Obama, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Politics of ‘Fairness’
11th December 2011
Both Roosevelts railed against those with money as corrupters of all that’s good and fair in America. Both thought the way to return to a “fair” society was by expanding the role of government. And both thought the best way to pay for their efforts was to redistribute the wealth. If that doesn’t sound like Barack Obama, I don’t know what does.
While we are not told what fairness means, we are told the government can attain it.
And, of course, the country pays for all this “fairness” by raising taxes. “Therefore, I believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes, and in another tax which is far more easily collected and far more effective—a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes, properly safeguarded against evasion, and increasing rapidly in amount with the size of the estate.” Teddy said that—even before those taxes existed—but it could have just as easily been Obama.
December 11th, 2011 at 17:36
I hope they left room on Rushmore for Obama’s face next to Teddy’s.
December 11th, 2011 at 19:28
Yeah, he is the next data point in the downward curve.