Pelosi, Reid and Dodd have not given details on their breathing tax bill for C02 emissions yet, but expect to draw roughly $1.8 trillion per year off the scheme for social program funding. In other news, The Pittsburgh Steelers will lose three of its Super Bowl trophies...
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Pittsburgh, PA. The Super Bowl XLIII Champion Pittsburgh Steelers, the only team to win six titles, will soon be losing half of those trophies. After a meeting between NFL Commissioner Rodger Gadel and President Barack Obama, Obama decided to redistribute half of their Super Bowl victories and trophies to less fortunate teams in the league.
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We live everyday in the country that invented the Super Bowl." said Obama "We are not about to lose this Great American tradition in the wake of these difficult times." Obama"s plan calls for the Steelers, who are a successful NFL team, to give half of their Super Bowl trophies to teams that are not successful, or have not been as successful as the Steelers. "The Detroit Lions are just as much a part of the same fiber of the NFL as the Steelers and they should, no rather, "will" be entitled to a Super Bowl Trophy as well."
The Pittsburgh Steelers, by virtue of hard work, excellent team play, stellar draft choices, responsible investing in free agents, careful hiring of coaches and excellent community service and commitment to their fans, has prospered greatly during the past 30 years and have won six Super Bowl Trophies. But President Barack Obama"s plan calls for the Pittsburgh Steelers to carry the larger burden of the NFL"s less successful teams. Obama went on to further proclaim, "In these difficult times we are all in this to work together. We must reclaim the NFL Championship Dream for every team, for every city and for every fan."
"My plan will not affect 31 of the 32 teams in the league." Obama assures -- over 95 percent of the teams in the NFL will not have to worry about losing any Super Bowl Trophies. "The worst teams in the NFL and the teams that can"t seem to get a break and win a championship will no longer have to worry about going without a title." Obama promises. "We are a country and league of hope. We all need to make a change. It does not matter the color of the teams uniforms, the personal decisions that the teams make or their performance, but rather if they are a member of this great American league."
The Super Bowl XLIII trophy will be redistributed to the 0-16 Detroit Lions. Through no fault of their own incompetence, the Lions could not manage a victory all season and this trophy will help ease the pain of their lack of performance and give them hope once again. The redistribution of Super Bowl XL trophy will go directly to the Steeler"s division rival the Cincinnati Bengals. The Bengals who also have fallen on hard times have never won a Super Bowl. This victory will bring a smile to hundreds of Bengal fans all over the world as they can now celebrate. Finally, one of the Steeler"s two Super Bowl victories over the Dallas Cowboys will go back to the Cowboys since the league needs to provide hope in the face of difficulty and provide hope in the face of uncertainty. "This is a heavy burden for the Steelers, but together we can all prosper."
All hope is not lost for Pittsburgh fans, Obama has another plan in mind. Obama has met with MLB commissioner Bud Selig on a similar plan. The New York Yankees will redistribute two of their world series trophies to the Pittsburgh Pirates in recognition of their 16 straight losing seasons. This plan will help stimulate the Pirates and enable them to regain the American Dream. Barack Obama will be meeting with the NHL and Michael Phelps in the upcoming weeks as this issue is high on his agenda for "Hope and Change."
RE: Steelers to lose 3 of their Super Bowl Trophies!
Goes along with the Texas Tech Econ Professor's Socialism Grading.
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RE: Steelers to lose 3 of their Super Bowl Trophies!
I suspect that using the Steelers to ilustrate this point was not incidental.
The reality is that such redistribution schemes are only done by a stealer.
I'm not a rich man, but I can see the stupidity and unfairness of such plans. In my own state, as in most states, there is a drive to reduce spending within the state government. No one necessarily wants a reduction in services, but the times necessitate it.
The pubic employee unions are hollering from the rooftops. One of their TV ads states that people who make a million dollars a year are paying the same state tax rate as ordinary wage earners. They are right...they are.
Now, for ease in understanding, lets assume that state tax rate is 10%. If a person earns $50,000 a year, he would pay $5,000 in state tax. If another person earns $1,000,000 a year, he would pay 10% or $100,000. The millionaire is already paying 20 times the tax and these liberal unions think he ought to pay more?
Let's turn that around another way. Lets say that one liberal union man makes $50,000 per year and another only makes $25,000 per year. When it comes time for a raise, each gets a 10% raise. Right away, the guy who makes $25,000 realizes that his fellow worker who earns $50,000 is getting twice the raise and cries foul. I would be willing to bet that the liberal union guy who earns $50,000 per year would think that is fair....even though he gets twice the raise. And he would be correct, it is fair. In the same way the millionaire above thinks that he is paying his fair share already. He too, is correct.
Seems to me that everyone wants to work the system in a way that benefits him. A lot of people aren't intersted in fairness, they are just interested in getting what belongs to someone else. Income redistribution is stealing. It is just that simple.
Even though I myself am not rich, I want my children and grandchildren to have the potential to become rich. Income redistribution takes that away. We all want to grow this economy. Obama and his crowd need to learn thatwealth is not created by making more government jobs. It is created by rewarding hard work and investment.
If you are unemployed and need a job, you don't go to a poor man to ask for one because he can't hire you. We need wealthier entrepreneurs for that. Seems to me that they might become an endangered species in the current scheme of things.
Steelers to lose 3 of their Super Bowl Trophies!
