This is not The Onion. This is just how ridiculous things have gotten in the Republican leadership. Today, the New York Times ran an editorial titled "The New Resentment of the Poor," which noted that Republican presidential hopefuls Michelle Bachmann, John Huntsman, and Rick Perry (with an E not an A for America) as well as House majority leader Eric Cantor have all said that not enough people pay taxes and more people should.
Yes, some people don't pay Federal income taxes. You know why? Because they are so poor and have so little income we choose not to tax it. Instead we let them keep it so they can buy yachts, fill up their children's trust funds, and go on a vacation to Turks and Caicos. Oh just kidding, that part actually is a joke. We let them keep what little income they make so that they can just manage to feed their families and pay for gas to get to their super low-income job. It's the millionaires and billionaires whose taxes we lower to historic levels so they can buy the yachts and fill the trust funds. It's good for the economy you see; rich people create jobs. I bet you've never seen a poor person create a job. That's why since we've lowered taxes on the rich, the economy has improved so much.
It gets very confusing these days who has too much. Poor families pay too little in taxes! Teachers make too much money! Women have too many rights! Oops, I think we're still supposed to be embarrassed by saying one of those out loud. Go Bachmann!
Don't forget to vote for Bachmann, though, because she will bring back $2 gas and get rid of the Environmental Protection Agency. Woohoo! lol.
ReplyDeleteActually, it makes perfect sense. By taxing the poor to death, Republicans are encouraging their entrepreneurial spirit. Poor people want to feed their kids, buy yachts, and take trips to Turks and Caicos, so they work 20 hour shifts in diners and retail stores so they can enter those higher income tax brackets where they don't pay taxes at all (think Warren Buffet). I mean, look at people like John Boehner. He worked his tail off and now he's rich and Speaker of the House. Anyone can do it!
ReplyDeleteGo Perry (that's Perry with an "E" for "Entrepreneurial")!
Tim, you're a genius. The incentive structure is all wrong. Right now, why wouldn't you want to be poor, I mean did you hear they don't pay any taxes?!? And according to the Census Bureau, those no-tax incentives are working because more people are becoming poor by the minute!
ReplyDeleteGo Bachmann (that's Bachmann with a B for Braindead, beware that HPV vaccine)!