Another Stupid "What if..." question

[Mooseman]

What if Obama were to become the next president?
What would the country look like in 3 years?
(Now, no typical pro or anti Democratic stances, really think about it....)

 

[DarthFerret]

That depends on the congress. If he gets what he wants done, then we will have socialized healthcare, no military, no space program, and higher taxes across the board.

 

[Mooseman]

Can you believe this?

"The Obama recession is in full swing, ladies and gentlemen," Limbaugh warned his millions of listeners this past Thursday. "Stocks are dying, which is a precursor of things to come. This is an Obama recession. Might turn into a depression."

Wow, that is unbelievable..... no wonder the radical right is losing so much ground and the GOP is dying a slow death.....

 

[Budget Player Cadet]

I predict... Nothing. I stopped caring about the USA recently.

 

[Mooseman]

Didn't your trip go very well?

 

[Budget Player Cadet]

Oh, that? Went fine.

 

[Oversoul]

Soon "...we can settle down to the glorious task of nationalizing the means of production, collectivizing the farms, and redistributing the wealth."

 

[turgy22]

Can you believe this?

"The Obama recession is in full swing, ladies and gentlemen," Limbaugh warned his millions of listeners this past Thursday. "Stocks are dying, which is a precursor of things to come. This is an Obama recession. Might turn into a depression."

Wow, that is unbelievable..... no wonder the radical right is losing so much ground and the GOP is dying a slow death.....

Can I believe he said that? Yes.
Am I surprised he said that? No.

Sadly, there are a lot people that are going to believe what he said there. Rush Limbaugh makes his money by telling people what they want to hear, whether it's true or not. The fact that he has so many listeners is what really bugs me.

Here's another one: My father-in-law told me that if Obama won, he would take my house away. Try to figure that one out.

 

[DarthFerret]

Sadly, there are a lot people that are going to believe what he said there. Rush Limbaugh makes his money by telling people what they want to hear, whether it's true or not. The fact that he has so many listeners is what really bugs me.

Here's another one: My father-in-law told me that if Obama won, he would take my house away. Try to figure that one out.

That there are a lot of people that take Rush seriously is regrettably true. Rush has come out and said several times (albiet not too recently) that he is basically an entertainer. That is what I think anytime I happen to run across his show. I deem it merely entertainment and sometimes downright funny.

As for what your father-in-law said, I also would be skeptical of that one. It is my general understanding that Obama (and some Dem's) pretty much want to socialize everything. That would mean that you would not lose your house, but that the poor would gain one. Unless he meant you would have to sell your more expensive house to move into a cheaper one so that everything is equal between everyone (not sure what kinda house you live in...). Ultimately, in four years we will have a chance to review the "change" and see if it is something we want to continue. Let's hold judgement and wait and see what actually starts to happen once he is inagurated and in control.

 

[Oversoul]

As for what your father-in-law said, I also would be skeptical of that one. It is my general understanding that Obama (and some Dem's) pretty much want to socialize everything. That would mean that you would not lose your house, but that the poor would gain one. Unless he meant you would have to sell your more expensive house to move into a cheaper one so that everything is equal between everyone (not sure what kinda house you live in...). Ultimately, in four years we will have a chance to review the "change" and see if it is something we want to continue. Let's hold judgement and wait and see what actually starts to happen once he is inagurated and in control.

Well, my general understanding is that Obama is actually an alien from the planet Hixizathendoa. He has no interest in Turgy's house, but he may end up feeding Turgy to his larvae.

 

[rokapoke]

Here's another one: My father-in-law told me that if Obama won, he would take my house away. Try to figure that one out.

Upon reading this statement, I became very confused. I said to myself, "Why would Turgy's father-in-law take his house away?"

 

[Spiderman]

..redistributing the wealth

Taking this from Oversoul's post where he was quoting someone else, wasn't Bush's "tax credits" or tax stimulus or whatever it was where we all got checks last year and one other time basically the same thing?

 

[Killer Joe]

Obama Comments Get Local Teacher's Aide Suspended
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 – updated: 5:29 pm EST November 11, 2008

McCANDLESS, Pa. -- A teacher's aide at the A.W. Beattie Career Center in McCandless is under fire, accused of making negative, racist comments to students last week about President-elect Barack Obama.

The mother of the student, Mara Gilligan, said she is outraged over the incident.

"He started yelling and screaming at her, saying Obama's going to be shot and killed," said Gilligan. "The United States flag is going to be changed to the Kentucky Fried Chicken flag and the anthem is going to be changed to 'Moving On Up.'"

Source: www.wpxi.com

 

[turgy22]

Kentucky Fried Chicken has a flag?

 

[Mooseman]

Hey, I like the Jeffersons......

 

[Oversoul]

Taking this from Oversoul's post where he was quoting someone else, wasn't Bush's "tax credits" or tax stimulus or whatever it was where we all got checks last year and one other time basically the same thing?

Actually all taxes are "redistributing the wealth." So are all marketplaces. But don't let reason interfere with scare tactics.

 

[EricBess]

I don't know that I agree about all taxes being "redistribution of wealth". Taxes are certainly designed to take from one demographic to "benefit the whole" (in theory on that last bit), but it's not necesarily a redistribution and ideally the purpose of a tax fits the tax itself. For example, an automobile tax might be used to maintain roads.

It becomes strictly a redistribution when the purpose of the tax is specifically to take from those who have more to benefit those who have less. Taxing rich individuals to create a fund that would allow poor people to buy a house, for example (no, I don't know of such a tax, but it's an example). The rich individual doesn't benefit at all from the tax.

Sounds like socialism to me.

 

[Oversoul]

I don't know that I agree about all taxes being "redistribution of wealth". Taxes are certainly designed to take from one demographic to "benefit the whole" (in theory on that last bit), but it's not necesarily a redistribution and ideally the purpose of a tax fits the tax itself. For example, an automobile tax might be used to maintain roads.

So we take the "wealth" from people and use it to pay other people to maintain roads. This "wealth" was "distributed" in one way, and then some of it was taken and "distributed" elsewhere. There's a word in the English language for when the "distribution" of something (wealth, in this case) is changed. I think you see where this is going...

 

[Mooseman]

Wow, that is some "liberal" definitions of distribution/redistribution.....
Let me see if I get this right:
If I buy a meal at a restaurant I am redistributing my wealth?
What if I buy for those at my table..."Hey, it's my treat"?

Socialism is the TOTAL redistribution of resources..... ugh......

 

[Spiderman]

In other words, taking everyone's money, tallying it up, divide it by the population, and giving that equal amount to the population. Kinda like my earlier example of a rich person giving everyone some money, except it's *every* rich person being forced to