Was Plumber a McCain Plant?

As reported by Fox News, this is the exchange over the weekend:




"Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn't it?" the plumber asked, complaining that he was being taxed "more and more for fulfilling the American dream."


"It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too," Obama responded. "My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody ... I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."



If the economy is good from the bottom up, won't small business owners and self-employed be robbed of their motivation? Kind of like the free gifts to the lower income people has robbed them of their motivation to work and get their piece of the American dream.

Through good intentions, the government developed many programs to help the down and out. The most damage to that level of society was done by AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) which was first introduced in the 1930s.

Then I remember those food stamps redeemable for food so folks could afford their alcohol and tobacco. I recall watching cart fulls of groceries ahead of me while I clung to my coupons setting some items intentionally last on the counter. I would ask for a subtotal and then decide if I could afford any or all of those things that week.

We got "government" cheese back in the 1970s and were grateful for it. Others refused it as tasteless. How was it easy to complain about a free gift?

Are we following the same path? The government giving a hand out when people just need a hand up so they can pursue happiness. Back in the Great Depression the government threw more and more $ rather then letting us traverse the valley. Government grew bigger and bigger.

Can we even dream of the day when Big Brother will get out of the way and let everyone pursue as our Declaration of Independence worded as our unalienable rights as endowed by our Creator as "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"?

President Obama has revealed his intentions. Socialism. No more capitalism. Have you been robbed of your motivation? How would you like to work for a poor man?

'til later