I bet the Obama Web scrubbers are on it already. They’re everywhere.

To say that corporations are “inherently evil” betrays the kind of simple minded left wing economic ignorance which unfortunately is the soup of the day.

It is clear from Obama’s tax agenda that he dislikes big business and envisions a shift in balance in favor of small mom ‘n’ pop operations. Because big box retail is destroying our souls, right?

A quick lesson in basic economics for Obama – because of the economies of scale, big business is, in general, able to manufacture and distribute goods and services to us at much lower prices than small businesses can. They also do it with less energy expenditure per unit (you’d think the Greens would be excited about that, but you’d be wrong).

The relatively low price of our everyday mass produced essentials accounts for a substantial part of our prosperity. If Obama hikes the taxes of big business, they’ll pass that extra “production cost” onto us. For proof, observe the recent increase in consumer prices when fuel prices rose.

And when consumer goods are more expensive, who is hit hardest? The poorest members of society of course. I thought the left was supposed to care about the poor?

Not only that, but small businesses will suffer as weekly household budgets begin to edge out the kinds of goods and services that they provide. With a higher weekly grocery bill, some will find themselves having haircuts less frequently, doing odd jobs themselves and taking matters of pest control into their own hands. Luxury items will take a hit.

Small businesses have a high rate of failure and many operate on narrow margins of profit, especially in their early stages. Many will not survive the drop in revenues which will result from Obama’s tax hikes on big business.

One way or another, we will all pay for Obama’s tax hikes whether in the form of higher prices, layoffs, or the movement of capital to other countries. The economy will suffer greatly in the long run. You do not raise anybody’s taxes during a recession, especially on those who manufacture and distribute our daily essentials. Everyone knows this – it’s common sense. But Obama, like most socialistic leftists, doesn’t have common sense.

He sees the economy as a stage on which to perform morality plays about “greed” and “sharing.” Who cares about the long term economic effects of plundering the wealth of the most productive, just as long as we’re making a point about excess, right?

Someone should also tell Obama about the kind of economic consequences unions have forced upon us over the years. When a union coerces wage levels which are higher than market rates, the consumer pays for that too. And since the consumer is paying more for one thing, that means they have less to spend on another thing, which means job losses. Unemployment and price inflation – what’s not to like?

Similarly, an enforce minimum wage merely prices out of the market those whose labor is not worth that much. More unemployment.

The trouble with the population these days is that on the whole they are no more intellectually advanced than medieval peasants. Back in those days, their problems – disease epidemics, crop failures – were blamed on evil spirits. The answer was seen in the worship of “good” spirits who could defeat the bad ones. Now, everyone blames their problems on the “evil” capitalists and corporations – and the answer is seen in the worship of big government, whom they hope will step in, fight the evil fat cats and solve everything.

Another intellectual Renaissance is needed.

John Bolton – flawed? He really sees John Bolton as flawed?

How can people so backward keep from falling down stairs and bashing their soft heads open?

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