Enough Class Warfare! Tax the Poor!

[Johnfromokc]

I do wonder how many of the FOX bots ever consider what they repeat. This is a play off the "47% don't pay taxes" nonsense.

Jon Stewart says it better with comedy than the MSM does. Two great video clips that get straight to the point:

http://www.alternet.org/newsandview...rfare"_no,_the_war_is_on_the_poor/#paragraph3

 

[Dana]

Without watching the videos am I missing something? everyone's supposed to pay taxes, rich,. poor or middle class. Unless you're jobless and even then they still get you.

 

[Johnfromokc]

Without watching the videos am I missing something? everyone's supposed to pay taxes, rich,. poor or middle class. Unless you're jobless and even then they still get you.

You gotta watch the vids to get it. Very funny, but truly sad when you consider the irony.

 

[Panacea]

That was hilarious

and sad

 

[Dana]

I watched those videos and I'm truly appalled... But Stewart was on point!

 

[Codrus]

I watched those videos and I'm truly appalled... But Stewart was on point!

i havent read this thread,..but i saw Dana's comment on "Ispy"...and i had to say something.

im repping dana for posting something that doesn't contain curse-words, complaints, ..or basic inane ramblings, but that is civil... on topic and sounds some what intelligent

good job dana :thumbup

 

[Dana]

I posted this on my Facebook page saying that

And people wonder why I don't get into politics... These people make me sick. I have my own small business and i can't even live on it alone. All us poor people should be ashamed of ourselves. How dare we own a refrigerator or a microwave. We should give up such luxuries and just eat at McDonald's everyday.

Of course it dives deeper than that but I don't like to wax philosophical because it brings up debates which bore the heck out of me.

 

[MoonOwl]

*wonders if there is still such a thing as being in the 90% tax-bracket?*

 

[Minor Axis]

This may be what appeared in the OP, but this is a direct Daily Show link and is about 24 min. The first 11 min are relevant. The Daily Show: http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/thu-august-18-2011-anne-hathaway

I liked the heavy emphasis on Faux News and their COMPLETELY fucked up MANIPULATIVE views, my opinion, not what Stewart says outright. Views that are mirrored here on a regular basis. All you have to do is watch the compilation of Faux clips for a clear picture. Most enlightening is the list of countries by income equality... The U.S. is down around 64 if I heard it correctly.

99% of the poor own a refrigerator!!!!

(making a case for taxing the poor, cause they are not really poor.)