By Joy Tiz ——Bio and Archives--December 14, 2009
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“The economic speech took place Tuesday at the Brookings Institute, the generally left-leaning think tank in Washington. The president put unusual emphasis on—and showed unusual sympathy for—Americans in business, specifically small businesses. ‘Over the past 15 years, small businesses have created roughly 65% of all new jobs in America,’ he said. ‘These are companies formed around kitchen tables in family meetings, formed when an entrepreneur takes a chance on a dream, formed when a worker decides it's time she became her own boss.’ This is how Republicans, moderates and centrists think, and talk. “ “The president claimed success in reducing taxes—‘This fall, I signed into law more than $30 billion in tax cuts for struggling businesses"—and announced a new cut: ‘We're proposing a complete elimination of capital gains taxes on small business investment along with an extension of write-offs to encourage small businesses to expand in the coming year.’ He called it ‘worthwhile’ to create a new ‘tax incentive to encourage small businesses to add and keep employees’." “All this was striking, and seemed an implicit concession that tax levels affect economic activity. It was as if he were waving his arms and saying,’Hey taxpayer, I'm not your enemy!’ The only reason a president would find it necessary to deliver such a message is if he just found out taxpayers do think he's the enemy. The emphasis on what it takes to start and build a business, seemed if nothing else, a bowing t o reality. And if you're going to bow to something, it might as well be reality.”Yes, Peggy. That’s it. In less than a year, Obama saw the light and is now abandoning his rabid anti-capitalist ways for the good of the nation.
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Joy was born in Chicago, long enough ago to remember when many democrats were actually normal people who were just wrong about everything. Joy holds a M.Sc. in psychology and a JD in law. Joy hosts The Joy Tiz Show Wednesdays at 2 pm Pacific/5 pm Eastern.
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