I was watching “Conversations with Michael Eisner” on MSNBC. Not by choice, it just happened to be on as I was waiting for wifey to come back into the room. Eisner (upper millionaire) asked Steve Forbes (upper millionaire) what he thought about Obama’s plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans:
Eisner: [...] Do you think it’s a good thing? Will it have some drawbacks or will it help the economy?
Ever heard of a leading question Eisner?
Forbes: [...] I think it’s a bad thing and this is another thing Obama needs to learn coming in. When you raise taxes you change incentives and now there is less of an incentive to take risks, start new businesses… yadda yadda, I don’t want anyone coming close to the Bush tax cuts giving me free money…
Okay, so the last sentence there I added. But basically this shows me where Steve Forbes comes from. For the 5 minutes I watched I was really impressed with him, but couldn’t stomach to listen when he came to the point above.
Give me a friggin break! The majority of new business are small business in the US and they will get a tax break from Obama, thus giving an incentive to start a small business. Forbes just doesn’t want to lose his Bush tax cuts and is using Eisner’s leading question as an opportunity to cry.
Yea, I’m sure those losing their jobs in the economic downturn find Forbes appeal to even more Millions of dollars as honest.
7 comments
ThomasJeffersonwannabe
November 24, 2008 at 10:57 am (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Well Steve Forbes was a founding member of the Neoconservative movement so I would have definitely expected this sort of answer. By the way Steve how is that project for a new american century going? When I become emperor you will find this guy dangling from a tree
Paul Sunstone
November 25, 2008 at 2:52 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Why are you against our massive American transfer of wealth upwards away from the middle class and into the pockets of the rich, Webs? Are you some kind of socialist?
Webs
November 25, 2008 at 4:54 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
No Paul, I like terrorist better. It means Rush Limbaugh doesn’t like me.
ThomasJeffersonwannabe
November 26, 2008 at 4:14 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Limbaugh loves me i get him pills
Webs
November 26, 2008 at 9:00 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
No man he’s just using you… sorry to be the one to break it to you…
george.wiman
November 27, 2008 at 9:53 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
I think you’re a socialist because you told me once; “I’m a Socialist”.
Obama is no more a socialist than Eisenhower was. And why? The max tax in that administration was 91%. Yes, you read that right, it isn’t a misprint.
They’re making it sound like an extra four percent on the layer above $250K is a Stalinist army rolling tanks down Main Street.
Oh, and by the way; Happy Thanksgiving!
Webs
November 27, 2008 at 10:11 pm (UTC -6) Link to this comment
LOL! I always knew you were a crotchety old bastard
That’s crazy about Eisenhower, I didn’t know that. I tried talking to a friend about Obama tax cuts, but it was like hitting a head on a brick wall. “They are redistribution!” Okay… whatever.