On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> > As far as Obama's two quotes above, they mean nothing to me personally > aside from the humor I receive when people take them seriously. Some > of his other quotes are much more concerning. > > J > -- > > To that extent, as radical as I think people try to characterize the > Warren Court, it wasnt that radical. It didnt break free from the > essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the > Constitution, at least as its been interpreted and Warren Court > interpreted in the same way, that generally the Constitution is a > charter of negative liberties. Says what the states cant do to you. > Says what the Federal government cant do to you, but doesnt say what > the Federal government or State government must do on your behalf, and > that hasnt shifted and one of the, I think, tragedies of the civil > rights movement was, um, because the civil rights movement became so > court focused I think there was a tendency to lose track of the > political and community organizing and activities on the ground that > are able to put together the actual coalition of powers through which > you bring about redistributive change. - Barack Obama > > What's so concerning about this? "Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. Says what the states cant do to you. Says what the Federal government cant do to you, but doesnt say what the Federal government or State government must do on your behalf, and that hasnt shifted" > GIBSON: All right. You have, however, said you would favor an increase > in the capital gains tax. As a matter of fact, you said on CNBC, and I > quote, "I certainly would not go above what existed under Bill > Clinton," which was 28 percent. It's now 15 percent. That's almost a > doubling, if you went to 28 percent. But actually, Bill Clinton, in > 1997, signed legislation that dropped the capital gains tax to 20 > percent. OBAMA: Right. > GIBSON: And George Bush has taken it down to 15 percent. > OBAMA: Right. > GIBSON: And in each instance, when the rate dropped, revenues from the > tax increased; the government took in more money. And in the 1980s, > when the tax was increased to 28 percent, the revenues went down. So > why raise it at all, especially given the fact that 100 million people > in this country own stock and would be affected? > OBAMA: Well, Charlie, what I've said is that I would look at raising > the capital gains tax for purposes of fairn > > Hey... There is always fair tax. If you got your capital gains money free, then you can afford to buy more stuff, and you can't evade it. Well unless you don 't buy a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334479 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
