Comments on: Another Stumble for Mr. Anti-Poverty

By: ConSlayer

ConSlayer — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:22:43 +0000

It’s amusing to me how members of the party least concerned with fighting poverty and most concerned with personal gain at any cost are so quick to bash those who even bring up the subject! So what if a successful person (on either side of the aisle) wants to pay $400 for a haircut?
I wonder if not seeing trees for the forest is a trait shared by the preponderance of conservatives. (Well, it’s actually obvious… )
With absolutist statements like [daleyrocks]“income redistribution arguments seem to believe that 100% of everyone’s paycheck belong to the government” are, of course, ridiculous.
All we have to do is look back to the real job growth we enjoyed under a Democratic president (who, btw, was a centrist, not a liberal) to see that opportunity does not have to be in the form of wealth redistribution.
It’s unfortunate that mainstream conservatives do not have the gumption to *really* research the slogans and sound bites handed to them by the ilk of Karl Rove (junk mail marketeer).
For example – in this incomplete piece, Edwards is bashed for saying his primary focus is poverty but he is also looking into the Iraq war.
For some people, it’s possible to work on more then one thing at a time.

By: krazy kagu

krazy kagu — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:11:53 +0000

ROBIN HOOD stole from the rich and gave to the poor JOHN EDWARDS steals from the rich and poor and keeps it all your typical liberal demacratic trial lawyer

By: Democrats’ poverty conundrum at Hoystory

Democrats’ poverty conundrum at Hoystory — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:12:46 +0000

[...] at Patterico’s Pontifications, he’s got a pretty good, long comment thread regarding this story on John Edwards I highlighted on [...]

By: daleyrocks

daleyrocks — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:47:57 +0000

Mack – How do you propose controlling the front end of the equation, what people earn before taxes. Are you suggesting that the government regulate wages or are you just going to rely on the tax system to do your dirty work for you?

You haven’t even presented a case for why you think uneven income distribution is inherently a bad thing either. Have you thought your positions through?

By: Robin Roberts

Robin Roberts — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:34:06 +0000

Brent, if by “the MOST RAPID and UPWARD redistribution of wealth in the history of the country” you mean that wealth is being transfered from the poor to the rich, the census and tax data demonstrate the falsity of your claim.

By: daleyrocks

daleyrocks — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:29:58 +0000

Mack, you’re obviously confused. Someone else brought up income distribution as a bugaboo.

Does anyone control income distribution? It sounds like it from your perspective.

Me, I believe that I earn 100% of each paycheck but that as a citizen of this country I am required to pay into a system of taxation established by our representative government primarily to pay for its operations.

The fans of the income redistribution arguments seem to believe that 100% of everyone’s paycheck belong to the government and that they’ll tell you how much you can keep after they finish figuring out how much social engineering they want to accomplish. Seems like a much different perspective.

By: DRJ

DRJ — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:50:24 +0000

In general, people who support income distribution are those who don’t have much money (because they believe they are entitled to more than they earn) and politicians (because they want to oversee the redistribution).

By: Brent Mack

Brent Mack — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:01:17 +0000

“Did we make a focus on income distribution a national priority and I missed the memo…” – DaleyRocks

Quite obviously you did, DR. This tribulation that the country has been forced to endure for the last seven years has seen the MOST RAPID and UPWARD redistribution of wealth in the history of the country.

So you’re right, Bub, you missed the memo. It came out about seven years ago – back when we had a balanced budget and “were in danger of paying the debt down too quickly.”

REMEMBER??? Sure you do! That was before your guys started “creating their own reality” and screwing up the world.

You’d better get with the program, DR. The country is on the Highway to Hell. And we all know who’s driving.

Thank God there’s only 26% of ya left!

By: daleyrocks

daleyrocks — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:09:06 +0000

Who says we have to pay for the operations on a current basis – isn’t that the first rule of the democratic party?

By: Pablo

Pablo — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:13:49 +0000

Let’s redistribute alphie’s money first.