Don’t need warrior for middle class

Here comes the second Obama stimulus bill even though the first one in 2009 didn’t work.

He touted the exact verbiage of how we needed infrastructure repair and how it would create jobs, and the result was a jobless rate that soared even higher. Later, he even laughed that the shovel-ready jobs weren’t as shovel-ready as they thought. And yet, he presents another bill that is a rerun of 2009 except this time he wants to raise taxes on millionaires. He wants them to pay their fair share.

He doesn’t tell you that Warren Buffett pays capital gains while his secretary is paying income tax, which is like comparing apples to oranges. No, he just wants to be a warrior for the middle class.

Well, we don’t need a warrior. We need a president who understands economics and knows how to create jobs — not class warfare. I am all for a flat tax with the loopholes closed. But I do not begrudge people who worked hard and made money. It is so un-American to target a group of people under the guise of fair share just because Obama wants to spend more money.

Also, how about the hidden taxes that his new stimulus places on the middle class? He’s not so open about disclosing those taxes, is he?

Gail Rose

Huntley