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Title: BIG BROTHER Obama's wants Government "Price Signals" "Change Your Behavior"
Post by: megimoo on November 02, 2008, 04:48:06 PM
Obama Wants 'Price Signals' to 'Change Behavior' (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bueCxeXZAUU&eurl=http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31781_Obama_Wants_Price_Signals_to_Change_Behavior

In an interview on Iowa Public TV in 2007, Barack Obama advocated sending “price signals” to middle class consumers in order to “change their behavior.” “Price signals” being an Orwellian code word for punitive taxes and fees. And Obama doesn’t seem to care much who it would hurt.
Title: Re: BIG BROTHER Obama's wants Government "Price Signals" "Change Your Behavior"
Post by: Thor on November 02, 2008, 07:11:11 PM
Can we say, "An exhorbitant tax on cigarettes, other tobacco products, liquor, fast food, and even an increase in the gasoline tax" ??
Title: Re: BIG BROTHER Obama's wants Government "Price Signals" "Change Your Behavior"
Post by: rich_t on November 02, 2008, 07:13:22 PM
Quote from: Thor on November 02, 2008, 07:11:11 PM
Can we say, "An exhorbitant tax on cigarettes, other tobacco products, liquor, fast food, and even an increase in the gasoline tax" ??

You can say all of that and more.  The government has already mandated what kind of light bulbs you will have to purchase in the future and they are a lot more expensive than the current incadesent type
Title: Re: BIG BROTHER Obama's wants Government "Price Signals" "Change Your Behavior"
Post by: RightCoast on November 02, 2008, 07:19:34 PM
Wait until he imposes a 400% "Right to Keep & Bear Arms" tax.


"I didn't take your guns, you just can't afford them anymore."
Title: Re: BIG BROTHER Obama's wants Government "Price Signals" "Change Your Behavior"
Post by: docstew on November 02, 2008, 08:24:35 PM
and the 1000% tax on ammo... the Constitution says nothing about ammo, just the arms