Reich To Rich: Redistribute Or Risk Angry Populace Turning On You!
Nice house there, rich guy. Wouldn't wanna see nuthin' happen to it . . .
Robert Reich has actually argued that the rich should welcome redistributing more of their income to prevent an angry American populace from turning on them.
Clinton's former Labor Secretary made his astounding assertion on Cenk Uygur's MSNBC show this evening. View video after the jump.
CENK UYGUR: Secretary Reich, this isn't just about let's get the money from the rich because that's where it is and they've accumulated all the wealth up at the top. It also makes sense for the rich if we had more equal distribution of income because of the effect it would have on the middle class. Tell us about that, why do you think that's the case? . . . Now if you go buying less cars, less homes, less everything, how are corporations and rich people supposed to make money? I mean, it hurts everybody, doesn't it?
ROBERT REICH: Not only does it hurt everybody, but it also breeds a kind of anger. I mean, so many middle-class people, lower middle-class people, working-class people, are frustrated. They are anxious, they worry about paying their bills. They see people at the very top getting away with, well, the equivalent of murder: look at what happened on Wall Street. There's not a single Wall Streeter that's actually been indicted or brought to justice after that huge implosion on Wall Street. And people get cynical and they get angry.
And then they see, uh, Republicans are very good at channeling that anger toward what? Government, immigrants, public employees. Well, an angry population and an angry populace could just as easily turn their anger toward the very rich. Again, it is in the interest of the people at the top to actually call for a more equitable distribution of the gains of economic growth and a better tax system: a tax system that is fair.
Note: apologies for the mediocre video quality, complete with my lovebird Tukki squawking his rejection of Reich's threats in the background. Still working out some of the kinks in my system after my recent move to Texas, but expect to be providing consistently better quality soon.
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Another liberal example of
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 9:55pm.
Another liberal example of the new "civility."
Exactly how does Reich expect the populace to "turn on them?"
Is he actually suggesting that middle- and working-class people might form mobs to attack and rob rich people?
Well, I guess that sort of extremism is what's expected on Cenk Uygur's program nowadays.
After all, Keith Olbermann's show left a pretty big cesspool to fill.
Thanks for putting up with this garbage, Mark.
I'd rather listen to Tukki any day.
Thanks, MB. This was the
Submitted by Mark Finkelstein on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 9:58pm.
Thanks, MB. This was the most astounding argument I've heard yet for the redistribution of income. It amounts to something of a protection racket. And yes, Tukki's squawks do add a certain cinema verite verisimilitude to the matter, don't they? ;-)
Beck today was great
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 12:04am.
He was talking about the revolution (muslims and socialists). I would suggest watching today's show on youtube... it was very good. Beck also had a short clip of a restaurant worker saying that his boss (the owner) should give up ownership so they can all be equal since (drum roll) it is currently a "dictatorship." I kid you not.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
Here is another stupid comment*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 12:15am.
Listening to a number of clips from the crowd's these past 2 weeks, a woman in the background in one of them is yelling....one party...one voice.. that must be who Robert Reich is talking about.
i think you missinterpreted.....
Submitted by jakejohnson12 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 1:30pm.
i think you miss interpreted the comment about anger. first of all, there is a lot of anger about wall street who crashed the economy and got away with tarp bailout money. this anger, however, does not translate into violence.
the tea party has been discribed by many, including their leaders, as angry at the current system of politics. this does not mean that they formed violent mobs. this is what they are talking about, people showing their anger with peaceful protests.
the anger can, and some think it already has, been turning to the rich because of the percieved unfairness of the tax code. after all, why is it ok for a rich person to pay a much smaller percent of their taxes than a poor person? shouldnt everyone pay the same?
furthermore, how is it fair that 2/3 corporations pay 0% of their taxes, and often recieve public money in the form of subsidies???
have a great day! i hope to continue this conversation!
jakejohnson12, Hmmmm.. 1)
Submitted by Liberallies on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 3:28pm.
jakejohnson12,
Hmmmm..
1) Wall Street didn't crash the economy! This is a liberal meme. Our economy was crashed by our government over spending! That is, spending more than is coming in as revenue!
It was also crashed by government over regulation and many other government actions an inactions.
To blame Wall Street is naive and a lie.
2) Tea Party is not angry with Wall stree, they are angry at the overspending of our government, Republicand and Democrat. They are tired of spend, spend, spend, spend, spend and then spend some more.
3) The demonstrations of the Union, of the Left ARE violent as we have seen in Wisconsin with threads of violence used, with shoving and pushing of Conservatives by Leftist and union members.
You even have a Liberal Congressional member of Wisconsin telling a Conservative that she is fuc...ing dead!
Please tell me where you have seen Tea Party members or Tea Party politicians act this way?
Furthermore, unions and Leftist are angry that their cushy government money, which comes from our taxes, will no longer flow to them if Conservative Republicans around the nation have their way.
Unions and Leftist want freebess, free money, better healthcare benefits, better retirement beneifts than the average American receives!!! All paid by who? TAX PAYERS!
Unions and Leftists are angry that they won't be able to mooch of the system anymore!
Unions and Leftist are angry that Republicans, Conservatives are attempting to bring the government spending under control, why? Because the unions and leftist love to suck off the tit of government from the Tax payers!
Please do not even start to compare the REAL peaceful Tea Party demonstrations to the crazed out, full of anger, full of crazy Leftists who have threatened violence AND used violence out of control rallies of Union cry babies and Leftists cry babies.
I bet this retard isn't
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 9:49pm.
I bet this retard isn't talking about his personal income. Wouldn't it be better to put these poor useless, angry leeches into a labor camp in order even more effectively control the economy, comrade Reich?
That was my first reaction too
Submitted by Lord-come-soon-... on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:02pm.
You won't find that little weasel lining up to donate the millions he made as one of Bill Clinton's bobos. It's everyone else's money that needs to be redistributed. What a tool.
hmmm, i think you are
Submitted by jakejohnson12 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 1:34pm.
hmmm, i think you are missinterpreting this one..... the governemnt collecting taxes is not the same as setting up work camps, or utilizing slave labor. furthermore, no one is suggesting in this piece that the economy should be controled.
lastly, your polemich attitude and overtly hateful comments about islam do not help a discussion about taxes. it is people like you who give conservatives a bad name. if you dislike a tax code or a policy, then find a reason for it, dont blindly spew hate all over the comment section.
good day
hmmm, i think you are
Submitted by jakejohnson12 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 1:34pm.
hmmm, i think you are missinterpreting this one..... the governemnt collecting taxes is not the same as setting up work camps, or utilizing slave labor. furthermore, no one is suggesting in this piece that the economy should be controled.
lastly, your polemich attitude and overtly hateful comments about islam do not help a discussion about taxes. it is people like you who give conservatives a bad name. if you dislike a tax code or a policy, then find a reason for it, dont blindly spew hate all over the comment section.
good day
hmmmm, i think you are
Submitted by Rukus on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 10:47pm.
hmmm, i think you are missinterpreting this one.....
The last line in his post is his tagline, pay attention jj.
And which reiteration are you anyway?
jakejohnson12, you rascal liberal troll, you---
Submitted by matthewdean on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:13pm.
No caps, no spacing, no punctuation, misspelling 'missinterpretation', 'governemnt', 'controled', 'polemich', and you talk about 'islam' being disrespected and then disrespect the religion yourself by not capitalizing the word "Islam".
And then you climb on your soapbox and proceed to make yourself the arbiter of what does or does not contribute to giving conservatives a bad name; and proceed to give orders.
You are a hoot !
If you are not a liberal troll, you are most certainly a comedian.
Next time you go onstage, break a leg.
MD
Right, you commie puke
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 9:56pm.
And if we're lucky, your red ass will be among the first they come after, as I doubt they would stand much of a chance of being shot in the process.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
communism? what communism?
Submitted by TruthMonger on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:33pm.
communism? what communism? socialists? what are you people talking about?
sarc stuck on
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
TM,
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 12:40am.
LOL.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
"It’s either Obama or
Submitted by jakejohnson12 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 1:40pm.
"It’s either Obama or America. There cannot be both"
this is the most ignorant comment i have seen in a long time. furthermore, obama has kept the same array of policies as bush on a large number of issues. why are you railing against obama when you supported bush? obama has been massively conservative on most issues, and even insults liberals on air.
this makes me sad to be a conservative becaus i get put in the same catagories as hateful people like you. you and your actions are what is keeping this party from being great, and is the reason we wont win in 2012.
when you say ignorant and terrible things like this you scare away ppl who may otherwise be attracted to our policies. you have no one to blame for the 2012 democratic victory butt yourself!
I see another plant has had
Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 1:58pm.
I see another plant has had their account actived. These phony Conservatives are getting to be rampant!/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Free
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 2:06pm.
I noticed that also. Been here all of 12 hours and taking us to task.
Obama = "massively conservative"
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 2:07pm.
Now why, on your very first post, would you write something that dumb?
Do you mean.....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 4:37pm.
....all conservatives don't view him that way, i.e. "massively conservative"? [sarc key off now]
Just a hint...
Submitted by Rukus on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 10:53pm.
check the non-use of caps, bad grammar, misspellings, total cluelessness of taglines...
Starting to see a pattern yet? ; )
Rukus
Submitted by hydrodynDM on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 11:08pm.
That and their (and spammer) screen names seem to always end with some random sequence of numbers.
Tiresome.
Yeah
Submitted by Rukus on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:52am.
Spring is getting close, the plants are popping up.
Ashrak (who is not rich) to Reich (who is rich)
Submitted by Ashrak on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:09pm.
Understand this, Sir.
There exists this thing called the right to private property and there also exists this thing called the right defend one's hearth and home - so you would do well to rethink your position here. You see, where I come from, people exercise their rights without pretending the Second Amendment isn't one of them.
You, sir, are one step removed from calling for civil war and I submit that you need to apologize for your foolish comments before people get hurt as a result of your irresponsible behavior.
IOW, Knock It Off, half-pint.
"There exists this thing
Submitted by jakejohnson12 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 1:44pm.
"There exists this thing called the right to private property"
and the government is allowed to tax that property.
he is not calling for civil war, he is talking about populace anger turning against the rich the same way that tea party anger manifested itself against big government. you can peacefuly show anger.
furthermore, i think the populace has a right to be angry, especially when 2/3 of corporate amaerica pays 0 taxes. if that same 2/3 had not avoided taxes, then there would literally be no budget shortfalls in Wisc or many other states.
"...2/3 of corporate
Submitted by MightyMouth on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 2:05pm.
"...2/3 of corporate amaerica pays 0 taxes"
You are choosing the wrong boogeyman. Even if your numbers are accurate, you must ask the question: "WHY do 2/3 of coprorations pay 0 takes?"
The answer of cours is: The government allows them to! You can't blame corporations for making profit. That's their job!
Your contention that corporation "avoided taxes" is at best naive. They didn't 'avoid' anything they simply followed the law!
Bring on the fair tax!
I wonder if it occurs to jake
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 2:08pm.
I wonder if it occurs to jake that it's very possible that 1/3 of corporations are not making a profit? It's very possible that they are just breaking even or operating at a loss. But that wouldn't fit in with the whole agenda of this plant.
Jake,
Submitted by Ashrak on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:18am.
Just where do you find the enumerated power to tax property? Outside Communism that is? I don;t know what planet you live on, but government has to seek that power from voters in my neck of the woods. There is that pesky delegation thing.....
TEA party sees a demand for government to operate within Constitutional Boundaries. Pitting one group of people against another, especially based on their financial status, is nto within that arena. Care to demonstrate otherwise? No? Didn't think so.
As I said down below, please name a corporation that "pays no taxes".
Understand this. Illinois once had no income tax at all. It was said that an income tax solved all the problems of the day. Guess what, Illinois government just raised income taxes on people by 66% and even raised taxes on businesses too. How can this be? Establishing it didn't solve the problem. Raising every fee possible didn't solve it. Why? Because spending is the problem.
As with so many others, you ignore the reality that SPENDING is the problem. No matter how much government takes, those operating it still spend more. Please see that.
Oh, and I live in Obamaland, where Democrats have total and complete control. So who is to blame here? Huh?
Join my PAC: "Up With Ridiculously Rich Midgets"
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:19pm.
It's a people-power thing.
Skank & Rank are two of the
Submitted by Miss_Me_Yet on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:11pm.
Just think, these two, Skank & Rank happen to be two of the best & not so brightest the liberal stink tank have to offer in this country today.
Obama has singlehandedly dumbed down the left, in two short years, to the point they really all need to wear helmets, just to keep from hurting themselves or one another.
Liberals ... we can't live with them, they couldn't survive without us ...
this is an ignorant comment
Submitted by jakejohnson12 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 1:46pm.
this is an ignorant comment that fails to address the issue at hand.
they are talking about taxes and you do nothing but call them names. this is childish and makes all conservatives look bad.
im conservative, so when i disagree with obama i think of an economic argument or a policy issue that i can use to counter his, i dont call him names.
grow up and stop making us look bad.
jake
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 2:04pm.
Wow jake, here all of 12 hours and deciding who should be allowed to say what!
Should be an interesting ride with you along.
Excellent point, Rad
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 2:09pm.
Methinks we may have yet another faux conservie.
You're getting prick on the draw there, gf!
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
You are about as conservative
Submitted by Miss_Me_Yet on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 2:19pm.
You are about as conservative and rational as Chris Matthews. These two pie faces are talking about the community organizer in cheifs peeps ( the have nots ) rising up to inflict physical harm on the haves ( real American citizens ), plain & simple.
The Obama sycophants, dregs of society already hate my guts, same as he does. He wants my money and now that the Republicans hold the House, he will stop at nothing, including starting riots to attempt to take what he and they truely believe is rightfully theirs. ( reparations )
We will be hearing more and more of these threats of bodily harm ( that's what this is ) in the hopes of intimidating us in the coming months. They will be defeated, as good always triumphs over evil in the end.....that's always been true since the beginning of time, so I'm not afraid....not one bit.
Liberals ... we can't live with them, they couldn't survive without us ...
jakejohnson12, LOL...WOW!!
Submitted by Liberallies on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 3:35pm.
jakejohnson12,
LOL...WOW!!
All you have done is run around calling people's argument childish, stupid, silly, dumb while at the same time telling people that they shouldn't use insults when they disagree with someone. Why do you Liberals never see your own hypocrisy?
Yet, you have failed to provide an intelligent counter argument to theirs.
All you did is claim that Obama is as conservative as Bush...hahahaha!!! Really? Are you Liberal wackos truly this crazy? Oh wait, you are a conservative. Please, Liberal plant, don't think for a moment that anyone is falling for your, "I am conservative..." lie.
Jake, unless you bring thoughtful, strong arguments backing your beliefs please do yourself a favor and stop posting on NB, you won't like what is coming to you.
Jake,
Submitted by Ashrak on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:25am.
Thanks for warning that your comment was "an ignorant comment that fails to address the issue at hand."
At least you were right about one thing.
I only call obama what he is.
Ineligible, usurper, liar, cheater, thief, Pres__ent (absent ID), foolish, dishonest, marxist, racist and corrupt are all good examples.
Truth hurts, huh?No wonder no one watches CNN
Submitted by NeoKong on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:10pm.
Is that commie socialist clap trap supposed to be what passes for informed political discussion....? They ought to be ashamed.
Hmm. This reminds me of a
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:17pm.
Hmm. This reminds me of a song.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Give me all your lunch money
Submitted by Maideneer on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:20pm.
Give me all your lunch money or else...
O'Doyle rules.
Sour grapes?
Submitted by jfhdsiu on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:36pm.
Where DO they find these disgraced former public figures. The 'old political failure home'?
You go first, Robert!
Submitted by TexasMom0517 on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:53pm.
Then, Soros, the Clintons, the Google guys, John Doerr, Al Gore, Bill Gates, Bloomberg, and Buffet. We'll talk about the rest later.
Exactly TexasMom*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 12:06am.
When the socialists finish cleaning out the rich, they will still be spending so ...we'll talk about the rest later....that "rest" will be us, the middle class. Then Mr Reich, the populace will turn but it wont be toward the rich, it will be back at socialists thieves like you.
Actually, let's prevent them from becoming rich
Submitted by ThisnThat on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 7:52am.
in the first place. If you see a promising athlete, cripple him so he never becomes a star. When you see someone develop a skill for talking or thinking, cut out his tongue or give him a concussion. Scar the faces of any aspiring actresses. Destroy the patent office. In other words, do whatever it takes to keep people from getting rich, and we avoide all these "unequal outcome" problems that are driving our beloved liberals crazy these days.
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
Simple thing to do..
Submitted by OldJoe on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 8:57am.
He just has to file his tax return and claim the standard deduction ONLY. He can do that.
Then write that big check to uncle sam.
Somebody better remind that old Clinton hack...
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 11:07pm.
Somebody better tell that old Clinton hack that class warfare has never worked! Attempts to create real-life Utopias have failed miserably; see New Harmony, Indiana, and the Oneida Community in New York.
Robert Reich, you've been irrelevant for years. Go back to Berserkley with the other fruits and nuts!
Doesn't this fool understand ...
Submitted by NL207 on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 11:09pm.
the violence he encourages and forments will eventually consume him?
Where did the Commitee for Public Safety end its days? Under the very same blade to which it sent so many others.
As if...
Submitted by octavioj on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 11:45pm.
Does he really think that most people are socialists? I am thinking he is wrong.
End The Federal Reserve And You Will Be Swimming In Wealth!!!
Submitted by Lentenlands on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 12:06am.
I have a novel idea, let’s just redistribute the wealth of the Rothschild family, the Rockefellers, and all the other families that own the Federal Reserve. That will work just fine.
And when we end the Federal Reserve, we’ll end the IRS also and keep all the money the Fed steals from us. We’ll be wealthy beyond our wildest dreams.
Let’s wake up and end this monstrosity.
Reich is full of crap. The
Submitted by jdhawk on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 12:08am.
Reich is full of crap. The local, state, and federal government has been gaining in power in every way regardless of whether dimocrats or Republicans are in office in the executive and/or legislative branch. One of the chief ways that they have garnered this power is through taxation and in turn, redistritbution of income. It is plain to anyone that nearly 50% of workers pay no federal income tax and amongst this group 35% are actually getting money back! And, both these percentages are growing every year. Meanwhile, the top 1% of income earners pay 40% of federal income taxes. The top 25% of income earners pay nearly 90% of federal income tax. The fastest growing segment of our federal government is so-called non-discretionary which is made up of social security, medicare, medicaid, SCHIP, and interest on the national debt. This segment makes up over 62% of the entire budget and is growing in percentage terms every year. All of us at NB know the above and the crap that Reich attempts to spew. The tragedy is that young impressionable minds that attend a school like UC Berkerley don't know that he is a hard core socialist determined to garner even more power to an ever more centralized government all in the name of the "people." The shame is that CNBC's Kudlow has Reich on his show constantly and introduces him as the author of "Supercapitalism." This book is all about how to reorder society so that control resides with big government, big business, and big labor. In other words, take us back to the 1950's. At first blush, with a title like "Supercapitalism" you'd think it was in praise of the same. It is exactly the opposite.Yes, just like in China...
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 12:22am.
Yes, just like in China... the Revolution was for the "people." What a joke. The ruling class there are not "equal" in pay or wealth or power with the poor farmers or factory workers. So why did the government run over their own people with tanks? If he had it, Obama would do the same to us with his desired civil police force... to keep power.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
You go first Dick, I mean Robbie.
Submitted by hobie on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 12:27am.
Make sure you are safe from their anger, donate all your wealth the charity of your choice, or to the Internal Revenue Service.
If not, please don't use liberal algebra on me:
Group A [socialists] get together with Group B [politicians] and decides what Group C [basically anyone who pays federal income tax] is going to do for Group D [whatever victim group teams A & B have a crush on.]
Hey Khadafy tried to give
Submitted by jkwtrading on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 12:54am.
Hey Khadafy tried to give everyone 400 bucks...lol.. look what his gesture has gotten him so far..
Saudi's wanted to distribute 36 billion... but our mack daddy already has them all beat with 787 billion..
HA!
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 12:02pm.
Our gov't tried the same thing, only they used $600.00.
Kind of like the 'Rodney
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 1:36am.
Kind of like the 'Rodney King' effect: see it OUR way or we will "a riot and a loot". Wonderful. Our mentality in this country IS becoming 'third-world'.
I'm still waiting for one of
Submitted by Thoreau on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 2:17am.
I'm still waiting for one of these liberals to read the 10 Commandments and tell me how fking far off the reservation their reality is.
The Robert Reich
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 3:02am.
If Robert Reich is so committed to re-distribution of income from the rich, why doesn't he set an example and write out a check to the United States Treasury then announce it long and loud to the rest of the country. Instead he just blathers on about taking other people's money that they earned and giving it to people who didn't earn it. This guy was a disgusting excuse for a public servant and he's a disgusting excuse for a citizen who believes non producers/low producers deserve a bigger piece of the pie that someone else made.
STW = Share the Wealth
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 8:29am.
That's what Candidate O'Bama said to Joe the Plumber. Or as Carlos Estevez would say, STFU.
How come the STW-ers are okay with a movie star making $15 million for a picture while the techies make $40k-$50k per year for setting the lights, manhandling the cables, and spreading the brie on the crackers? How come the STW-ers do not object to A-rod making a quarter of a billion dollars for a 10-year contract, while the mid- to low-level Yankee staffers would earn $300K in the same time span? What does Estevez do with his paltry $1.8 million an episode for One and a Half Men (and One Complete Asshole)? Besides investing in Big Pharma and hot babes?
Little punk dwarf we're scared Signed Joe astroturf
Submitted by Joe Astroturf on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 8:40am.
I guess we can little punk dwarf to this list..Theres a lot of violent people out there we should be keeping our eyes on including Democrat Congressman Michael Capuano who wants to bloody anyone that don’t agree with him fits right in with a lot of Obama’s cohorts. He should get right along with Obama’s Philly Black panthers that want to prevent whites from voting and kill little white cracker babies. They call tea partiers racists but Obama and his ugly looking friend Andy Stern formerly of SEIU didn't care about Kenneth Gladney almost getting killed by some purple shirted SEIU thugs as they were calling him the N word. The fringe media didn’t report the beating here it is below no one has been prosecuted.
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Soldiers as you and your wife leave your last trace
at least you won’t have to see Nancys botox face
that chicken neck of hers wouldn’t look good on a snail
her and a few of her pals in 2012 wil be in jail
Tea partiers I can’t hear you
You won’t have to see that venemous plastic face
she wants patriots like Gladney to disappear without a trace
she wants the purple shirts to call him the “N” word and bury him in place
Townhallers I still can’t hear you
Yes, this is ridiculous, but
Submitted by Free Thinker on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 9:50am.
Yes, this is ridiculous, but I also find this kind of rhetoric to be very chilling. Basically you have rich elites calling on the poor to rise up against the very people that create economic activity and opportunities for everyone to improve their lives. Who is Reich to preach to me that I have to work harder just to have more money taken from me? I don't think Reich and this dude he is talking to understand economics and the consequences of taking even more from the productive and "redistributing" it. Yes, the tax system needs to be reformed, but not at the top. Everyone needs to pay their fair share, the rich already pay far more than their fair share. The old class warfare tactic is tired and played out but we see there are a few on the left still clinging to it.
Where oh where is the
Submitted by Miss_Me_Yet on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 3:06pm.
Where oh where is the community organizer - in cheif in denouncing this treasonous, anti - American rhetoric from one of his closest advisors you ask? Most likely back at the White House writing out the next chapter in his regimes attempted overthrow of America.
Liberals ... we can't live with them, they couldn't survive without us ...
Getting old fast
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 10:10am.
This nonsense about "redistribution" is getting seriously old and tiresome to say the least. Thatcher has it correct in saying socialism works as long as you don't run out of money, but correct me if I'm wrong, in this country, if someone takes something from you without permission, that's called THEFT. To make it worse, you have these a$$holes out there trying to make it sound like a good thing and if there's one thing I hate in life, it's being involuntarily volunteered to do things which this is an example of. Or as some people put it, being charitable with other people's money.
Hundreds of years ago, they attempted to live a communist lifestyle in this country during the earlier colonization and it was an unmitigated disaster of the first order. People need to know this story in order to realize that trying to revert back to communism and socialism would only end in UTTER FAILURE.
This is one of those profound reasons why our education system is such a dismal thing with depressing results and yet these teachers in unions are making unreasonable demands in Wisconsin and other places. If people knew and understood history of not only this country but others as well, we wouldn't have the problems we have today.
-Jon
the government has a right to
Submitted by jakejohnson12 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 1:52pm.
the government has a right to collect taxes. collecting taxes isnt communism. furthermore, the rich very often pay a much lower percent in taxes than poor people, and corporations often pay nothing.
furthermore, what we have now is not capitalism. it is corporate america strangling the economy, preventing competition, and buying our government. while i agree that communism does not work, i assert that this fasciest marriage of corporate america and politics will soon destroy our country too.
also, i do not blame obama for this situation because it has been occuring and growing for the last 60 years.
Get real
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 2:47pm.
Ok, what fictional TV show are you watching all this from? Sounds like a great escape from reality.
And you say this has been happening in the last 60 years, so what about how we have more spending in the last TWO years(which means your dear leader was in it and involved) than ALL the previous administrations combined?
The only real marriage of corporate america and politics as you described it is with GE.
-Jon
jake
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 2:53pm.
I've got news for you, the poor aren't paying taxes. If you look here http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Nearly-half-of-US-households-apf-110556732... you'll find
The result is a tax system that exempts almost half the country from paying for programs that benefit everyone, including national defense, public safety, infrastructure and education. It is a system in which the top 10 percent of earners -- households making an average of $366,400 in 2006 -- paid about 73 percent of the income taxes collected by the federal government.
The bottom 40 percent, on average, make a profit from the federal income tax, meaning they get more money in tax credits than they would otherwise owe in taxes. For those people, the government sends them a payment.
"We have 50 percent of people who are getting something for nothing," said Curtis Dubay, senior tax policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation.
JakeJohnson12, The poor pay
Submitted by Liberallies on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 3:41pm.
JakeJohnson12,
The poor pay more taxes than the rich?! do you honestly believe this?
The poor in America do not pay income tax!!! 50% bottom of working Americans do not pay income taxes!!! This is an easily searchable fact found in the IRS! The top income earners in America pay most taxes, they pick up the slack for the bottom 50% who do not pay a penny in income taxes!
Corporations in America are the highest taxed in the world! They pay an incredibly amount of taxes compared to corporations in other nations.
JakeJohnson12 when you buy a product, a service, gasoline, etc what percentage of the price that you pay is due to government taxes on corporations, government regulations, etc? Start with gasoline and then move on from there.
The rich pay less taxes than the poor?!! WOW!
Jake, it is obvious you are a Liberal that is very poorly informed and who has bought into the Left wing lies.
Jake,
Submitted by Ashrak on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 12:02am.
Governments do not have rights. Governments have delegated authorities, duties and responsibilities.
People have rights.
You speak about percentages. You only do so because you cannot even come close to supporting your point in dollars. This is especially true regarding lower income folks with children. These folks not only do not pay taxes, they get them, by the THOUSANDS.
Name me one corporation that pays no taxes. And no the U.S. Government doesn't count. You cannot come with a name, because all corporations pay taxes, it is just a matter of to whome they pay them and how much. Take oil companies for instance, while they might not pay a particular tax to the United States, this is generally because they are paying them to other countries. Thisis not unlike paying taxes in one state, not your own, and then your tax liability in your own state beiung offset by that much.
Dude, your talking points are as trite as they are weak. As for absolving Obama, well, you show some true colors there.
This guy is a lunitic for
Submitted by JPP on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 10:20am.
This guy is a lunitic for sure. But a dangerious lunitic to be sure.
this is simply not true. they
Submitted by jakejohnson12 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 1:48pm.
this is simply not true. they never called for violence, simply commented about anger. this anger is similar to tea party anger and should not be denounced as dangerous untill violence is called for or occurs.
jake, L@@K 7 examples, now it's your turn..
Submitted by upcountrywater on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 3:17pm.
[...] should not be denounced as dangerous untill violence is called for or occurs.
You Didn't Build That.
Free speech for me, not for thee, upc
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 3:22pm.
So says Jake, our newest faux-conservative troll.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Blonde, Guess a beat down, ain't a beat down till heads roll.
Submitted by upcountrywater on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 3:38pm.
Ummm, shouting Allah Akbar is a good indicator what this is all about.
The top/bottom of the hour (cbs) radio news, hasn't called it terrorism yet.
Maybe jake can come back and blame it all on Oil. Or TEA party pushing regular folk "over the edge".....crap. can't wait... NOT.
You Didn't Build That.
*rolls eyes*
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 3:41pm.
It's spring, all of our little new liberal plants are emerging.
Did you see Par's link on the OT.....for "summer jobs"....agitating and organizing against the Tea Party, and other liberal activism. Sigh.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
History gone bad
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 5:17pm.
For something like that, you will get an indicator of how bad teachers have taught (or have not) history. So naturally, any student out there with this "summer job" is either doing it for the money and willing to take part in it, or they are doing it out of sheer ignorance of our history of what the original Boston Tea Party was all about and how the current TEA party relates.
-Jon
that is simply not true*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 3:50pm.
There it is folks. Jake is the most accurate factual source on all issues. No need for further debate. His automatic reply "that is the most ignorant comment" will be a clue as to how wrong we conservatives are on any issue.
This one is already boring with his repetitious lies. Looks like a sto' bought to me.
The Obama admin has failed
Submitted by TerryWest on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 3:42pm.
The Obama admin has failed the people who voted for them, all they have are attempts to incite riots, anger and hate towards anyone else but those responsible for the failure. They want the republicans to find them jobs, and their idea of wealthy to pay off the exhausted supporters of this failed admin. In others words everyone get behind our broken down car and push.....More do as I say not as I do
Submitted by BMartin1776 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 4:04pm.
More do as I say not as I do speech from the elitist class. Tell yawhat Bobby, when you write a check for all that money you're sitting payable to the US govt and downsize your home to something like that of we peasants maybe we will consider listeningto your opinion. Until then keep your elitist opinions to yourself b/c we peasants have had enough of all of you!
line 'em up
Submitted by Deetroit Billy on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 4:54pm.
When will you, Mr. Moore, the Clintons, Mr. Buffet, POTUS, etc.. be handing all of your $$ over the the "poor" people and begin living lifes like the rest of us? Not once have I seen or heard of any of the leftist elite offer to live in a trailer and 10K a year.
so lets start at the top and work down-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 6:06pm.
many liberal hollywood types-pro athletes-are the first to "give it up"
lets see how this works
Little Man
Submitted by Harley2002 on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 10:53pm.
I think the little man with short mans syndrome should worry more about mobs gathering and attacking Marxists like him and Otraitor. We working people have been getting dumpoed on and insulted for 2 years now by these Marxists and our pockets are picked clean by them. A storm is brewing and it is not against the wealthy. But Reich has always been a moron.