Is Obama a Communist or Socialist?

[Eli in MI]

Am I the only who who sees the irony and hypocrisy of condemning Obama's tax plan as "redistributing wealth" while John McCain proposes a mortgage relief plan that would take my tax dollars to pay down my neighbor's mortgage who got in over his head?

[Sarahmay]

Originally Posted by Eli in MI

Am I the only who who sees the irony and hypocrisy of condemning Obama's tax plan as "redistributing wealth" while John McCain proposes a mortgage relief plan that would take my tax dollars to pay down my neighbor's mortgage who got in over his head?

And isn't giving even more money to oil companies in the form of tax breaks also redistributing our wealth--into the hands of those that need it the least?