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To: combjelly who wrote (432029)	11/2/2008 1:25:00 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572941

Most of the points you made are just your convoluted take on the events. However: For example, this ad which states that Obama is going to raise taxes to hand over to welfare. The Obama "tax plan" is welfare and you can call it something else from now on but it will still be welfare. When you take money from one segment of the population and use it to dole out money to people who aren't paying taxes in the first place, THAT is welfare. Disguised as a "tax cut", but the simple fact is you can't cut the income taxes of someone who isn't paying any in the first place. The EITC has been a disguised welfare program since the day of its inception. Not only is it welfare, it has a long established history as the most abused provision in the Internal Revenue Code. Anyone who understands the most basic characteristics of human nature understands that if you take money from those who earned it and give it to those who didn't, you create an incentive for society to NOT be productive. This is identical to the tragic welfare state that Gingrich, et.al., drastically reduced (but didn't eliminate) in the 90s. It is utterly stupid to encourage a population to be LESS productive, and that is part and parcel of the entire Obama game plan. Socialism. We know that as a policy, it does not work. Yet, as an election gimmick, it works every time.