Obama Will Spread Your Wealth Around, But Not His
Posted on October 29, 2008
Meet Obama’s aunt Zeituni Onyango. She lives in a run down Boston slum.
Zeituni Onyango, the aunt so affectionately described in Mr Obama’s best-selling memoir Dreams from My Father, lives in a disabled-access flat on a rundown public housing estate in South Boston.A second relative believed to be the long-lost “Uncle Omar” described in the book was beaten by armed robbers with a “sawed-off rifle” while working in a corner shop in the Dorchester area of the city. He was later evicted from his one-bedroom flat for failing to pay $2,324.20 (£1,488) arrears, according to the Boston Housing Court.
The US press has repeatedly rehearsed Mr Obama’s extraordinary odyssey, but the other side of the family’s American experience has only been revealed in parts. Just across town from where Mr Obama made history as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, some of his closest blood relatives have confronted the harshness of immigrant life in America.
Meet Obama’s brother George Hussein Onyango Obama. He lives in a in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi.
Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate’s half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender.
“No-one knows who I am,” he told the magazine, before claiming: “I live here on less than a dollar a month.”
According to Italy’s Vanity Fair his two metre by three metre shack is decorated with football posters of the Italian football giants AC Milan and Inter, as well as a calendar showing exotic beaches of the world.
Vanity Fair also noted that he had a front page newspaper picture of his famous brother – born of the same father as him, Barack Hussein Obama, but to a different mother, named only as Jael.
He told the magazine: “I live like a recluse, no-one knows I exist.”
Embarrassed by his penury, he said that he does not does not mention his famous half-brother in conversation.
“If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed,” he said.
Obama’s brother lives on $1 a month. Meanwhile, Obama is living it up. He is offering a plan to spread your wealth. Perhaps he should practice what he preaches.
Lobo emails to say:
His brother could have lived for 68 months on what Michelle paid to a
stranger on her 20% tip.
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I don’t see any bias on this article at all. Abbey, not sure where your animosity comes from.
How can you say this is a smear when it is reporting facts, and even quotes from his family members?
Well we already know he’s going to take ours but not his. That’s a given. He wants to dismantle capitalism, but he made sure he got his first, didn’t he?
It seems to me that people that support Obama see the truth as someone being bias. The truth is just that the truth. I wish that someone would post how to donate money to this guy. I don’t have much but if have to “spread the wealth” let me do it my way. Let’s keep this guy and the rest of us in prayer is his brother becomes President.
I have deduced a disastrous result of Senator Obama’s economic plan, which no one seems to have explored in the media or via the Internet. It is as follows….
1- Senator Obama purposes to raise taxes to those making yearly over $250.000 by 3%.
The overlooked problem with his proposal, that unfortunately no one has dove into is, Family’s with Children.
What if Family A – Who makes $250.000 yearly, has four small children and a
$400.000 dollar mortgage.
Compared to
Family B – who makes $250.000 yearly, has no children and a $100.000 mortgage.
Senator Obama’s plan is not factoring children who require school costs, larger living quarters, higher insurance’s, food, clothing, daycare and so forth. While those without children, a low mortgage and living in a smaller home, can possibly survive this plan a bit further.
With this Spread the wealth plan, Senator Obama is jeopardizing more than small businesses. It is everything he is saying he will protect. Education, Insurance’s, Children and Home Mortgages.
Will Senator Obama’s plan be different for a bachelor without any children at
$250.000 yearly?
Compared to
A Family of 5 earning $250.000 yearly.
It would take Trillions of dollars yearly to deduce how Senator Obama’s plan would differ from …
A – A Business who’s owner was a self supportive Bachelor.
Or
B- A business who’s owner has children and more costs in which to raise them adequately.
The main discussions of Senator Obama has been spreading the wealth to those less fortunate in their small businesses or endeavors. The term “Taking food from my children’s mouth.” Does seem to apply to his Spread the wealth proposal.
The costs are astronomical when you have children. Being he has two children of his own, I am very surprised that this plan left out what I have entitled
the “Family Clause .”
If you are interested in contacting me with comments, please do so.
metalviolinist@aol.com
My name is Skyler James and I am a student of Psychology, Music Teacher, Writer and Inventor.
I am not a Democrat nor Republican. I am a proud American and concerned home owner.
Please email me your thoughts.
Skyler:
As an accountant and tax analyst, I can tell you that your statements are fundamentally flawed from the beginning. Because you are not an accountant or a tax analyst, this is not necessarily your fault. Please allow me to shed some light on this issue, so that you can become more informed about the subject. Then you can truly make an educated decision, rather than base your decision on second-hand inaccuracies.
1. Let’s start with your statement that Obama is going to raise taxes of those >$250K by 3%. This is false. He is going to raise the “marginal income taxation” of that group by 3%. This means that of the income they bring in up to $250K, their tax rate DOES NOT CHANGE. The rate only changes on the income they make ABOVE $250. Understanding taxes in the US requires full understanding of the progressive rate system.
2. Assume from this point forward, I am speaking of individuals or families making well above $250K.
3. A “Family with children” is afforded far more credits and tax deductions than an “individual” making the same income. Example: Family A with 4 kids recieves a tax credit for each child, plus the standard double exemption deduction for a married couple. They are also able to deduct medical expenses, interest on a mortgage, child care, etc. You see, their essential family expenses are, in large part, NOT subject to tax in this country. So your argument falls to pieces on this point. The single guy does not get child credits, only gets one exemption, and only gets to deduct those expenses which he has, which are likely a much smaller deduction than Family A. Of the expenses you listed, the following are deductible (and not taxed): Education, Indsurance, Mortgage Interest, Daycare. You only pay taxes on what is left of your income AFTER deductions. Then you get credits applied as well. Family A, in all likelihood, will be quite capable of deducting a very large share of their income, leaving them well below the tax increase break point.
4. I just explained how the plan differs, without spending “Trillions of dollars”. Aside from that, his system does not differ that substantially from the current system, except that there are a few extra credits for lower income families, and 3% higher marginal taxes on income above $250K (as stated before, the first $250K stays the same).
I hope this has helped to shore up some of your misconceptions.
Matt Vorwald