The Beaverhausen Chronicles: Redistribution Of Wealth

This, hopefully, will be my last post ever in the Beaverhausen Chronicles series.

Sometimes I sit and seethe when I watch the candidates giving their stump speeches. Over the past week, the McCain/Palin Muttley/Beaverhausen campaign used the "distribution of wealth" talking point to capture the votes of independents.

Yet, they don't seem to see their hypocrisy. Or do they, but they know that most Americans are sheep and believe what people tell them rather than thinking for themselves?

• The GOP tax cuts reduced the tax rates for those earning the most — shifting more of the tax burden to lower income ranges. Isn't that a redistribution of wealth?
• The GOP champions tax credits for oil companies while these same companies are reporting the highest quarterly profits in history. Isn't that a redistribution of wealth?
• The $700B financial rescue plan, which takes working-class contributed tax money from the federal government and bails out the investor class. Isn't that a redistribution of wealth?
• Alaska takes way more from the federal government than it pays. Isn't that a redistribution of wealth?
• Alaska has a windfall profits type tax on the oil companies that is passed on to residents. Isn't that a redistribution of wealth?

I am so ready for this whole thing to be over.