theHawk
08-01-2008, 10:23 AM
I guess he feels the $600 wasn't enough. Now he wants $1000 income redistribution to help pay for high energy prices.
This is going to become the norm under an Obama administration. Instead of just cutting taxes to enable the citizens to keep more of their own cash, he will tax the shit out of middle and upper class, and redistribute it to the poor via "rebates" whenever they feel like. Milk prices too high? $700 "rebate" for everyone.
This is a very disturbing trend coming out of Washington.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday called for a $1,000 "emergency" rebate to consumers to offset soaring energy costs amid fresh signs of a struggling economy with the nation's unemployment rate climbing to a four-year high.
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Obama told a town-hall meeting the rebate would be financed with a windfall profits tax on the oil industry.
"This rebate will be enough to offset the increased cost of gas for a working family over the next four months," Obama said in the crucial swing state of Florida.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama
This is going to become the norm under an Obama administration. Instead of just cutting taxes to enable the citizens to keep more of their own cash, he will tax the shit out of middle and upper class, and redistribute it to the poor via "rebates" whenever they feel like. Milk prices too high? $700 "rebate" for everyone.
This is a very disturbing trend coming out of Washington.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday called for a $1,000 "emergency" rebate to consumers to offset soaring energy costs amid fresh signs of a struggling economy with the nation's unemployment rate climbing to a four-year high.
ADVERTISEMENT
Obama told a town-hall meeting the rebate would be financed with a windfall profits tax on the oil industry.
"This rebate will be enough to offset the increased cost of gas for a working family over the next four months," Obama said in the crucial swing state of Florida.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama