$250K As Per Obama: You're An EVIL RICH Jet Owner!

Wasn't it said that Mr Obama would drive down the threshold of the Super Rich?

And that encompasses, now, those who make $250K a year. Trust me, in Fornicalia, $250K a year in double incomes ain't that much. And you ain't drivin' no jet. From WSJ.com:

President Obama has a new term for the people he wants to tax more: jet owners.

In his news conference today, the president said: “I think it’s only fair to ask an oil company or a corporate jet owner that’s doing so well to give up that tax break….I don’t think that’s real radical.”

(Courtesy of JetSuite Air)

Asking private-jet owners to give up tax breaks may not be that radical. And it probably would be supported by the vast majority of the nonjet-owning voters.

The problem is that most of the people that would be subject to the higher taxes the president wants aren’t likely to be private-jet owners. Someone earning $250,000 a year – among those scheduled for a tax increase in 2012 – is unlikely to afford a jet –or even a few charter trips on a jet.

Nothing like starting "class warfare" anew.

And yet, from Fox News in 2009:

Just a few months after lawmakers scolded auto executives for flying to Washington in private jets, Congress approved a tax break in the stimulus package to help businesses buy their own planes.

The incentive -- first used to help plane makers recover from the 2001 terror attacks -- sharply reduces the up front tax bill for companies who buy assets like business planes.

In the meantime, Our Hero's Perfect Subsidized World includes (to the Parasites, courtesy of the Hosts):

by Mark Weaver WMAL.com

FAIRFAX, Va. -- Resort-style swimming pools with fountains and heated spas, billiards rooms, granite counter tops, ceramic tile, indoor basketball courts, stainless steel appliances -- many Fairfax County taxpayers cannot afford such luxuries. But they are paying for these amenities for use by low-income residents who live in subsidized housing in affluent neighborhoods.

"They're a part of our rental program where we subsidize the rents for the individuals in the units, and we end up having to pick up the condo fees," supervisor Pat Herrity told 630 WMAL News.

Herrity does not advocate putting low-income residents in "ghetto-style" housing but he takes issue with taxpayers who cannot afford such luxuries being forced to pick up the tab for people who qualify for subsidized housing.

Our Mr Obaka an assumptive "shoe-in" come 2012?

Perhaps not quite so much.

BZ