Posted by
Playful Walrus on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 6:18:56 PM
“Biden Says Obama Would Create 2 Million Jobs”
That’s the headline of Matt Reed’s Associated Press article on Yahoo News. Of course, the truth is that it is business owners, not politicians, who create jobs.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday that Barack Obama's plan to rebuild the nation's crumbing roads and bridges would help reverse the loss of 240,000 jobs in Ohio during the Bush years.
The only reason the federal government should be involved in building and maintain roads and bridges is so that the military can move around effectively. The rest of the roads should not be a federal concern.
He also criticized Republican candidate John McCain's idea for the federal government to spend $300 billion to buy distressed mortgages at full face value and renegotiate them at a reduced price.
"Think about that, that means every single bank in America gets off Scott-free and the taxpayers foot the bill," Biden said a campaign stop in Lancaster, about 30 miles southeast of Columbus.
And Obama’s socialist nationalism is better?
Biden said McCain and his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, don't understand the plight of struggling Ohioans, and he decried the fact that the median income of a middle class family in the state has dropped $2,000 in the last eight years and that health care premiums have doubled nationally from eight years ago.
Neither of those should be the domain the federal government. Hey, did anyone stop to think that some families have less income because one of the parents has cut back on working outside the home to take care of their own children? Or because we have aging baby boomers who are retiring?
But what about their taxes, Joe?
"When the middle class is growing, everybody benefits.”
Except when the middle glass is growing because you have taken too much money away from the rich, making them middle class.
In Athens, Biden said a second economic stimulus package, which Democrats in Congress have called for, would help Ohioans afford the $3,500 that it will cost to heat the average home this winter.
Yes, we all know you are for redistributionist welfare.
He compared a tax rebate from the stimulus package to a check that Alaska residents receive each year from the state government, a stipend from the proceeds of the state's more than $30 billion oil-rich investment account.
Apples and oranges, Senator.
Surely we can beat these guys, can’t we?