Here I'm going to violate DRY: After reading the full Joe the Plumber quote, I am certain Obama only intended to say that the economy works best when there is prosperity at all levels. However, I think his choice of the phrase "spread the wealth around" was ill-considered, and he probably regrets it.
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Chris Dunford <[email protected]>wrote: > > No, he didn't say that "they" (by which I assume you mean the Obama > government) would spread it around. The full quote has already been posted, > but what he said was that it's better for everyone when the wealth is > spread > around, as opposed to the wealth being concentrated in the hands of a small > number of individuals. > > The purpose of our Keynesian progressive tax code is already to "spread the > wealth around", so what he was saying simply reflects what the progressive > income tax already tries to do. > > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
