$447 bil

[shmike]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

You know Ed, for years I thought (based on your posts) that you were kind of...dim.

OK, so that hasn't really changed, BUT, I do believe you're really on to something here.

Social services were designed to help the folks that fall through the cracks. Who better to finance those programs, than the poor, the elderly, and those stupid blind people? You just have to know that they are not reporting all the income they make, selling pencils on street corners.

It's clear, that old, blind, poor people, are ruining America for the rest of us.

The definition of "poor" here in the US, is somebody that makes around 22 grand, with a family of four. WTF are they doing with all the extra cash they must have laying around? They should be giving that shit to the Government.

So, I agree with you. Tough love is the only way we can stop this bullshit, so here's the plan: Raise the tax rate on the poor, elderly and the blind, to 99% of their income. What better incentive could their be, to make people wake up, and be rich, young, and well sighted?

Fucking 'A, problem solved.

JC

C'mon Jesus.

This is why I have such a hard time not paying attention to these threads.

The "TAX THE RICH, THEY DESERVE IT" crowd seems to feed off emotion.

"OMG, if the Bush tax credits are extended, my blind Granny's taxes are going to be 110% of her income!"

I know your post is more a jab at Ed than a commentary on our tax code but the poor, the blind and the elderly all get tax breaks not available to "regular" citizens.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by shmike

"OMG, if the Bush tax credits are extended, my blind Granny's taxes are going to be 110% of her income!"

Just curious, why do so many people seem to think Bush's cuts are supposed to be permanent? At least, that's the impression I'm getting from reading the media and people who post comments. It's like they think those cuts were written into the Constitution or something. They do realize there's an expiration date, right? What, do they think taxes can only go down, not up? Do these people ever hear of economic cycles?

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by shmike

C'mon Jesus.

This is why I have such a hard time not paying attention to these threads.

The "TAX THE RICH, THEY DESERVE IT" crowd seems to feed off emotion.

"OMG, if the Bush tax credits are extended, my blind Granny's taxes are going to be 110% of her income!"

I know your post is more a jab at Ed than a commentary on our tax code but the poor, the blind and the elderly all get tax breaks not available to "regular" citizens.

Dude, look around. The elderly and the poor, are the "regular" citizens now.

I'll grant you that the blind are just freeloaders.

That said, I didn't see you call out Ed for throwing "those escalade/foodstamp people", (that's Ed code for anyone who isn't White or Asian) or illegal aliens (Ed code for everyone else) into the mix. There must be balance in emotional warfare, and I am here to provide just that.

I have Dellortos soaking in Pinesol, I must go.

JC