Obama’s Sanctimony Proves Who the Real Scrooge Is
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Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- As right as Dickens. That’s what U.S.President Barack Obama suggested about his tax plan when herecently used “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens to framehis case for rate increases.
A “Scrooge Christmas” is what the country will get iflawmakers won’t go along with the Obama plan to raise rates ontopmost earners, Obama warned. The urgent reference was to thestinginess of Ebenezer Scrooge, who at first didn’t realize theneed to share with those who were poorer or less advantagedaround him, such as the clerk Bob Cratchit or Cratchit’s sonTiny Tim.