more to charity than Obama on an income one-third smaller than Obamas. Maybe when Obama talks about change hes referring to his charitable contributions.
Liberals have no intention of actually parting with any of their own wealth or lifting a finger to help the poor. Thats for other people to do with whats left of their incomes after the government has taken its increasingly large cut.
As the great liberal intellectual Bertrand Russell explained while scoffing at the idea that he would give his money to charity: Im afraid youve got it wrong. (We) are socialists. We dont pretend to be Christians.
Ann Coulter is a columnist and author of Godless: The Church of Liberalism .
