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Nothing newsworthy or political about this -- just a little entertainment.  The artist is Julia Nunes, a Fairport teen who has become a YouTube sensation.

"From each, according  to his ability; to each, according to his need"

"I think  when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."

One  of these quotes I heard this morning, and immediatly thought of  the  other. The problem with them is that its straight from the  Karl Marx book of  Socialism.

So many times in this campaign  for president, Obama has said things much to  this effect and has  not been called out on it in any main stream media outlet.  Handing  the reins of this country to him would send America into a tailspin  of  which we may not be able to recover from.

Stepping  away from the Marxist  view of "spreading the wealth," lets look  at the tax plan for a minute.

In  his plan, only companies making $250,000 or more would  see a tax  rate. That seems great for you and me right? We make up the 95%  who  wont see a tax increase. WRONG!

Big  buisness is something that we all use everyday. Whether it be at  the gas station, or at Wal-Mart, Wendy's. When Obama's new tax  plan goes into  affect, these companies will immediatly raise their  prices. CORPORATIONS DO NOT  PAY TAXES! WE, WE PAY THEIR TAXES!  Coporations will not take a hit on their  profits. They need to  pay everyone down the line as well. So much for not seeing  an  increase.

Small business wont escape  the taxes either. First of all,  Obama's number of $250,000 is  too vague. Does that mean gross or net business  income. Does that  include the inventory that any store needs to carry?

That  not withstanding. Small companies have to buy from big companies.  Therefore, they'll be paying more. I like going to my local gun  store. Its  small, and costs a little more than the big box store,  but the tips and advice I  get make up the difference. When these  companies have to pay more for their  product, how are they going  to make up for it?

They can raise their prices. However,  that will make more people go to the  bigger stores, and forgo  the advice aspect for the deal. They could lay off  employees.  However, that will add to the unemployment numbers, and drive up  number of people having to rely more on the government.

How  about that. Even when Obama is trying not to show is socialism,  it comes  out in the end. The more people that have to rely on  the government, the more  power the government has over the people.

We've already given $700 billion to Wall St. Lets not let  socialism take over  anymore.

I'm Guy, a lifelong conservitive,  and I'll be voting against Socialism

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There is a lot of frustration that I see with the way this financial crisis is being handled in Washington.

Our government is taking steps to turn our country to socialism. I had thought that both Democrats and Republicans had agreed that we wanted to live in a capitalist country. What I see is a sellout from both sides of our system, for votes. These people want to make it look like they are doing something to solve the financial crisis so bad, that they are willing to do the worst things possible.

In what was our economic system, when you made a mistake, you were allowed to fail. That was the risk of success. That fear kept the system in check. There is now no downside to greed. LET THEM FAIL! It’s the American way or it was…

Does this really reflect the thinking of McCain supporters -- complete ignorant, uninformed and prejudice?

Here's some Fact Check links:

• Regarding the accusation of Obama's ties to terrorists.
• On the allegations that he is a secret Muslim.

As for the allegation that Obama is a socialist -- McCain supporters have no room to Talk.  McCain supported the Wall Street bailout, as well, and it was McCain who pushed through campaign reform legislation that was later found to be partly unconstitutional.

Here's a report of McCain correcting some of his own supporters.

This is pretty incredible. In July, Nebraska passed a law that allows parents to abandon their children, to turn them over to the state, with no penalty.

The intention of the law was to encourage teen mothers to safely turn over unwanted babies to the state, rather than leave them in dumpsters.

But the open-ended statute allows parents to abandon children up to age 19.

And parents are doing it, according to the New York Times.

Since Sept. 1, to the alarm of officials who call it a misuse of the statute, 17 Nebraska children, mostly preteens or teenagers whose guardians said they were uncontrollable and violent, have been abandoned to the state. Meanwhile, not a single newborn has been left in state custody under the law since it took effect.

Only Sunday, two 12-year-old boys were abandoned in hospitals in Lincoln and Omaha. In a case that drew national attention, an Omaha father abandoned nine children last month, saying he could not cope with the burdens since the death of his wife last year.