Taxes and Freedom

President Obama is infamous for using lines like, "The rich need to pay their fair share," or "spread the wealth around." His recent budget speech was inundated with class warfare and claims that the "wealthiest" Americans need to "pay their fair share" and share in the "sacrifice." He even went on to say that social programs and other cornerstones of the leftist agenda are "what made America great." All of this is pure rhetoric designed to drive emotion and bring about servitude and slavery. The left promulgates this rhetoric because it appeases and supports their Marxist agenda. It has been said that true socialism or communism could not be achieved in America because, unlike Europe, Americans had never divided themselves based on class or economic status; in America, the divide had always been race. Americans largely desired the opportunity to become wealthy and wanted government to ensure that opportunity existed for...(Read Full Post)