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A homeless guy and a guy with a tie

Soapweed

Well-known member
Obama wants to "redistribute the wealth." Here is how this will play out, from an e-mail I received recently:

Last Thursday while walking to lunch on the corner of Market and East Bay, I passed what appeared to be a homeless man standing on the corner of Wentworth and East Bay holding a hand-made sign that read, “Vote Obama, I need the money.”, I laughed to myself and admired the man for his misplaced, albeit blatant honesty.

Once inside one of my favorite restaurants, I noticed that my waiter was wearing a bright blue ,“Obama 08” tie; again I laughed to myself as he boldly and proudly advertised his political preference for all the world, and his customers, to see -- just imagine the odds of encountering two such 1st Amendment harbingers of change in less than 10-minutes.

When the check finally came I decided not to tip my waiter and explained to him that I was going to implement a practical application of Obama's Redistribution of Wealth concept as my own personal socialistic experiment. He stood there in stoic disbelief as I explained to him that I was going to redistribute his rightfully earned $10 tip to someone who I deemed more in need...a homeless fellow standing a few blocks north in front of the Harris Teeter parking lot.

From Soapweed: Think very hard before you cast this all important vote. Is "change" enough of a reason in and of itself? That is about the only plank in Obama's platform. With so many gullible people standing on that one plank, the whole platform will topple into the sea. One lonely board with all those people clinging to it just ain't going to float. :roll:
 

alabama

Well-known member
I am sure y’all will correct me if I am wrong, but ain’t government distribution of the wealth the same thing as socialism? And have we not fought wars against this. Now many want to vote to make it our way of government.
I am confused and worried. I think we would be better with free enterprise and get the government out of the markets. Let the government stick to national defense and interstate trade.
 
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