Posted on 05/22/2012 6:50:04 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Call it the return of the Reichsfluchtsteuer.
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“I think Schumer can probably find the legislation to do this. It existed in Germany in the 1930s and Rhodesia in the ‘70s and in South Africa as well,” Norquist said. “He probably just plagiarized it and translated it from the original German.”
The Reichsfluchsteuer, or Reich flight tax, that German government imposed on Jews trying to flee in the 1930s was 25 percent; Schumer and his Senate colleague Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania, want 30 percent. Give Schumer some credit for creativity.
According to Norquist, the New Yorker did not just plagiarize and translate. He also raised the rate. ....
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Boehner certainly Made the wrong noise. Get rid of him
I was thinking of something a bit more private. No need to cut the government in on the fun part.
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