Obama Chose Reagan’s Would-be Assassin’s Lawyer For White House Counsel
Barack Obama has selected Gregory Craig as White House counsel, and he has quite the client list:
- Elian Gonzalez’s father – Craig represented the father who demanded the return of his son after his estranged wife died trying to take Elian to freedom. Most people saw this as a thinly-veiled publicity stunt from Fidel Castro, attempting to embarrass the US. The dispute got resolved when Janet Reno ordered an armed assault on the house where Elian’s family in the US provided him a home.
- John Hinckley, Jr - Craig presented and won the insanity defense that allows Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin to spend weekends with his family now.
- Kofi Annan – The former Secretary-General of the UN hired Craig to defend his interests in the Volcker Commission probe of the Oil-for-Food scandal, which put billions of dollars into Saddam Hussein’s pockets while providing cash for Annan’s son, his deputies, and some allege Annan himself.
- Pedro Gonzalez Pinzon – A Panamanian legislator wanted for murdering an American soldier in 1992. The Dallas Morning News demanded that Obama force Craig to drop the case during the campaign, but no report of whether he did is easily available.
Ed makes another very valid point:
The last person we need in the White House is an attorney who represented assassins, Castro and his goons, corrupt UN executives, and a suspected killer of an American soldier. Those are the people the White House should focus on stopping, not embracing.
This post comes to mind when decisions like this one are made:
Recent events surrounding some of Sen. Obama’s advisors, especially Greg Craig, have prompted many of us to take a closer look into what substance (in any) there might be to Obama’s pronouncements about his ‘transformational’ foreign policy initiatives. First, we should take a look at the advisors he listens to:
Anthony Lake | Susan Rice | Denis McDonough | John Brennan | Gregory Craig | Richard Danzig | Maj. Gen. J. Scott Gration | Ben Rhodes | Gayle Smith | Amb. Jeffrey Bader | Mark Brzezinski | Zbigniew Brzezinski | Joseph Cirincione | Richard Clarke | Roger Cressey | Ivo Daalder | Philip Gordon | Lee Hamilton | Lawrence Korb | Daniel Kutzer | James Ludes | Robert Malley | Patrick Murphy | Samantha Power | Bruce Reidel | Sarah Sewell | Daniel Shapiro | Ted Sorenson | Mona Sutphen
Quite a list, isn’t it? The Obama Power Foreign Policy Team – Ready to Step Up to the Plate and Take Charge, on Day Two, presumably.
An antiwar protester in the 1960s, and In 1991 Craig represented Ted Kennedy and his accused nephew, William Kennedy Smith, in a Florida rape case where the young defendant was acquitted of the charges against him.
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November 17, 2008 - 03:35 PM on November 17th, 2008
That’s what a defense lawyer does.Do you want the criminal justice system changed so that defendants get no legal representation? If you have legitimate quarrels with Pres. elect Obama,that is one thing but there is no need to bring up tripe like that.The foreign policy advisors is legitimate,who Craig defended is not.
November 17, 2008 - 05:05 PM on November 17th, 2008
Well Pete, what would one use to determine if a person is qualified, if not their past? Or is it really just a matter of you not wanting the truth exposed?
November 17, 2008 - 05:29 PM on November 17th, 2008
Pam,did you read my post? Everyone in a legal proceeding should have a lawyer.In that profession,many clients are not people who would be your friends or even people you would hang around with.I said the advisors for Obama’s foreign policy is fair game.Who lawyers have for clients is not.You do know how the justice system works,don’t you?A lawyer serves his clients interests to the best of his or her ability no matter their own feelings or beliefs.You’d want YOUR lawyer to do everything possible for you or loved ones,wouldn’t you?
November 17, 2008 - 05:43 PM on November 17th, 2008
And Gregory Craig, an attorney who represented assassins(Hinckley tied to kill a sitting POTUS), Castro and his goons(Since 1961, the official U.S. policy towards Cuba has been two-pronged: economic embargo and diplomatic isolation. ), corrupt UN executives(Head of US working against United States efforts), and a suspected killer of an American soldier(Military), is the best choice for this position?!?!? Why, because his client list happens to be the who who of We hate America?
Note how all the clients just happened to have been accused of doing something against the interests of this country.
Yes Pete, I do seek the best legal advice…I also don’t surround myself with scum like Gregory Craig…
November 17, 2008 - 06:04 PM on November 17th, 2008
Pam,are those the only clients the man has had.No,it’s not.Like I said,he does what a lawyer is suppose to do,indeed,what he is required to do. The scum,as you put it,is not the lawyer,that you can call the client. I have no problem with calling all those folks scum.People who break the law or are accused of breaking the law get to have the best lawyers they can get.That’s how our judicial system works.Do you want to change the legal system,Pam? Have it so if someone is accused,that’s it,off with heads?You better think real careful on this. I don’t care whether you like Obama or not.You are simply wrong on this issue.Like I said,the advisors you can criticize to your hearts content.But a lawyer should NOT be judged by his clients.
November 17, 2008 - 06:54 PM on November 17th, 2008
Yes, a lawyer should be judged by his clients..That is kinda how one gets their reputation as a lawyer..
Where are you coming up with I want to change the legal system? As I pointed out, this particular attorney has a history of taking clients..plural, not singular, clients that need defence of their actions againt American interests..
I will ask again, is this the only lawyer Obama could chose?
November 17, 2008 - 07:01 PM on November 17th, 2008
Yes, absolutely. Unless one is a Public defender, or is appointed by the Court to take a very unpopular case. But if a lawyer is repeatedly working for vermin by choice, then that lawyer is vermin as well.
Yet another Obama choice that portends disaster with his administration. Obama’s still batting zero…
November 17, 2008 - 09:24 PM on November 17th, 2008
Okay,you’ve convinced me you both must live in Georgia. There are treatments available for paranoia.I recommend you both seek help.
November 17, 2008 - 10:15 PM on November 17th, 2008
I take it that Pete can’t figure out why Gregory Craig was chosen!
November 17, 2008 - 10:18 PM on November 17th, 2008
I guess I should have done some homework Pete! Now I know why Obama chose him:
November 17, 2008 - 10:24 PM on November 17th, 2008
Obama’s batting zero, but we must live in Georgia. No I don’t live in Georgia, but btw, just what is wrong with people who live in Georgia?
November 17, 2008 - 10:25 PM on November 17th, 2008
“In the infamous Elian Gonzalez child custody case of 2000, Craig successfully represented Juan Miguel Gonzalez, …”
Which means effectively he represented Fidel Castro. And if you don’t like that, you must live in Georgia!
November 17, 2008 - 10:46 PM on November 17th, 2008
You can cut and paste all the right wing blog crap you want. Repeating the same mantra as all your other buddies does not mean the facts you state are correct,complete and total.By leaving out facts you became the purveyers of lies and distortions.Our dialogue here is done. If you will not go beyond the borders of your own blogs,you cannot know the entire truth. Very sad you hate so much.
November 17, 2008 - 10:58 PM on November 17th, 2008
Obama can select who he wants for White House Counsel, I only wish he had the good sense to actually get at least one advisor that wasn’t a member of the hate America crowd. I guess that’s too much to ask.
I believe we are headed for a change… to a second or third world standard of living if not an outright Marxist dictatorship in the African model. A dictatorship wherein the dictator runs a fixed election and anyone who opposes him disappears or is murdered by (unofficially of course) government backed thug paramilitaries. Barring that possibility, about the only change between an Obama presidency and Jimmy Carter’s (Didn’t someone mention something about people from Georgia?) will be exactly how far down Obama can cause the economy and the military to corkscrew. It’ll be hard, but with us already being at war, I’m fairly confident that Obama can even exceed the prowess of Carter in making us the laughing stock of the world while sending our economy into a massive tailspin. His choice of advisors (mostly Clinton and Carter retreads) bodes ill for this country.
November 17, 2008 - 11:34 PM on November 17th, 2008
I copied this from right here on this site. I brought up Georgia as a reference to Rep. Broun.You seem to have much in common.
It’s funny how Ed Morrissey tries to bring down a lawyer for the potential crimes of his clients…
Among the people he defended, we have (per Ed):
~Edited by Pam, this info is the source that is linked to at the top of the post..pay attention~ end edit
So the conclusion from Ed:
~ Edited by Pam! This info is in the original post at the top of the page~ End edit
How about if we rewritte the rules of our judicial system to ensure only the lawyers that got an LSAT score less than 150 get to represent potential criminals? Or maybe we should not even allow these accused to have legal advice?
Unless you have proof that Craig has helped his clients in commiting crimes, it would be nice not to use such an argument because it’s only a way to tie bad actions to Craig personally, something which lawyers should have protection from.
That seems clear enough.
This last guy,I don’t know what he’s going on about.The hate America crowd? I’m guessing that includes all Democrats at the least and everyone in Washington DC and beyond is included?
November 17, 2008 - 11:56 PM on November 17th, 2008
I’m going to watch the Daily Show.The information I get fron Jon Stewart is closer to truth than what you try to pass off.Gee,maybe I am a Marxist.
November 18, 2008 - 12:51 AM on November 18th, 2008
Charter member of the Hate America crowd: Ramsey Clark.
November 18, 2008 - 12:54 AM on November 18th, 2008
Once again we see the Left resort to their new Mantra: If you disagree with them, you are a hater. Vote Yes on defending marriage? You’re a hater! Didn’t vote for Obama? That’s because you hate! Don’t like a lawyer who has a penchant for representing vermin? You’re filled with hate! Don’t agree with me? You are an uninformed hater!
November 18, 2008 - 01:09 AM on November 18th, 2008
I met Ramsey Clark when I was a Freshman in College. I was unimpressed. He is a liberal ideologue who can’t face facts that happen to dispute his theories. It probably didn’t help that I was of the opinion that his going to Iran in violation of a presidential travel ban probably made the Iran Hostage crisis worse and the fact that NO action was taken against him for it made the Carter administration look even more impotent than its failure to act on the initial seizure of our embassy had. All in all, Obama is headed down a path that we have already taken. A path to failure on a massive scale, especially considering our current economic problems. Problems that were caused by the Community Reinvestment Act that was instituted under Carter and then ratcheted up under Clinton. Like many liberal programs, it sounds good on the surface, but forcing banks to give mortgages to people without the ability or wherewithal to repay them is inviting the problems that we are currently seeing.
BTW Pete, I’ve been on this blog for over a year. You are the newcomer here, and obviously an Obamanoid. I bet you even think Obama was head of his law class at Harvard. I’m not saying that he wasn’t, only that since he hasn’t released any of his academic records, at least the last I had heard, to ascribe top of his class honors to someone who edited a law review without even writing a single piece for it seems like a bit of a stretch. Surely if he is the mental monolith that you assert that he is, his opinions would’ve been far superior to that of his peers. We don’t happen to have an evidence of that as he hasn’t published anything save his memoirs which indicate a preference for the company of Marxists, drug users, domestic terrorists, malcontents and social misfits. Those ARE the people he CHOSE to hang out with in high school, college and afterwards. You want the truth? There it is. His choice of friends is that of Marxists, drug users, social misfits and domestic terrorists. People know you by the company that you keep. Those are the people he chose to keep company with.
November 18, 2008 - 06:04 AM on November 18th, 2008
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November 18, 2008 - 07:05 AM on November 18th, 2008
Hey Pete, I guess you never read the original post..I linked to Ed and even said his name…are you from Alabama
November 18, 2008 - 07:17 AM on November 18th, 2008
And again, Craig has a habit of defending this type of client…There are many attorneys out there that are better qualified than he is, to be the White House Counsel
November 18, 2008 - 08:34 AM on November 18th, 2008
Actually,maybe you better read what I pasted.It’s a comment to Ed’s remarks by someone else.I see your problem now.You don’t hate,you just can’t comprehend what you read.I guess you follow Rep. Broun from Georgia.He doesn’t read well either.And Ramsey Clarke? I must’ve missed that part..Obamanoid?…LOL…Oh yeah,that’s me okay. Yes,I’m new here but not on the planet.Good lord people,get a hobby.And no,I’m not from Alabama or live there. Maybe north a bit. If you wanted 4 more years like the last eight,I guess you should have convinced more people to vote republican.You all did vote,didn’t you? I’m happy about how the election turned out. Do you all do this every time a Democrat wins or do you do this to whoever is elected?How do you see local politics or do you concentrate on national offices?
November 18, 2008 - 08:40 AM on November 18th, 2008
Robert,you say Ramsey Clark is a “charter member of the hate America crowd” and then you say if you don’t agree with the left they call you a hater. Do you know what you write or copy it from a script?
November 18, 2008 - 08:42 AM on November 18th, 2008
What is your definition of an “obamanoid? I guess before I decide if I am one,I need to know what the word means to you.I think I know what it means but I need to know how you define it.
November 18, 2008 - 09:17 AM on November 18th, 2008
Pete, I did read you post before editing it..you linked to the links I had already given..pay attention..I didn’t change any of your links, nor did I take your commentary out..what I took out was the info that I already posted above..
I see you still can’t come up with a reason for his appointment..
November 18, 2008 - 11:01 AM on November 18th, 2008
Pete, do you know who Ramsey Clark is? He is an extreme pos. Because of what he does, NOT just because I “disagree” with him. And yes, I despise Ramsey Clark and hate him. As any Patriot should.
November 18, 2008 - 11:15 AM on November 18th, 2008
I do know who he is but I don’t know what a”pos” is.Maybe you could tell me? I don’t hate people on the other side of whatever issue I’m discussing.Hate clouds the mind.I may not like them very much but we are all entitled to our views.It is,after all,what makes this the greatest country in the world.With all I’ve read so far,with what I have heard discussed,from many different view points,you have not convinced me Obama is anything but a Democrat who you don’t like.Not one bit.Maybe next election in 2010 you can organize and change the direction you feel the country is going.
November 18, 2008 - 11:28 AM on November 18th, 2008
Pam,no,you didn’t or you would not reply like you did. Any explanation provided for you would fall on deaf ears,would it not.Your mind is made up but you have not convinced me with your analogies.Your basic premise I cannot agree with.Many people I hired did not conform to my political beliefs but I hired them because they were good at the job and they followed my policy,not theirs. I have not provided any alternate reason than yours for his appointment because I honestly don’t know what the reasoning was for his appointment. I seriously doubt it was because of what you judge the reason to be.
November 18, 2008 - 11:36 AM on November 18th, 2008
Yes, I did Pete and as I explained, you linked to links I already provided as well as the text from the links that I provided..You seem to keep going in circles..You finally answered the question..you don’t know the reasoning for hiring Craig..
November 18, 2008 - 11:51 AM on November 18th, 2008
That’s right Pam and you don’t either.You have an opinion and that you are entitled to but you do not know the reason either.And,if you read my post,you did not comprehend it.Maybe that’s my fault. Have you been this up in arms about the Bush policies? Just curious where you stand there.
November 18, 2008 - 12:11 PM on November 18th, 2008
I am up in arms over the spending,bailouts, amnesty policy, federal marriage amendment, and getting involved in the Schaivo case..we have a link to the archives, which is the recorded history of where I stand..
November 18, 2008 - 12:24 PM on November 18th, 2008
Okay,thanks. I was just reading some of your stuff on the prop 8 issue in Cal. on this site.Did anyone take you up on sending gays into south central LA to burn and protest the vote? That was a good one! I don’t know where I stand on that.I’m thinking I’d like the government to stay out of my bedroom but I don’t really understand what rights you lose with civil unions as opposed to marriage . I know there are always several sides to an issue and I’ll listen to all of them eventually…..maybe….new ones seem to spring up faster than I am able to assimilate.Its a difficult world we live in and getting more complicated all the time.I need another nap.
November 18, 2008 - 12:33 PM on November 18th, 2008
I just saw something some where else that 34% of Republicans did not vote in this election because they could not stomach either candidate.Would you know if this is a wild-arsed guess or if there is something to it? I wonder how many Democrats did the same.Do you buy that and would you be part of the group who stayed home? If that’s too personal,I understand a non answer.Yes,I know,not on track with the topic.
November 18, 2008 - 12:45 PM on November 18th, 2008
I don’t think 34% is correct, in fact, I think it is way off, but I will go through some materials I have..We did have at least 30% of the voting population that did stay home..
I voted against Obama
November 18, 2008 - 01:08 PM on November 18th, 2008
Pete
I’ll get the info and post it to this thread tonight..have my 3 year old niece for the rest of the day…blogging isn’t in her plans..going to get a cookie and checking out the mall is..
November 18, 2008 - 01:16 PM on November 18th, 2008
Ramsey Clark’s actions over the last ~20 years = rabidly anti-American, America-hater= pos (piece of shit)
That help your understanding Pete?
November 18, 2008 - 01:25 PM on November 18th, 2008
Pam,understood and thanks in advance. A 3 year old most assuredly takes precedence over an old fart like me especially when they want a cookie.
November 18, 2008 - 01:36 PM on November 18th, 2008
Robert,it does.Thanks.Does he have a place with the Obama team? I had not read that. I would not condemn a lawyer for clients or remarks defending the client.That is what a lawyer does.I do agree with you though,many of his remarks are not in that context and do support a view I am not comfortable with or share.He has a right to his opinion and you have a right to call him a POS. I do not think I would disagree with that.
November 18, 2008 - 05:00 PM on November 18th, 2008
Pete, take a look at Report: ‘08 turnout same as or only slightly higher than ’04, it is from the 6th, so some data has changed, but I don’t think it brings the percentage up anywhere near 30%… There is no question that a block of Republicans sat home this year…I really don’t think that 34% is correct though! Hope that helps!
November 18, 2008 - 05:54 PM on November 18th, 2008
Thanks,I think it will help me research that number.I don’t think it’s anywhere near that either but I’m sure many did stay home. I didn’t think he ran a very good campaign but then,you probably could have guessed I would say that.I hope the 3 year old had a good time at the mall and got her cookie.My 2 youngest(identical twin young ladies) are sophmores at Indiana University and a constant joy in my life as are all my kids.I know,wrong forum. LOL. Thanks again for the info.It’ll take me quite awhile to digest it all.
November 19, 2008 - 07:50 PM on November 19th, 2008
I would like to submit a more complete list of clients this guy has represented.I don’t think this will change anyone’s mind but I would want this included in the information about this guy.I know it is a lot of reading.
A trial lawyer with extensive experience in a wide variety of cases, Greg Craig has successfully defended individuals and entities in a number of high-profile criminal and civil proceedings.
Civil Litigation: Examples of Mr. Craig’s civil litigation experience include the following:
In 2000, Mr. Craig successfully represented Elian Gonzalez’s father, Mr. Juan Miguel Gonzalez, in administrative and court proceedings involving Mr. Gonzalez’s effort to regain custody of his son, Elian. Also in 2000, Mr. Craig helped lead the trial team representing Warnaco in contract/license litigation with Calvin Klein and his company. In 1999, Mr. Craig represented a major corporation in a trial in which a senior executive brought suit against the company alleging age discrimination. Most recently, Mr. Craig represented the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in connection with the Volcker Commission’s investigation of the Oil-for-Food Programme at the U.N.
During the last fifteen years, Mr. Craig has represented a variety of foreign individuals and entities who have required advice and assistance with various U.S. government agencies, to list just a few: the Consular Bureau in the State Department, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Office of Foreign Asset Control in the Treasury Department, and the Securities and Exchange Commission. For example, Mr. Craig represented two Chicago policemen in extradition proceedings in federal court in Chicago and brought a declaratory judgment action on their behalf in federal court in Washington, D.C. which resulted in a trial court ruling declaring the U.S. extradition statute of 1856 unconstitutional.
From 1978 to 1979, Mr. Craig represented Alexander Solzhenitsyn in a libel case in federal court in San Francisco. In 1977, he brought suit on behalf of one of the first (and lead) plaintiffs in the swine flu litigation that was subsequently consolidated by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. From 1973 to 1975, working with Edward Bennett Williams, Mr. Craig represented the clubs of the National Hockey League in antitrust litigation involving the World Hockey Association. From 1972 to 1974, working with Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Mr. Craig represented the Washington Post Company and various reporters in connection with the Watergate scandal and the grand jury investigation of Vice President Spiro Agnew.
Criminal Litigation: Examples of Mr. Craig’s criminal litigation experience include the following:
Mr. Craig has represented numerous American corporations and corporate executives who have been the subjects of grand jury investigations and/or who have also been charged with criminal offenses.
In 1990, Mr. Craig represented Senator Edward M. Kennedy as a witness in the trial of his nephew, William Kennedy Smith, in Palm Beach, Florida. In 1983 to 1984, working with Edward Bennett Williams, Mr. Craig represented a prominent businessman who was charged with tax evasion in federal court in Miami. In 1981 to 1982, working with Vince Fuller, Mr. Craig represented John Hinckley who was charged with the attempted assassination of President Reagan. In 1978 to 1980, also with Edward Bennett Williams, Mr. Craig represented a prominent businessman charged with bribing a D.C. government official. In 1977, he represented the first FBI agent ever to be indicted, who was accused of illegal wiretapping, breaking and entering, and mail opening in connection with the FBI investigation of the Weather Underground. That same year, working with Edward Bennett Williams, Mr. Craig represented a former Director of Central Intelligence, who was under grand jury investigation for perjury in his 1973 testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In 1975, he represented an individual charged with arson in a six week trial in federal court in Connecticut.
Other Experience: In three stints away from Williams & Connolly LLP, Mr. Craig has served in government in a variety of capacities:
In September 1998, President Clinton appointed Mr. Craig to be Assistant to the President and Special Counsel in the White House where Mr. Craig served as quarterback of the President’s team that was assembled to defend against impeachment. Mr. Craig was also a member of the President’s trial team in the United States Senate and presented the President’s defense with respect to Count One during that trial.
In 1997, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright appointed Mr. Craig to be one of her senior advisors, and he served the Secretary as her Director of Policy Planning during the years 1997 to 1998.
For five years (1984-1988), he served as Senator Edward Kennedy’s Senior Advisor on Defense, Foreign Policy and National Security issues.
Mr. Craig also has taught trial practice at both Yale Law School (1975-1976) and Harvard Law School (1981-1984).
November 19, 2008 - 08:02 PM on November 19th, 2008
I tried to send a better record of this guys clients but maybe it was to much.Try this unless it shows up later. LOL. I can’t believe I’m so bad at this stuff.
http://www.wc.com/attorney-GregoryCraig.html – 23k
November 19, 2008 - 08:12 PM on November 19th, 2008
Well,that worked just fine,didn’t it…lol..you have to click on attorneys and scroll down to his name.There they list his history.A lot of work for very little but it will get a more complete list of his clients.
November 19, 2008 - 08:18 PM on November 19th, 2008
I was able to retrieve the info from spam queue..sometimes it snags long ones, or ones with more than 3-4 links, or sometimes it just grabs them..alls good though..your posts are up!
November 19, 2008 - 08:20 PM on November 19th, 2008
It showed up.I’m much to impatient. Too much caffeine. Obviously.Thanks Pam,I got your explanation.
November 20, 2008 - 12:39 AM on November 20th, 2008
An Obamanoid is someone who is so enamored with Obama that he can’t even see let alone admit when Obama is making a boneheaded mistake. Sort of like the commentator who told Don Imus that Obama’s IQ was off the charts but had no real idea what it was. Not hard to understand since none of Obama’s records of any sort have been released to the public.
I personally did not vote FOR John McCain as much as I voted against Obama. And in truth, I didn’t vote against Obama, I voted against his bad policies, and his continual lying about his positions. He might be a perfectly nice guy, but he’s not suitable to be President. He has no executive background with final decision experience at all. He has VERY strong Marxist beliefs. Beliefs that have been shown time and again to be recipes for disaster.
He says he supports the Second Amendment, but votes against allowing people to defend themselves in their own homes, speaks out against concealed carry permits, and advocates the banning of all Semi automatic firearms and all handguns. That’s NOT supporting the Second Amendment.
He claims to be pro life, then votes 4 times to deny medical assistance to babies who survive a botched abortion attempt and says that deciding when a child receives basic human rights is “Above his paygrade”. I’m not anti abortion, but there is something wrong with putting the woman’s right to decide to have an abortion above the right of a living child to medical attention is just wrong.
He claims that he wants to spread the wealth (a classic Marxist claim) but makes millions while his aunt lives in the US illegally (as an attorney couldn’t he have at least filed an appeal and acted as her sponsor?) in public housing. His half brother live in a hut in Kenya on less than $1 a month. I guess he wants to spread someone else’s wealth.
He lacks the basic business acumen to understand the impact of raising taxes on businesses that has been shown time and again. Taxes are a business expense, and not a productive one. The single largest expense that any company has other than cost of goods sold is payroll. Payroll is the single largest controllable expense. That being said, whenever a business is hit with an uncontrollable increase in expenses such as increased tax rates, Payroll has to be reduced to make up the difference. How do you reduce payroll? You eliminate (FIRE) employees. (This increases UNEMPLOYMENT RATES) Once you have eliminated as many employees as possible without impact revenues, you must increase revenues to make up any shortfall between your revenues and expenses. The only way to do that is to raise prices. (This is called INFLATION.) A company has to be careful about raising prices too significantly because sales will drop off if the price becomes too high. It’s called the point of diminishing returns. The business tax rate increases that Obama is proposing WILL result in higher unemployment and higher prices. To stimulate the economy, lower tax rates are much more effective. Because of the increased productivity resulting from the lower tax rates, the government will actually receive MORE revenues. That’s not rocket science, simple historical fact. Tax rates in this country have surpassed the point of diminishing returns. As we are currently bringing in far more revenues to the government than during the Clinton administration, the two causes of a deficit are the necessity of actually funding the military, and the wasteful spending of Congress (both parties are to blame). When record revenues come in but are exceeded by expenditures (lots of pork), the problem isn’t with the revenue generation end, it’s with the spending end. Too much spending is the problem, not too little.
November 20, 2008 - 01:12 AM on November 20th, 2008
I kinda thought the answer would be something like that.That is not me.I disagree with some of what you say,don’t believe some of the other,don’t know enough to say about some and don’t care about some of the other.There were also some things I agreed with you on.All in all,I’m not as alarmed as you about what happens after Jan. 20th as I am about getting to jan. 20th.You write really well though,much better than I for sure.
November 20, 2008 - 02:24 PM on November 20th, 2008
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