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Talking to Four Year Olds – Tax Edition

by @ 5:40 on September 5, 2008. Filed under Taxes.

To hear Barack Obama tell it, his tax plan is one of “fairness” while John McCain’s gives “tax breaks to the wealthy.”   Obama wants to give tax cuts to the “middle class” and “tax the wealthiest 1%.”  

Obama’s words have a great populist sound to them.   Why is taxing the wealthy to pay for cuts for the less wealthy the morally wrong thing to do?

Let’s talk to our four year old.

Let’s imagine you found a wallet that contained $500.   How would you handle that $500?

If you were Barack Obama, you would take that $500, give it to a group you thought was needy and take the credit for the $500 contribution.

If you were John McCain, you would search the wallet, find the owner and return the $500 to the rightful owner.

From Webster:

Confer – to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor

Barack Obama prefers to confer tax benefits on those he deems worthy.   John McCain will return the money to the rightful owners.

Simple, even for a four year old!

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