Mika Brzezinski: Rich White Men Need to Contribute More to Budget Solution
Emphasizing that all but one of the top 30 income earners in the United States are white males, Mika Brzezinski clamored that it is time for the wealthy to pay their fair share and help solve the budget crisis on Monday's "Morning Joe."
Co-host Joe Scarborough and liberal New York Times columnist Charles Blow were in the midst of a debate about cutting entitlement spending when Mika chimed in. After Scarborough argued that making cuts to middle-class entitlements is necessary for the country's fiscal health, Brzezinski quipped that the rich should be contributing more to solve the budget deficit.
"I just don't see why with top earners doing better than ever, why they can't be a part of this equation," she complained. She referenced a list in Sunday's New York Times of the top 30 earners in the U.S., a list that included "some of the people who drove us into the ditch."
"All white men, by the way, just one woman," Brzezinski said of the list, "and I didn't see any African-Americans." This is from the same pundit who argued that the financial crisis would have been averted had more women been in charge.
"We need to balance things out," she said, echoing a tired liberal argument, or the country will have "class warfare on its worst level."
A transcript of the segment, which aired on April 11 at 8:14 a.m. EDT, is as follows:
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Let me say this very clearly – it is middle-class entitlements that are going to bankrupt this country if we don't slow it down. Why? Because of course, nobody wants to stand up and do what's responsible to middle class entitlements, because elderly middle-class Americans vote in massive proportions.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: I just don't see why with top earners doing better than ever, why they can't be a part of this equation. I'm sorry, it would just be a lot easier to swallow. And if you looked at the New York Times yesterday, and you saw the top 30 earners, and how much money they are making all over again, including some of the people who drove us into the ditch – all white men, by the way, just one woman – and I didn't see any African-Americans – I think we have a problem that we need to address as a society.
Sorry, and I agree with everything you have to say --
SCARBOROUGH: White men?
BRZEZINSKI: But we need to balance things out. (Crosstalk) And you're going to have class warfare on its worst level.
MIKE BARNICLE: Is that not – is that not perhaps the biggest political mistake that Barack Obama has made thus far –
BRZEZINSKI: Yes. That's correct.
BARNICLE: – not planting the flag on the $250,000-and-up tax cut –
BRZEZINSKI: I completely agree.
BARNICLE: – and saying "No."
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Why not a tax on stupid liberal chat hosts?
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 11:39am.
I think that would be fair.
Say, 95%.
Yep, that works.
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Perfect
Submitted by Gothampc on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:00pm.
This is the best idea I've heard in a very long time.
We'll have to call it something other than
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:27pm.
.....the "stupid" tax.
To make it palatable for them. Perhaps the "Win The Future Barack Obama" tax.
WTF..BO
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Well they do qualify as being
Submitted by rockyracoon on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:05pm.
Well they do qualify as being rich, IMHO.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Sooooo Mika
Submitted by trahantg on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 4:31pm.
Would you call that a race tax?
Or a gender tax?
just sayin..
Taxing rich White Males
Submitted by rohawaha on Wed, 04/13/2011 - 8:41am.
Would you please read the dam constitution, you can not target groups for extra taxation.
I think there should be National Standards Testing for News reporters and Constitutional Testing.
Hey ! Wait ! We could call it : NO RETARD LEFT BEHIND !
eeeee the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Submitted by JLin on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 11:43am.
I didn't realize how much this chick resembles her communist father.
Insight...
Submitted by retrocon on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 1:37pm.
Wow, didn't know that Zbigniew was her daddy.
Looked it up, you are correct, JLin!
That does explain a lot... these are the opinions of the spoiled daughter of the National Security Advisor to the worst president in modern history (ok, most incompetent president, the "O" is the worst).
"class warfare on its worst level."
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 11:44am.
Hmmmm, let me seeeeee. Who might be the most active protagonists in this "class warfare" of which she speaks? One party says, "Hey, everyone can be rich if you work hard and are free to do so." and the other side says, "those white guys have all the money and that's why you don't have any so we're going to take their money and give it to you".
Defirmative Action?
Submitted by rogue operator on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 11:51am.
Would Mika like to explain how skin color makes a difference in a free economy when men and women of any color can pick and choose the goods and services they buy?
(For purposes of this question, let's pretend we have a relatively free economy, and that the Democrats' reign of error is just a bad dream.)
Are the demographics strictly by skin color and gender?
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:25pm.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: I just don't see why with top earners doing better than ever, why they can't be a part of this equation. I'm sorry, it would just be a lot easier to swallow. And if you looked at the New York Times yesterday, and you saw the top 30 earners, and how much money they are making all over again, including some of the people who drove us into the ditch – all white men, by the way, just one woman – and I didn't see any African-Americans – I think we have a problem that we need to address as a society.
How many of the Top 30 are gay, Mika? Muslim?
Once Obama gets his Marxist agenda fully in place...
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 11:49am.
...and as things currently stand it appears that he will, there aren't going to be any rich white men left, except for a few squishy pasty-faced lefties, and they won't last very long.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
I see a Barack America
Submitted by JLin on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 1:48pm.
A vile post-apocalyptic wasteland as depicted in The Road.
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3501917209/
I was thinking "Escape From
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 2:27pm.
I was thinking "Escape From New York."
It might be a little bit of both
Submitted by Dave. on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 2:57pm.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Dave,
Submitted by Trix Rabbit on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 3:14pm.
I was thinking along the lines of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" It seems to be an allegory of the entire marxist obama/msm theme.
For the MSM: In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me. As you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
Ian Anderson "Wind up"
Trix, Did you get the PM I
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 3:16pm.
Trix, Did you get the PM I sent you both here and on FB?
Another open letter from a
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 11:54am.
Another open letter from a friend of mine:
Dear Mika,
Mika, here's an idea that apparently is too above your pay grade for you to comprehend: how about the Federal Government especially your fellow liberals stop over-spending? That would be a nice and logical place to start. But instead you and your liberal buddies want to spend more with the incredibly STUPID notion that by spending more, the government will get out of debt.
Every try that with VISA, Mika? Care to explain how spending more with a VISA card will get you out of debt? What's that, Mika? That's silly? You can't do that?
Tell your buddies that.
Sincerely,
Captain Obvious
P.S. -- Due to your demonstrating your grand intellect, or rather lack thereof, you now are known as "Private Oblivious."
Great letter, unfortunately
Submitted by rockyracoon on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:11pm.
Great letter, unfortunately logic, common sense, and irony escape the comprehension of most liberals.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Well, the good Captain did
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:35pm.
Well, the good Captain did state that it was above her pay grade in regards to understanding and comprehension. Heck, IMHO, an old copy of a Little Lulu comic book would be above her pay grade.
Oooooo, I like it Beukeboom.
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:14pm.
Oooooo, I like it Beukeboom. Mind if I borrow it? I think it would be fun to send this to Mika via, email, snail mail, Twitter, Facebook or any other means of communication. Keep putting it out there to show how shallow and inane she is.
List
Submitted by Gothampc on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:07pm.
Does anyone have the list she refers to? I'm interested in parsing that list to see who is on it.
Here's a start
Submitted by Rukus on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 7:09pm.
Rank Name Net Worth Age Residence Source
1 Bill Gates $54B 55 Medina, WA Microsoft
2 Warren Buffett $45B 80 Omaha, NE Berkshire Hathaway
3 Larry Ellison $27B 66 Woodside, CA Oracle
4 Christy Walton $24B 56 Jackson, WY Walmart
& family
5 Charles Koch $21.5B 75 Wichita, KS Diversified
6 David Koch $21.5B 70 New York, NY Diversified
7 Jim Walton $20.1B 63 Bentonville, AR Walmart
8 Alice Walton $20B 61 Fort Worth, TX Walmart
9 S.Robson Walton $19.7B 69 New York, NY Bloomberg
11 Larry Page $15B 38 Palo Alto, CA Google
11(tie) Sergey Brin $15B 37 San Fran, CA Google
13 Sheldon Adelson $14.7B 77 Las Vegas, NV casinos
14 George Soros $14.2B 80 Westchester, NY hedge funds
15 Michael Dell $14B 46 Austin, TX Dell
16 Steve Ballmer $13.1B 55 Seattle, WA Microsoft
17 Paul Allen $12.7B 58 Mercer Isle, WA Microsoft, investments
18 Jeff Bezos $12.6B 47 Seattle, WA Amazon
19 Anne C.Chambers $12.5B 91 Atlanta, GA Cox Enterprises
20 John Paulson $12.4B 55 New York, NY hedge funds
21 Donald Bren $12B 78 Newport Beach,CA real estate
22 Abigail Johnson $11.3B 49 Boston, MA Fidelity
23 Phil Knight $11.1B 73 Beaverton, OR Nike
24 Carl Icahn $11B 75 New York, NY leveraged buyouts
24 Ronald Perelman $11B 68 New York, NY leveraged buyouts
26 Forrest Mars $10B 79 Big Horn, WY candy, pet food
26 (tie) John Mars $10 B 74 Jackson, WY candy, pet food
26 (tie) Jacqueline Mars $10B 71 The Plains, VA candy, pet food
29 George Kaiser $9.4B 68 Tulsa, OK oil & gas, banking
30 James Simons $8.7B 72 E.Setauket, NY hedge funds
...as of 9/10
(source)
Mika really needs a lesson
Submitted by Nick Shaw on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:13pm.
in clas warfare economics. Try this http://www.declarationentertainment.com/ Bill Whittle's Eat The Rich, a video presentation of Iowahawk's answer to all the clowns that think making the rich pay will make any difference at all!
We're all a part of the same chicken carcass
Submitted by JLin on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 1:52pm.
The rich are the breast, everyone else is a thigh or wing. Either way, we all get eaten in a socialist world.
Nick Shaw.. thanks for the video "Eat the Rich" link
Submitted by Gary Hall on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 3:20pm.
I will be doing all I can to pass that link around. A definite prize winning video for all to see.
Thanks,
(;~> Gary
Thanks Nick
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 8:06pm.
This is great!
so does that mean only athletes
Submitted by Tjexcite on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:14pm.
or only rich white athletes need to pay and rich black athletes are paying just the right amount. Because they as a whole make more money than most will see in there lifetime. Does that also go for rich white actors as black actors pay to much already.
lean forward, chin first
Submitted by wedapeople on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:18pm.
This is the new meme following last weeks budget scuffle.
The lefties are attempting to balance the new budget on the rich, having them pay their fair share.
The Bama will outline his scheme this week, increasing taxes on the wealthy. His parrots are already out, setting his table.
Remember The Bush tax cuts, or uhhhhh The BAma's tax cuts.... following his arse whoopin' ?
Remember the budget that the lefties should have passed, but did ?
The media doesn't
The answer, Dear Mika, is the Flat Tax
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:19pm.
Throw out the tax code. Same rate across the board. No depreciations; no deductibles except for a standard $40,000 deductible for everyone. No write-offs for raising honey bees, or installing solar panels, or buying electric cars, or not raising livestock. Zip, nothing.
Then the Treasury will have all the money it needs (provided the Congress balances the budget against what the USG receives in tax revenue), and the Washington lobby industry shrinks to insignificance.
I wish!!! Too bad it doesn't
Submitted by amyshulk on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:43pm.
I wish!!! Too bad it doesn't jibe with the D's desire to control us through the present tax code. Oh well, I can dream!!!
Ronald Reagan
Hey Mika
Submitted by Boil It Down on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 2:36am.
There will always be different classes of people. It's just folks like the ones you admire so much that create the warfare element. Pointing at white guys as the enemy is divisive and foments that warfare, which makes you one of the agitators. The fact that you have a platform on Morning Joe to pit one group against another makes you a major promoter of class warfare. The fact that your favorite president pits people against one another in order to advance his ill conceived policies doesn't make it the right thing to do.
By the way, the crony capitalists that you always give a pass to are the ones who need to be investigated for not carrying their part of the load. It is just plain wrong to stereotype all rich "white" guys and all capitalists together in order to push your divisive agenda. Have you not noticed that the country has become vastly more polarized since Obama's election?
At any rate Mika, study what you're going to talk about, double check your premises and give a lot of thought to the consequences of your words before you let those disjointed thoughts rattling around in your head come spilling out. Perhaps you should give some consideration to becoming a productive part of the Morning Joe panel rather than an obstacle. -bidn-
Here's a thought ...
Submitted by SentryDan on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:26pm.
Here's a thought; until all of the rich liberals are willing to pony-up 75 or 80% of their TOTAL wealth, there can be no discussion about taxing just the rich white men (i.e. rich republicans and independents). And you and I both know that just ain't going to happen. Remember, in the liberals mind only republicans and independents are rich.
Remember folks, FREEDOM isn't Free. It is bought with the blood and sacrifice of the men and women of the U. S. Armed Forces.
I HAVE TO GET PERSONAL HERE.......
Submitted by Herbster on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:29pm.
If you watch the body language of Mika the Dense in this clip, she never sits still. My question is this.........is she constipated (Both digestively and mentally) or are her 'roids acting up? Maybe some Preparation H would help. Intellectually, this twit is right up there with Contessa Brewer, Mrs. Greenspan, Eleanor Clift, etc. She fits into the leftist mode like a hand in a glove.....sees everything through the prism of race. Her leftist, anti-semitic daddy taught her well. The woman is a disgrace. As a matter fo fact, this whole show is a disgrace.
Ask her why she went to a private school and her brothers..
Submitted by vyger on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:42pm.
Mark and Ian had to go to a public school? Was that fair? Sounds kind of sexist to me. I know, I ran track with guys. She went to an all girls private school up the road. Horses and all.
She grew up with a silver spoon and now just sees the world with rose colored glasses.
stop spending! stop spending!!
Submitted by wizardjr on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:52pm.
What part of 'stop spending' do these people not get? Are they mentally challenged? Are they convinced that spending 90% of everything we make by bureaucrats is the path to utopia? Is it that their multimillion dollar paychecks blind them to the realities of the other 99% of America?
Ronald Reagan said, “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.”
Sure, how much do we need, Mika?
Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 1:21pm.
There are about 8 million households in the U.S. with a net worth of at least $1 million.
In order to retire the national debt, each household would have to pony up approximately $1.8 million.
Of course that means that most of these people would be wiped out and the day after the government balance sheet reaches zero it'd start accumulating again ... and probably by far more than the current $4.5 billion a day since most of these people would be on the government dole.
I'm guessing it'd take about 6 months to get back to $1 trillion ... or less.
$4000 Handbag
Submitted by Marsh on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 1:20pm.
One of those artsy photos that they show of Mika leading into the show has her leaning against a wall holding onto a $4000 Loro Piana handbag.
I wonder what white man brought that for her?
Taxea
Submitted by ferv888 on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 1:24pm.
Are our memories that short? GHW Bush and Reagan both were duped by the DIM'S saying they would cut as much as $3 for a $1 worth of tax increases. Do you not hear the one talking investments? Give them a dollar of tax for every $10 worth of reduction. Tie it by law no new spending over inflation, no new programs, and a freeze on fed pay increase until balance to budget is done.
I have a great idea on preventing a tax increase......
Submitted by thescoots on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 1:30pm.
If you are a rich, white man...spend $40 per month at a tanning salon...Thats $480 per year. If you are lucky...you could find a way to write it off. Either way....they better the tan....the darker the skin....which means, according to Mika....the lower your taxes. Coppertone, anyone?
Until...
Submitted by retrocon on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 1:46pm.
Until these socialists start recommending a "wealth tax" instead of an income tax, i won't take them seriously.
Not that i want it to happen, but it is dishonest to suggest that Gates, Buffet, or the other bega-rich, have any problem with higher "income taxes" since they pay less as a percentage of their income than i do.
It's the working middle class and wealthy, people who earn "paychecks" that bear the brunt of the taxes.
Remember when Paul Allen spent 4 million bucks for a special election to get the public to fund a shiny new quarter billion dollar baseball field for his Mariners?
What an idiot!
Submitted by CobraMan on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 2:16pm.
"I just don't see why with top earners doing better than ever, why they can't be a part of this equation."
Hay, idiot, rich people pay income taxes too, ya know! As a matter of fact, they pay the MAJORITY of income taxes, ya twit!
And, not only do they pay the biggest share of income tax, they also pay additional taxes on any income which exceeds what the government feels is a "fair" amount, known as a Capital Gains tax. So, in reality, they're being taxed twice! What part of that equation don't you understand?
Hay, I got an idea: Let's add a THIRD federal tax to those "filthy rich" people. We'll call it a "static asset tax," a tax on the value of any property or possessions that exceed the "average" amount. The government can then "share" that tax revenue with anyone who's total value is less than one third of that of the richest Americans. You can call it the "Asset Equality Tax Act." I bet you liberals would just LOVE that!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Rich, white, female, liberal
Submitted by johnsonl on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 2:40pm.
news commentators should contribute their entire salaries to the deficeit, instead of being racist and sexist.
I swear, there has got to be
Submitted by marpel on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 3:20pm.
I swear, there has got to be a big vanity mirror next to the camera that Mika looks into. She's constantly striking a pose while saying the stupidest things. Dumb as a bag o' hammers.
"Deep within my heart lies a memory. A song of ol' San Antone..."
She's looking into the screen
Submitted by amyshulk on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 3:56pm.
She's looking into the screen that shows what we viewers see - she is vain, huh?
Ronald Reagan
A race tax, what a novel
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 3:56pm.
A race tax, what a novel idea. How about we also require upper middle class blondes to sexually service homeless black men three time a week.
Truly classless Lam son
Submitted by Radical1979 on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 6:15pm.
Do you realize this is offensive to women and minorities? You should be banned for this.
Radcial1979
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 7:41pm.
You need to take your politically correct sensitivites elsewhere. I find being taxed to support illegal aliens,welfare cheats and a whole host of other entitlement losers offense. If you don't find singling out white people who have worked hard and made a buck offensive then it is you who have the problem, not I.
I would had apologized
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 7:54pm.
I like reading your post Lam,
But this doesnt justify your bigotry toward Blonde Woman, and Blacks.
Lam Son
Submitted by Radical1979 on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 8:07pm.
How, exactly, does saying women should pay for their government services by sexual favors have anything to do with illegal aliens, welfare cheats and other entitlement losers? And the implication that it is more
of a punishment to have sex with a black man is racist, something conservatives do not stand for. I don't believe that the money I have earned should go to anyone else either, unless I make that decision, NOT the government. But you have crossed a line.
NB is NOT racist.
Lam Son*
Submitted by cajun2 on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 9:18pm.
I too found your post offensive. But more importantly, it was a sterotype and inaccurate.
The majority of "entitlement" recipients are 38% white, 37.6% black, the remaining 7% are hispanics and asians. The majority of food stamp recipients are white because unemployment is currently highest among whites. Simple explanation is that this country is 72% white,. Poverty is a higher percentage among blacks than whites but the numbers are greater for whites simply because of population.
The majority of medicare and medicaid recipients are white. If you live in a "nanny state", there are state run programs that do provide "welfare" to illegals. However, that money costs the state because they do not receive matching federal funds for those programs. Medicaid does not pay except for emergency services. Therefore, many medical providers lose money from federal funds since illegals are not eligible for those funds. The loss of matching funds is met by various state income tax, sales taxes and property taxes.
There is no question that our entitlement system does need reconstruction but not based on race or ethnicity nor us old ones with white hair, not blonde.
The first entitlement program that needs to be revamped is CONGRESS and Federal Government.
There are multiple official websites you can go to and study this very complex issue. But if you would rather spew sterotypical and racial lies, you become the same type of commentor as the biased liberal elites. Offensive and inaccurate and the reason NB exists.
You missed the point the
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 10:45pm.
You missed the point the point of my sarcasm. Dear Mika is only concerned about rich white men paying, she also continually plays the white guilt and race hustler angle and Charles Blow is a huge proponent of reparations. My point was just how far is she willing to support her convictions. She made the statement on purpose to drive home a point.
I can understand why you might be offended but I will not apologize for my statement.
No, the point was taken.
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 12:47pm.
In your sick world the currency of women is sex, and black men rate very low.
So... you mean lip service is
Submitted by amyshulk on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 4:15am.
So... you mean lip service is what she gives {black men are just as good - no, better and more deserving than white men} so why shouldn't Mika prove it?
Just because she and her ilk project their true feelings on the rest of us {that we hate/scorn/etc. blacks} doesn't mean we flip the script back at them - that's playing at their level.
I get your point, but I don't agree it's how we should fight them and their bigotries.
Ronald Reagan
The "rich" pay more than I do
Submitted by rbosque on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 4:34pm.
The "rich" pay more than I do already whether they are black or white. We have a graduated tax rate in this country and the top half pay all of it. If she wanted to be "fair" and increase tax revenue, her Democratic friends would have to tax the other half that doesn't pay taxes. Cutting up the gov't credit card will do wonders as well.
If she still feels bad about it, she can always write a check to Uncle Sam.
And how much should
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 4:38pm.
dumb bimbos have to contribute?
She never talked about rich
Submitted by ricklail on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 5:55pm.
She never talked about rich white women. I am thinking of Katie Couric and Nancy Pelosi right off the top of my head. Any others?
Sure ricklail, There's
Submitted by Scuba Dude on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 7:35pm.
Sure ricklail,
There's Jamie Gorelick, remember all the millions she made from FNMA/FHLMC? That's one. There are also all those Hollywood actresses that make millions.
Hey Bubbles.................
Submitted by djwolf12 on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 5:52pm.
Tell that to Jeff Immelt. If you don't, then shut your yapper.
Right. The "entitlements"
Submitted by amyshulk on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 5:59pm.
Right. The "entitlements" that peeps paid into - were FORCED to pay into - are going to bankrupt us, while all the TRUE welfare won't? The D's slogan should be "Kill old people, more for poor people"!!!
Ronald Reagan
Mika, the top 1% of wage
Submitted by jdhawk on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 6:03pm.
Mika, the top 1% of wage earners pay 39% of all federal taxes. That's up 2% since 2000.
The fact is the 47% of American pay no taxes at all and amongst them nearly half actually get money back. These two groups are growing each year. It will not be long now that they will be the majority of the electorate and they will even demand that you, Mika, ante up.
Meanwhile, we have nearly the same percentage of debt to GDP as Portugal that is in the process of getting a Euro Union bailout.
The result of this runaway spending is inflation in every thing that you buy. It has already started with gold, silver, oil and grain commodities combined with a weakening dollar.
Want your 401k, SEP, IRA to actually buy something when you retire? Stop the above. If you don't your money will be worthless by the time you really need it to live on when you retire.
I heard her wistful
Submitted by Slyrr on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 6:58pm.
I heard her wistful sigh.
(Siiiiigh) "I guess it's up to us to teach people how woderful Obama is and how stupid they are.'
Keep it up, libutards. The 'torches and pitchforks' that Obama spoke of? They're coming for you in 2012. Sooner, if your so-called President makes things any worse.
"We need to balance things
Submitted by TerryWest on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 2:23am.
"We need to balance things out," she said, echoing a tired liberal argument, or the country will have "class warfare on its worst level."
So you hope Mika, class warfare blaming the wealthy is another villain tactic advocating tension and unrest, and another attempt to distract from this admin's failures and waste.
The nations struggling and poor who have only seen their ranks increase ( balancing alright) wont see any trickle down effect from this admin's taxing of the wealthy, nor will taking from the wealthy help the nations debt crisis.
It will give them more money to spend on self serving non fuctional unrealistic projects, their bloated dysfuctional administration and keep their friends happy however, and the lack of funding for that is what really has Mika and the Obama admin stressed out.
After over two years and counting of intentional ignorance as to the struggling growing masses re riseing food cost, fuel and lack of work, America is suppose to buy into this sudden concern for balance and social apathy?
Why should wealthy white men fund dysfuction? They didnt get wealthy that way and nor will America see stability and balance
Okay, Mika...
Submitted by Twig1976 on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 6:38am.
Let's start with taxing you and Chris Matthews and Charles Blow and the rest of your fellow travelers at 99 percent. Let's call it "The Galactically Stupid Tax".
You deserve to be taxed at that rate for not understanding simple math. Once again, If you took every dime made by every millionaire in the country you could run the government for about five months!
What happens when the list of the richest people in the country include the barista at your local Starbucks as well as your paperboy?
I didn't hear what the
Submitted by shannon76 on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 9:35am.
I didn't hear what the "Republican" on the panel had to say. I'm sure he heard Mika's mind vomit of socialist talking points and called her out on it, right?? Any halfway intelligent conservative or libertarian would have had a field day with her (and IMMEDIATELY -- not waiting until the next segment, assuming he spoke up at some point).
There's no way anyone could listen to what Zhezhinksky just said and not strenuously object. The big loser in the above clip, to me, isn't Zzzezhinksi (I know she's a moron). It's Scar-bro, the one time congressman, and future leader of the 'Hey, Let's all get along'/Coffee/No Labels Party.
So do rich airheaded blonds
Submitted by wiwf on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 10:21am.
So do rich airheaded blonds that co-star on a morning talk show.
Maybe this 'rich white woman'
Submitted by Slyrr on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 10:21am.
Maybe this 'rich white woman' should surrender all her money, her house, her posessions, et. al., to her beloved King Obama and put her money where her stupid, fat mouth is. Instead of going around telling everybody ELSE what to do. She has no courage.
Ms. News Actress...
Submitted by luvsgreen on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 7:03pm.
Ms. News Actress....at it again!!!