Posted on 03/12/2009 3:21:35 PM PDT by cycle of discernment
Received in my email today:
SPEAKER OF WHOSE HOUSE?
Windfall Tax on Retirement Income
Adding a tax to your retirement is simply another way of saying to the American people, you're so darn stupid that we're going to keep doing this until we drain every cent from you. That's what the Speaker of the House is saying. Read below...............
Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on RetirementIncome. In other words tax what you have made by investing toward your retirement. This woman is a nut case! You aren't going to believe this.
Madam speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to put a Windfall Tax on all stock market profits (including Retirement fund, 401K and Mutual Funds!
This woman is frightening.
She quotes...' We need to work toward the goal of equalizing income, (didn't Marx say something like this?), in our country and at the same time limiting the amount the rich can invest.' (I am not rich, are you?)
When asked how these new tax dollars would be spent, she replied:
"We need to raise the standard of living of our poor, unemployed and minorities. For example, we have an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in our country who need our help along with millions of unemployed minorities. Stock market windfall profits taxes could go a long way to guarantee these people the standard of living they would like to have as 'Americans'."
Read that quote again and again and let it sink in. 'Lower your retirement, give it to others who have not worked as you have for it'.
I also received this email, checked with Snopes.com and they claim this is false.
I wish people would start throwing tomatoes at this hag. Or maybe a good old fashioned tar and feathering!!
Fake. Pelosi would never actually used the words “illegal immigrants”, it would be “undocumented workers”, or worse “undocumented citizens”....yes I have seen “undocumented citizens” used a few times in the last few months, just not by Queen Pelosi...yet
Welcome to OBAMANATION...yep. And it will get worse.
I just bought a new mattress set, that will hold plenty of cash. No interest, but it’s mine. Nancy, find your own money!
Welcome to the OBAMANATION...expect more of this...
The statements as offered are clearly false.
Their intent isn’t.
There definitely will be an attack on retirement funds but it will be conducted far more subtly.
WINDFALL??? Oh, you mean that archaic term having to do with the King owning all the trees 2 foot in diameter or more? Does Nancy think she now owns the trees? Yeah, I’ll bet she does. She’s the only reason I daily pray for the good health of Joe Biden.
When are they going to get the gold fillings out of our teeth? There is no end to what they will tax.
Sounds like satire to me....
subsitute r for s in the word whoes and you have it right.
I don’t believe for a minute that Pelosi said this. Don’t get me wrong — I think she believes it. But I don’t believe that even she is stupid enough to say such a thing publicly.
Wouldn’t that be “document challenged migrants”?
According to snopes - this is a bogus email - stuff should be checked out prior to posting - this makes all of us look like idiots.
Apparently this is a false report. But if it isn't, it would guarantee the clueless one a fast one way trip into the dustbin of history.
I have NO doubt about that.
Not really.
Only those lacking critical thinking skills, or addicted to knee-jerk reactions...
ping
Snopes? Since when do they get to make the final decision as to what is true?
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