Posted by
Alan Davidson on Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:27:19 PM
Thank you for reading my very first posting here on my Blog on TownHall!
I thought about what my first entry would be and came away with something that stuck with me sometime ago.
Various pundits have called liberalism some sort of mental defect or disorder. Some others have stated it less strongly, opining that liberals are confused, brainwashed or simply misguided. Liberals state all of the above about conservatives and it goes on and on.....
While I agree with some of the more colorful explainations, I must say that I see a element of self loathing bordering on self injury or masochism involved with the positions, beliefs and ideology that liberals adhere to.
Here is an example: It can be said that a nail in the coffin for Walter Mondale's 1984 run for the Presidency against Ronald Reagan was his statement that he "would raise taxes". Even Democrats and liberals back then cringed at the idea.
No More.
We now live in a USA where not only did almost all of the potential Democratic front runners for the nomination state that they would raise taxes, they could not even hope to be in the running unless they said such!
The mantra is "raise taxes" "raise taxes"! And it is not only welcomed, but praised. Just wrap your head around that for a moment. Approximately 50% (or more) of the US population have bought into the idea that the Government should be not only be given more of one's wages that they have worked for, but are HAPPY and BEGGING to give it up. Mental disorder? Masochism?
No before you go thinking that these are the wants and desires only of the Democratic folks on the poverty stricken and working class rungs on the socio-economic ladder, clear away the fog. The folks with real money are not only wanting to pay more taxes, they are contributing record amounts of campaign contributions to Obama who has stated clearly and without pause, that he will be raising their taxes. They are, in essence, PAYING for someone to take more of their money. How bout' them apples? Are you dizzy yet?
Here it is in a sentence: "I will contribute $2,300 to your campaign because you have ensured me that you will raise my taxes". Mental defect? Sounds like it.
Obama has stated he will raise capital gains taxes, raise the limit on social security payroll taxes, raise income taxes and keep the death tax. And the very people who will pay more embrace and praise him.
I simply cannot understand this at all. Is there any way to explain this?