Everything is like Something Else

Listening to President Obama’s hissy yesterday in regard to a compromise framework on the extension of current tax rates I learned something; I cannot stand to listen to a person who is both a drama queen and speaks almost entirely in analogies. That is our President, a man who cannot speak in plain language who is always reaching for some over the top analogy that perfectly explains the nonsensical.

Yesterday’s whine fest was as grating as it was educational.

It appeared that the media was able to show its liberal progressive political inclinations based on the questions asked. For a media used to fawning over a person sold as a messianic figure that would heal political divides and provide true bipartisanship, questions asking about the Presidents true core when he is announcing the only thing he has ever done that could be called bipartisan was strange.

The President himself seemed to convey that he is the President of some of the country, those who agree with him. He stated that most of the country was on his side in regard to raising taxes only on “the rich”, which polling shows is not true. He stated that the Republican’s financial policy was to ‘give’ money to the rich. He likened Republicans to “hostage takers” and “bomb throwers”, and that’s the current lame duck congress, not the incoming congress which features a lot more Republicans.

It is puzzling to understand that the President believes that he can bully business into creating jobs just because while attacking them as greedy. The President’s understanding of reality is lacking while his understanding of the imaginary as defined in his own mind is superb.

These are not tax cuts being discussed. What is being discussed is an extension of current tax rates. There are several tax rates based on income levels, it is progressive meaning that as income grows the tax on it raises. So, besides the already obvious fact that those with higher incomes pay more taxes, they pay more as a percentage as well. Widening the gap between the differing tax thresholds is abhorrent because it will never be enough for some people and as a weapon of class warfare creates divides in our country.

The President, and those who agree with him, believe (plainly, through their statements) that the income of American citizens belongs to the country first and to its earners second. This is a morally bankrupt concept and is in no way fair, to anyone. The President’s petulant attitude and thin skin when it comes to actual compromise and not just his assertion of Republican priorities demonstrate that a mistake was made in his election. With every policy statement like this it becomes clearer that the goal of our country must be to deny him re-election.