Joe Biden: Be More Patriotic

Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden last week on "Good Morning America" made this statement:

“We want to take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people. It’s time to be patriotic … time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut.”

Is there anyone else out there in which this statement generates the reaction of scraping fingernails on a chalkboard?

I am fed up with this class warfare that politicians are continuously peddling. They have successfully been able to breed hatred of achievers in those who have not achieved. The eeeeeeeeevil rich 1% of income earners in this country have been vilified by Democrats and as former Representative Dick Gephardt stated, "Won life's lottery."

These same politicians serve the "working class" Kool Aid as often as the sun rises. They have gotten the citizenry to buy into the idea that if you are successful and have amassed wealth then you do not actually work for a living. If you aren't digging ditches, working for minimum wage or working for someone else then you don't work, but rather you exploit those who do work.

If you discuss the issue of taxes with a liberal long enough you will most definitely hear something like, "Well, they [the rich] don't really need all that money anyway." Who the hell are you to say what someone else needs or doesn't need. In my opinion that should be left to the Man upstairs. And really, who cares what one person needs or doesn't need...they worked for and earned that money so it should be theirs to dispense of how they so choose, not the government.

I could write pages and pages on this issue, but I'm sure I am preaching to the choir at this point. Don't fret, though, as I am sure another post on taxes will most certainly will be in the future - and often. Until then please check out these two related links:

Who Pays the Taxes

Income Tax Rates (2007)