Remember the first time Barack Obama went on TV and said he was going to cut taxes for 95% of all Americans and we all kind of snickered – even Democrats? I thought to myself, ‘boy, he’s done now — nobody’s that stupid.’ Then 52% Americans went out and proved how much I know, right?

Stay with me on this: On one of the TV shows the other night, the guy on the left repeats the claim that Obama is going to cut taxes for 95% of all Americans, and the conservative guest says, (the obvious); “That’s ridiculous – 40% of Americans don’t even pay taxes, so if Obama sends them a check, that’s not a tax cut – that’s welfare!”

The guy on the left says; “It’s not welfare. They may not pay federal income tax, but they pay sales tax, local taxes, gas tax, and property taxes. You didn’t complain when George W. Bush cut taxes for the rich, but now you don’t want Obama to cut taxes for everyone else?” Silence. Everybody on the show stammered and rolled their eyes; but for a minute there, they were kind of stifled by that one. They were staring like they had seen an alien. And it wasn’t just Colmes’ hair this time.

So this morning, I’m watching another TV show and a different guy repeats it: “Just because poor people don’t pay taxes to the IRS, doesn’t mean they don’t pay taxes, and they deserve a tax cut too. It’s not welfare. It’s a tax cut.”

Wait a minute… So Obama sends you a check and as long as you buy a pack of smokes, (which is taxed), it’s not welfare, it’s a tax cut?” And when you think about it, all welfare or any free money you get from the government, as long as you’re paying sales tax on a 40-ounce, putting five bucks of gas in your Olds, or even a two-dollar fee to get into any one of our beautiful National Parks, you’re not getting welfare, you’re getting a tax cut, baby!

Wow – Food Stamps, disability, college loans, heating oil from Venezuela, farm subsidies – they aren’t government assistance or types of welfare – they’re tax cuts. Barack Obama is not even in office yet and he’s already eliminated all welfare!

And you all thought Obama was going to govern from the left…