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"We grudge no man a fortune in civil life if it is honorably obtained and well used. It is not even enough that it should have been gained without doing damage to the community. We should permit it to be gained only so long as the gaining represents benefit to the community.... The really big fortune, the swollen fortune, by the mere fact of its size, acquires qualities which differentiate it in kind as well as in degree from what is possessed by men of relatively small means. Therefore, I believe in a graduated income tax on big fortunes, and … a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes, properly safeguarded against evasion, and increasing rapidly in amount with the size of the estate."
Teddy Roosevelt was a Socialist?????? I suppose McCarthy was a liberal and Hitler was a Communist.
You've got it all wrong. All of those people are liberal/communist/socialist/fascists. Maybe radical Islamic Muslims too. Don't you understand that there's no difference between any of them? You just don't read the PC board here often enough--shame on you!
I meant that socialist poke as tongue in cheek
since he espouses what most conservatives would view as anathema for a Republican president...
thanks for the link to the US News article--
love the last portion of Roosevelt's speech "Those who oppose reform will do well to remember that ruin in its worst form is inevitable," he said, "if our national life brings us nothing better than swollen fortunes for the few and the triumph in both politics and business of a sordid and selfish materialism."
It can be said of Roosevelt's critics, then and now, that they reveal themselves when attacking him.
Last edited by loves2read; 02-24-2011 at 10:23 PM..
Well my jewels of ignorance, there isn't enough other people's stuff to pay for the government spending binge, pensions and so forth.
You can do more than tax the rich, you can take all they own and if you applied it to the national debt of 14 trillion you'd still have nearly 13 trillion to pay off.
So, get your wallets out and cut a check for your part the US TREASURY in honor for your concern for the unions, social programs and illegals on the system.
You should also buy your neighbor a car and pay for the insurance and gas as well.
AMAZING! Like children IMO.
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