Political Stuff - Obama Tax Cuts

Barack Obama cut taxes on peoples income by 116 billion and nobody noticed. At a Republican rally people asked about how their taxes were under the Obama administration. Less than one in ten people at this rally knew that their taxes were cut. About half thought their taxes stayed the same and about a third thought their taxes went up. Many people were surprised to find that Barack had lowered taxes in his stimulus package.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/us/politics/19taxes.html

I can't believe how awesome this article is. It shows how people don't pay attention to what the president and other political figures are doing and how they formulate opinions against them with out all the facts. I personally did not know there was tax cuts  but then again i don't pay any taxes or have any income. Like the article said a third of people thought that their taxes went up when in reality they went down. That is a third of people that are now discontent with our president because they think their taxes went up because of him. Also what this shows us is that Barack Obama is actually out to make our country better for the people or that he is extremely intelligent. If it is the first one than that is good because he didn't publicly say hey everyone heres some money like Bush did. Bush probably did that to get people to think hey this guy gave us some money lets overlook the fact that he's a horrible president. And with that came more people that were like alright this guy is okay. By this i mean his tax cuts were good but with the side job of making him look better. When our president gives tax cuts to people and doesn't even look for recognition then you can think that he is really out to help the average joe. Or he could be a clever man and purposely not tell people then purposely leak out this information to the press and then people think about what i just said of him being a person actually out for the good of the nation and that he actually cares but in reality all that was a calculated public relations act. I don't know which one it is but i am hoping that its the first. Back to the main point of this. People who have the power to vote and to elect a president to lead our nation do not even know the politics. Many people just vote by party or some random reason and do not realize what a decision they are making. In conclusion all this boils down to is that people need to actually pay attention to politics before they make judgements about politicians or certain bills. Because this article shows people really don't have any idea what the hell is going on around them. They are oblivious to the decisions that directly affect them.