Comments on: The plan is to "spread the wealth around" – Obama https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/14/the-plan-is-to-spread-the-wealth-around-obama/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:57:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: mary https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/14/the-plan-is-to-spread-the-wealth-around-obama/#comment-19775 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:57:59 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1771#comment-19775 Pathia,
At my house, you are welcome! As long as you are good to my cats – that is. I too am sorry that you have suffered. Gays are becoming as much of a “you don’t fit in with our kind” group as any. In fact, I am finding them to be more and more repressive in their attitutudes, opinions, views, outlooks etc… It is not the community I left so many years ago.

]]> By: jayhuck https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/14/the-plan-is-to-spread-the-wealth-around-obama/#comment-19774 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:44:30 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1771#comment-19774 Well, defense spending and the ridiculous tax refunds that sent us further into debt.

]]> By: jayhuck https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/14/the-plan-is-to-spread-the-wealth-around-obama/#comment-19773 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:10:47 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1771#comment-19773 Drowssap –
“Why don’t you try the same logic with your extended family. Take everybodies paychecks, deposit them in a bank account and dole out equal amounts of cash to every member of your family.”
Bad and imperfect analogy. The state/federal governments don’t take ALL the money and put it into a pot and distribute it evenly – what they do is take SOME money and try to help those that are down and out.
Americans are in so much debt its unbelievable. Few people save anymore, and far too many people live outside their means. We are a country of debt and debtors. The country is in debt up to its ears, not because of social programs, but primarily because of defense spending.

]]> By: jayhuck https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/14/the-plan-is-to-spread-the-wealth-around-obama/#comment-19772 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:05:22 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1771#comment-19772 Fox and Friends? Give me a break. All I have to say is consider the source 🙂

]]> By: jayhuck https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/14/the-plan-is-to-spread-the-wealth-around-obama/#comment-19771 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:04:23 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1771#comment-19771 Mary,
“Then by the same standard of coercion, the church should not impose it’s standard of marriage onto the state?”
I couldn’t agree with you more!!! 🙂

]]> By: minty https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/14/the-plan-is-to-spread-the-wealth-around-obama/#comment-19770 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:53:09 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1771#comment-19770 http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_12/012733.php
Is this what creeping socialism looks like? Looks more like Brazil to me.

]]> By: minty https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/14/the-plan-is-to-spread-the-wealth-around-obama/#comment-19769 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:48:10 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1771#comment-19769 Taking local, state and federal taxes into account, the top 20% pays around 19% of their income in taxes. And the bottom 20% pays… 18%. So much for progressive taxation.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2003_01/000202.php
And this doesn’t even begin to account for the ever-growing gap between rich and poor.

]]> By: Ann https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/14/the-plan-is-to-spread-the-wealth-around-obama/#comment-19768 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:57:51 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1771#comment-19768

Also in many sections of the gay community there is an disdain if not hatred for transsexuals, especially by the ‘established’ and older aspects of the community. We’re traitors to them, and mutilators of our bodies.

Pathia,
I did not know this and it makes me very sad. I wish I would have known you then and could have offered you the help you needed.

]]> By: Pathia https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/14/the-plan-is-to-spread-the-wealth-around-obama/#comment-19767 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:18:08 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1771#comment-19767 Ann,
In the south? I don’t think there are any GLBT shelters in Virginia. There is maybe one or two clinics in the entire state. Also in many sections of the gay community there is an disdain if not hatred for transsexuals, especially by the ‘established’ and older aspects of the community. We’re traitors to them, and mutilators of our bodies.

]]> By: mary https://wthrockmorton.com/2008/10/14/the-plan-is-to-spread-the-wealth-around-obama/#comment-19766 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:18:38 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=1771#comment-19766 What I am saying is….. there’s a huge contradiction and tone of hypocrisy creeping in to the christian message when it separates out coerced social welfare and coerced marriage definition. Sounds like a lot of people don’t want to give of their wealth and want to demand that others marry in the way they define.

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