
<p>President Biden is more of a ventriloquist dummy than a President of the United States. ; He appears before the camera almost daily with his lips moving – but the words are not his. ; They are the product of a staff of speech writers serving as the ventriloquist – and pitched through the teleprompter. ; ;</p>



<p>Biden’s doppelganger appears to be that other old curmudgeon dummy Walter (pictured above). ; The only noticeable difference is that Walter is funny.</p>



<p>Like the show business dummy counterpart, Biden does not appear to be able to speak on his own. ; Once the ventriloquist’s teleprompter words have ended, he falls mute. ; He cannot go off script. He cannot answer questions. ; He is returned to his box – in this case the Oval Office – never to mouth words until the next performance.</p>



<p>What comes out when his lips are moving is the same old act – and the same old lies.</p>



<p>In his latest appearance on stage, the Biden character again said that the trillion-dollar Infrastructure Bill and $2 to $3.5 trillion Reconciliation Bill were completely paid for. ; Totally untrue since we do not yet know how much they are going to cost – or how the cost will be covered other than vague references to sticking it to the rich and putting most of it on businesses – big and small.</p>



<p>The Biden dummy said that the rich had a lower tax rate than everyone else. ; That should have earned four Pinocchios from the Washington Post fact-checkers since he has told that fib on numerous occasions.  ; America has a progressive tax system – which means that the rich folks have a HIGHER tax rate than the rest of us.</p>



<p>It may be that Biden is referring to the Capital Gains Tax, which is lower than the personal tax rate. ; While it is true that wealthier people have more investments to which a capital gain – or loss—may apply, Biden is misleading when he suggests that only the wealthy are impacted by the Capital Gains Tax. ; It impacts on everyone who owns stock – directly or through their pension funds. ; Everyone who owns a house or piece of land gets the benefit of the lower Capital Gains Tax. ; Farmers especially. The lower Capital Gains Tax benefits a lot more people than the millionaires and billionaires.</p>



<p>Then there is the BIG LIE about corporate taxes. ; Biden repeatedly argues that his spending proposals will be free to the middle and lower economic classes because he will make the business tycoons pick up the tab. ; Biden must know better.</p>



<p>First, a tax on the business will have no negative impact on the salary and benefits of the boardroom officers. ; That is an issue for another time. ; What will happen is that the tax will be passed on to the consumer in the form of increases in the cost of goods and services. ; It is effectively an indirect regressive tax that hits hardest on the middle and lower economic classes. ; According to a number of agencies that analyze costs, the typical American will pick up an astounding 70 percent of Biden’s spending proposals. ; The people Biden says are getting all these promised benefits from Uncle Sam for free are actually paying almost three-fourths of the costs. ; Between that and the Biden inflation, the middle and lower economic folks will be losers in terms of their disposable income.</p>



<p>Some of my readers may say that I made some of these points in recent commentaries – and indeed I have. ; I just feel the necessity of restating them because Biden keeps mouthing the same lies over … and over … and over.</p>



<p>To be honest, Biden is not the dummy in this scenario. ; No. ; No. ; No. ; He obviously considers we the people to be the dummies. ; And if we fall for Biden’s act … we are.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Biden is the dummy that spews the ventriloquist’s lies
