- There were two points in President Obama's State of the
Union address that provoked resounding and universal applause in the chamber
from the assembled senators and representatives of both parties. One point
was when the president said he wanted to start his job-creation program
"in small businesses, companies that begin when an entrepreneur takes
a chance on a dream, or a worker decides its time she became her own boss."
The other point was when he said, "While we're at it, let's
also eliminate all capital gains taxes on small business investment; and
provide a tax incentive for all businesses, large and small, to invest
in new plants and equipment."
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- The lusty cheering and
applause were not based upon some belief on the part of the assembled legislators
that this was about alleviating the pain and suffering of the one-in-five
Americans who is out of work, or who is struggling to support a family
on the income from some pathetic part-time job paying minimum wage. It
was apparent that this was a cheer for the idea of giving more money to
the capitalist class. Period.
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- In today's America, those in power have completely disavowed
one of the key goals--if not the key goal--of democratic government, which
is, as the Constitution put it so admirably in its opening sentence, to
"promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty."
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- There is nothing
in that Preamble about promoting the welfare of the business classes. The
only justifiable reason for doing so then would have to be in order to
promote the general welfare. And yet...
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