RALEIGH—Chairman Linda Daves released the following statement in response to Barack Obama's continued assertions that his tax plan provides "opportunity."

Chairman Linda Daves, North Carolina Republican Party, made the following statement:

"Barack Obama's tax policy is rooted in socialism and would be a disaster for North Carolina jobs and families.  Senator Obama wants to place a cap on the American Dream by saying that families should only be so successful and then they should be punished by government if they exceed a certain threshold.  If you earn too much money in Obama's view, it should be taken away and given to others.  He believes that the wealth and property of Americans is really the possession of government to be redistributed as he and his liberal colleagues in Congress see fit.  The philosophical underpinnings of these arguments are rooted in socialist thinking.  'Spreading the wealth around' has never before represented a fundamentally American belief system and has never before represented the values of hardworking North Carolinians.

Senator Obama does not want to increase opportunity.  He wants to limit it.  He wants to limit the opportunity for Joe the Plumber and those like him across the country to acquire or start small businesses.  Obama's job-killing taxes would crush small businesses that create jobs and further damage our economy at the worst possible time.  His policies are dangerous, ill-advised, and would limit the ability of American entrepreneurs and families to achieve the dreams they have to control and shape their own economic destinies."

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