Thursday, June 15, 2006

Cause and effect

Republican radio host Charlie Sykes explains why he didn't attend the hearing on Milwauukee Area Technical College's budget:
Actually, I was at home, working, making money to pay my taxes.
Actually, Charlie, the reason you pay so much in taxes is because you make so much money, not vice versa.

That little misunderstanding may be the root cause of a lot of his unhappiness and help explain his philosophy. It's common among conservatives, especially in the upper income bracket.

10 Comments:

At 8:42 AM, Blogger Chris said...

yes it is common for people to want to keep thier own money

Once again as you attack someone who is making money I ask you to show us the single wide trailor that poor poor Xoff lives in.

 
At 8:50 AM, Blogger xoff said...

I don't claim to be poor. But I also don't complain about paying taxes. I have more than I ever expected to, and do not mind paying my share.

 
At 9:27 AM, Blogger Other Side said...

Oops, Chris forgot a period this time and his spelling took a step backwards, AND he forgot to mention that his wife works, leaving poor Chris at home.

 
At 12:19 PM, Blogger xoff said...

I believe the term you're looking for is "fair share."

Bush's tax cuts have insured that the richest people in this country don't pay it.

 
At 12:51 PM, Blogger xoff said...

The poor. But who complaints the most? The rich.

 
At 2:09 PM, Blogger xoff said...

So do you think Sykes can afford the $14 or not?

 
At 4:02 PM, Blogger Other Side said...

Another stooge for the rich. Where do they keep finding these guys?

 
At 9:39 PM, Blogger MichaelBasford said...

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At 9:45 PM, Blogger MichaelBasford said...

other side:Another stooge for the rich. Where do they keep finding these guys?

Karliots comes from those drooling losers who frequent rushlimbaugh.com - where the 34.27% spin comes from.

Guess what: based on the numbers Drugbo cites (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/03in05tr.xls) the share of the top one percent has been reduced nearly 10% since the start of the Bush "Administration". Anybody know how many billions that translates to? Karliots?...Bueller?...Bueller?...

 
At 9:42 AM, Blogger xoff said...

Lest we forget, DDub, this post was about Sykes' assertion that the reason he works is to pay his taxes, instead of acknowledging that he pays taxes because he makes a lot of money.

 

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