Posted on 03/19/2013 4:48:09 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
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Friday night, Real Time with Bill Maher, it actually happened. Bill Maher actually said, and he was serious, that he doesn't know if he can stay in California with the high taxes. He may have reached his tipping point. He actually said on his show (paraphrasing), "Liberals, you may lose me." He said, "Look, I'm a liberal and I'm all for paying my fair share, but this is ridiculous." I'm paraphrasing. And then he said something that I was pleasantly amused by. He said he just learned -- now, you and I, you've known this for 20 years. This is instructive. He just learned that the top 1% are paying 40% of the taxes. And when he learned that, he was beside himself. He just learned it. He told everybody, "I just saw it today, I just saw the statistic." Here it is. Sound bite 22. I think we could squeeze it in. Let's give it a shot. This is what he said.
MAHER: Rich people, I'm sure you'd agree with this, actually do pay the freight in this country. I just saw these statistics. I mean something like 70%. And here in California, I just want to say, liberals, you could actually lose me. It's outrageous what we're paying. Over 50%. I'm willing to pay my share, but, yeah, it's ridiculous.
RUSH: So he said he just saw it. He just saw it. The top 5% paying 70%, he just saw that. It's amazing. It's amazing the things liberals do not know. It's amazing the things that they do know that are not right. Double whammy.
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I think they (CA) should make a law preventing their top 1 or even 2 or 3% from moving. The rest of the states (most) don't want them. When CA moved to Oregon/Washington, they became tax and lib hellholes.
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Rich people, I'm sure you'd agree with this, actually do pay the freight in this country. I just saw these statistics. I mean something like 70%. And here in California, I just want to say, liberals, you could actually lose me. It's outrageous what we're paying. Over 50%. I'm willing to pay my share, but, yeah, it's ridiculous.The only reason I'd want to see a moving image of Maher is if he were committing harakiri.
Or Dewey, Scruem, & Howe.
WONDERSTONE
LOL (literally).
Maher will stay in CA. Democrats know that their base will put up with that tingly feeling up their anus because it hurts Republicans the most.
I guess his Hollywood buddies haven’t let him in on their tax shelters.
Yes; the man has been a royal pain in the; you know; but I'd like to see an image of him falling on his knees in repentance and accepting the salvation that Christ offers to all sinners who will accept it.
WIKI says...
Maher was born in New York City, the son of Julie (née Berman), a nurse, and William Maher, Sr., a network news editor and radio announcer. He was raised in his Irish American father's Catholic religion, remaining unaware that his mother was Jewish until his early teenage years.
I see you had a lot of material from which to glean your standup comedian schtick.
Bill was ‘unware’ early in life, and now his eyes are opening!
Keep after him, Lord!!
Hey Bill, there aren’t any taxes on the moon...yet.
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