Arkady's Thoughts

Yesterday Obama hosted a Q&A in Florida, it was amazing to see the kind of questions being directed toward our president. One in particular I found striking is that of Julio whom according to some "stole the show", as if there is some show to steal at a town hall meeting. Below is the video and to give you context Julio's question came at the tail end of a very similar line of questioning from the crowd. One individual asked the president why his unemployment benefits were not as large as his paycheck while he was employed and why there are no automatic mechanisms to automatically generate the same amount in dollars. Another woman complained that she has been waiting for subsidized housing for two years and just wants a new kitchen, bathroom and living room. Finally Julio is featured below and I do not need to paraphrase, watch. Let us move past the utterly senseless cult of personality worship. Julio in not so many words complained that his benefits at McDonalds wer...

I am growing tired of people blaming Bush's tax cuts on the problems we are having. First of all, if you do blame him then you have a serious gap knowledge when it comes to taxes. Instead of being a mindless drone, do some research for once. Also this is not a post about the defecit, because if Bush was a conservative he would minimize spending....guess he figured he would be the next Reagan and rammed Iraq. When taxes are eased on the wealthy, they pay more as a total percentage of taxed paid. Historically when the government taxes the wealthy, the middle class ends up picking up the slack. A notable example would be Bush Sr's tax hikes. Here is a great resource. Who really pays our taxes The left will come up with some jack-ass argument that the wealthy use fraud, but the US treasury repeatedly reports that lowering taxes on the wealthy raises increases their share. NOW, yes - they actually end up making more money. It is true and as a result of which, the gap grows b...