taxing the rich and giving to the poor?
isn’t playing robin hood (socialism) unconstitutional? in article I section 8 it lists the reasons congress may tax, and all of congress’s other rights, and i dont see because the poor person needs it more on there. so where does obama draw this from?:
Section 8 - Powers of Congress
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
To establish Post Offices and Post Roads;
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations;
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings; And
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
So I dont see how it could be drawn from this that you can take away person a’s money and give it to person b because he doesnt have enough.
abbyohmy, i know what you mean, mine and my sistters’ arent doing so great either, but taking the money away from the investors will just make the dollar worth less. its hard, but you’re asking for something for nothing.
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The truth is that the people who Obama is going to tax more (those making 250,000 or more per year) are the ones who have worked hard and are working hard for their money, not the shameless aristocrats and oppressors of the people that he makes them out to be. By making this money and being allowed to keep it, these people are able to buy more things, thus stimulating our economy, thus creating jobs, and thus helping the poor and homeless.
O’BAMA ’08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know what you mean. I don’t have an answer, but the economy already took 20,000 out of my college fund. So I just want the money back…
we need a robin hood/………………….
I agree but its the only way Democrats can get votes…they have to buy them with handouts and entitlements….food stamps rule the inner cities on vote day
you are 100 percent correct
Absolutely! We will be just like Cuba and the USSR (which crumbled) when he is done with us. Company’s have no choice under these circumstances but to pass it on to consumers or pack their businesses and go.
Welfare system, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Social Security are not on the list…so where does their money come from? Out of the taxes you pay.