Obama’s Pledge Up In Smoke

 

It has not even been 100 days in office and we are already seeing President Obama breaking pledges he had made in his historic race to the White House.  If you are unaware of what I am writing in regards to then the chances of you not being a smoker is pretty high as the largest increase in tobacco taxes took effect despite Obama’s promise not to raise taxes of any kind on families earning under $250,000 or individuals under $200,000. 

I can make a firm pledge…Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase.  Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes…you will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime…”— Barack Obama, Sept. 12, 2008, Dover, N.H.

According to reports Government and private research has found that smoking rates are higher among people of low income.  I have to wonder what the lower income smoking supporters of Obama are thinking right now.  The answer is they are thinking nothing because the media is not calling for the public persecutions of Obama enlarge part to the liberal media bias in our society. 

 

Unfortunately at this point in time I am feeling the costs associated with increasing the cost of cigarettes but who was not prepared for this?  The truth of the matter is Obama will continue to break the pledges he so passionately campaigned upon because he is a salesman, he told the American public what they wanted to hear and now due to the ignorance of the majority we will face the repercussions of that frightening decision.

 

Though I wonder how the low income smokers will cope as smoking is an addiction and when it comes to paying bills or buying a pack of cigarettes many people will set their priorities on the cancer sticks.  This is not an assumption this is a reality and for that we can proudly thank Obama for making the poor poorer.

Holding The Messiah Accountable

A recent poll (The Harris Poll ®, March 23, 2009), was conducted with the majority of Americans (53%) giving President Obama a negative rating with his performance on the economy.  The poll was of 2,355 U.S. adults surveyed online between March 9 and 16, 2009 by Harris Interactive ®.

 

Amazingly enough is the “hope” of younger Americans (aged 18-32) who gave Obama the highest marks with a positive rating of 54% followed by 47% of those aged 33-44, 45% of those aged 45-63 and 44% of the aged 64 and older.  How ironic is it that the older those polled are, the lower the rating it is for Obama?  Who says not to respect your elders?

 

Truth of the matter is there will not be significant changes in the economic state we are in and the changes Obama and his administration want to make will result in taxpayer’s feeling the pinch in their pockets.  I cannot help but chuckle to myself when hearing individuals who are in complete and utter shock in the fact their financial situation is still the same.  I know, I know, but Mr. Slinkard, it’s only been 60 plus days, give it time is probably what you’re thinking. 

 

I am tired of hearing Obama lying through his lips and telling people this is going to take time, this is something that will not cost nothing, for those who voted for Obama and were duped by him, let’s get two things straight, right now.  First, Obama’s well-articulated speeches oversimplified his ability to lead our country in this economic crisis.  Second, when Obama says that nothing is free, what he really means is this is going to cost the American public a butt load of money.  People blamed the Bush administration of using fear tactics to manipulate the American public, but where is the media, where is the groups speaking out on Obama that were speaking out on Bush?  Well, they’re kind of like Obama’s productive economic plan—MIA.