Mr. Kudlow;

I live in "flyover" country here in Western KY, in an area that is traditionally conservative, hardworking southerners who take nothing for free as it all has to be earned. (BTW, don't confuse this with the acceptance of charity, there is a difference.)

Recently, my local TV station did a quick survey on the "Commission" that had been appointed by President Obama, to study ways to re-start the economy. Many of the respondents were for allowing the Bush Tax Cuts aka "tax cuts for the rich" to expire. It does not occur to them that their own taxes would increase as well as those on the rich.

I cannot understand, nor explain that mindset. Here we have a congress that his heck-bent on destroying the US Economy, so as to actually become the beneficiaries of the wealth of others, and my local fellow citizens are still believing the lie that tax cuts benefit only the wealthy. They (and with some understanding I will admit), see the said cuts as being for corporations only and not for the mom and pop businesses (those earning a bit above or below the 250k threshold), that are the backbone of our nation. One person actually suggested increasing the rates that are already in place.

Of all the quotes the one most often repeated was;

"The rich can afford to pay more"

I am appalled by the fact that they even think this way. I kept after some of them with the simple question as to what happens if you tax the rich so as to force them to either, hide their wealth further, leave the country, or worse, tax them out of existence. Many of the answers ranged from an "I don't know" to "who cares?".

All of this coming on the heels of a proposed increase in the death tax, wherein the government has decided to increase that rate to around 55% I believe it was stated. I suppose getting half of what someone else had earned wasn't enough for them to spend. Additionally I read (I beleive it was on this very site), that there is an proposal to do away with claiming interest on one's home when filing tax returns.

How is it that the neocommies in power can point fingers at the wealthy, the corporations, in fact basically anyone that wants to succeed financially, as being greedy and evil, but never looks into the mirror and says "we have met the enemy, and he is us"?

Obama is the Hoover of the 21st century, even though he is trying to be FDR!

To fix the economy.

1 Build confidence the American way – Lead the way!

2 Rally the public around a double barreled solution

A Turn our vast reserve in coal into oil CLEANLY!

B Sell this oil to the world

I Reverse trade deficit

II Lower energy prices

III Increase revenue to Govt.

IV Create jobs

Use this to energize the public, show the world that this is still America

And we can do it…

Obama cares not for business or jobs. He cares about taking total control of everything, and making the US come under International rule. If you paid attention to Europe when they all agreed to change thier money to the Euro, you will understand what is happening here and now. The dollar keeps going down. The results is a collapse of our economy and an economic emergency, where the Govt. takes control of everything and Martial Law is declared. Obama will sieze control of the gold supply--Fort Knox--and have absolute power. He signed the Pres. Order in January 2009. One only has to look at what Hitler did to Austria in 1939. He promissed the people the same things Obama is promissing you now. They were in economic turmoil then and when the voted him to take over, the country collapsed within five years. You were warned by Pres. Reagan in 1981 about National Healthcare, but the congress shoved it down your throat anyway. The Dem. Party has been hell bent on destroying this Nation since Pres. Jackson. Agreed that the GOP isn't a whole lot better, but Nov.2 showed the signs that the American people may want to get back in the game. I hope so, because if we don't, all hell will break loose. The only protection you have is to pay attention to what is going on. Watch the value of the dollar. If it gets close to 70 cents, get ready. China and Russia have already began moving away from it. If it fails it will only be good for starting the fire-place, if you have one.

As for the Tax cuts, let them expire. The only way to get the attention of the people is to hit them in the wallet. It may spark a national movement, say stikes, or not paying taxes, like what is happening in Europe now. If you choose to linger on in agony saying they wouldn't do that, you may suffer more in the long run than if you break it now and start over. It ain't about jobs or economy, it's all about control.

And the Democrats are winning! From all the comments I hear/read from the people, the sad majority wants the rich to pay more taxes. The evil ones in Congress are banking on the stupidity of the masses, and they are winning. People still don't think, and they are still on automated pilot. It is 1984, happening before our very eyes. These are the proles, all right, who are going to make possible the Big Brother.

In my early years I worked in the retail field. We saw a number of Christmas shopping seasons where the economy was in or near the tank, but Christmas sales were brisk BECAUSE the economy sucked. Many of the shoppers I encountered were fearful that anything would ever improve for them in either the near- or distant-term. They went overboard to try to give their families "one last decent Christmas," before it all came crashing down. Using the government's profligacy as an example, they spend way beyond their means without regard to the consequences - just one more time.

Never met a poor man who wrote a payroll check.

But if anyone still believes this government actually intends to create or save jobs, they belong among the unemployed. Because that's where barry soetoro, harry reid, and nancy pelosi would have us all line up against the wall.

g.wegmann states that Obama is Hoover,while trying to be FDR. What g.wegmann dosen`t seem to understand, is that Hoover and FDR were basically molded from the same form. FDR was just Hoover on steroids.

Richard Ryan

Lamar, Missouri (Birthplace of Harry S Truman)