Obama, the Wealth Spreader

what future awaits "spread the wealth," a similar bromide uttered by Barack Obama to Joe the Plumber at a rally in Ohio? The history of this expression can also be traced to a movie: Hello, Dolly, released in 1969 and never before now regarded as subversive. But perhaps it deserves a closer look. Full Story »

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Valliappa Lakshmanan
4.2
by Valliappa Lakshmanan - Nov. 6, 2008

Punctures a hole in the argument that Obama's comment about "spreading the wealth" is outside the mainstream. Done with humor and logic

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