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Douchebag Republican Offers Lamest Reason Yet to Vote for McCain

For reasons that's aren't clear to me, The National Review Online published a letter from a reader, which supposedly presents why Obama's tax increases on the wealthy are bad for America. The letter reads, in part:

Just thought I'd send some thoughts from small-business America. My husband's business is a canary in the coalmine. When tax policies are favorable to business, he hires more guys, buys more goods, etc. When he is taxed more heavily, he fires people, doesn't buy anything new, etc. Well, duh. So, at the mere thought of a President Obama, he has paid off his debt, canceled new spending, and jotted a list of whom to "let go."

My husband will make sure that we're okay, money-wise, but he won't give himself a paycheck that will just be sent to Washington. He'll make sure that he's not in "rich guy" tax territory. So, he will not spend his money, not show a profit, and scale his workforce down to the bare minimum.

Let me get this straight: his is a reason not to vote for Obama? Because some rich guy (he makes between $200 and $250K) has decided to lay off his workers, scale down his operation, and run his business without trying to make a profit? So he doesn't have to pay an extra two percent of that profit to the government?

So, don't vote for Obama because some douchebag conservatives will tank small businesses out of spite? Well, that's an interesting tact. I'm sure the employees he will be laying off will completely understand.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on September 30, 2008 (boomark / email).