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The Annoyed Man wrote: That's one of the big motivators behind liberal thinking. They want to be charitable because it makes them feel good, but they want it to cost someone else, not themselves. Which means that they completely miss the point of charity. "Here, let me give you some money" means not nearly the same as "Here, let me give you his money."

Liberals. You could almost laugh at their antics if they weren't so dangerous to the economy or our natural God-given rights.

This reminds me of how they push for the "rich" to pay more in taxes, but at the same time exercise every legal advantage to pay the lowest taxes possible themselves - or in the case of Tim Geithner, are incapable of properly paying what they owe in taxes.

The "you didn't build that" mantra is a way to help promote the collectivist ideology. Since we all helped make you successful, we can glom on to your success and wealth - upward and onward with the legal plunder (or "Forward" as Obama puts it). Frederic Bastiat knew Obama and his ilk before Obama did.

The Obama campaign tactic being used makes sense politically. Obama's 2008 campaign rhetoric and his actions while in office don't bode well as a reelection platform. He campaigned against an individual health insurance mandate ("that makes as much sense as mandating everyone buy a home to end homelessness"). He also said Obamacare would lower an average family's insurance premiums by $2,500. His admin claimed unemployment would stay below 8% if the huge stimulus was passed. You can see where I'm going...

So, we have right now continuing difficult economic times and instead of Obama getting pinned down by the media (they support him & won't do that), we have the Obama campaign being afforded about the only tactic that can work for him - Class envy.

Obama is playing on people's tendency to be envious of those that have more or are more successful. By continuously going after those that "need to pay their fair share" (those rich folks that have more than you) and demeaning success (they didn't do that on their own - i.e. everybody needs to share in their success), he's seeking to gain support in a manner akin to "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

His rhetoric, including the demands for 10 years of Romney's tax returns, are attempts at conditioning people to resent other productive or successful people (like he seems to). This could certainly work on those that have been un-or-under-employed and those that have seen their standard of living diminished. Instead of blaming Obama and his failed approach/policies, they may be conditioned to the point where they believe Obama will tip the scales in their favor and away from the people they've been conditioned to resent. Of course, there are those that already have that resentment and need no additional conditioning (liberal progressives).