Bush Cuts Taxes; Women, Minorities Hardest Hit

The New York Slimes | Jan-11-03 | Edward R. Murrow

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ROFL!

[rintense]

President Bush's draconian tax cut proposal has sent a chill down the spines of millions of women, minorities and senior citizens across the US.

Well that about sums it up.

[rintense]

Too frickin funny! Are you sure you don't write for the slimes?

[Howlin]

I bought it.....hook, line, and sinker!

[Howlin]

What is that joke headline we're always hearing about......."World to end today, women and children hurt worst?"

[SeeRushToldU_So]

This too d@mn funny! But ain't it the truth with these bleeding heart liberals?

[BillyBoy]

"Yes, and those Republican bastards are going to give ALL the money to the "richest one percent!" Pay no attention to the checks you, your relatives, and all your middle-class neighbors get in the mail, it must have been a mixup because the extremist puppets of oil companies ONLY care about the making the filthy rich RICHER!!!"

The preceding has been a nonpartisan editoral by your friends at the New York Times.

[lorrainer]

You had me going, Edward. I finally realized it when I re-read it and saw that you toned down the rhetoric. An authentic piece by the Slimes would have been really biased.

[nwrep]

Thank you, rintense. I became so sick of these Bush bashers that I decided to let one rip to show them how it is done! Too bad no one on the left has any sense of humor. These morons don't realize how silly their analysis sounds to us, and how wrong it is.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

This has prompted a grass-roots campaign by the animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) to send volunteers to ANWR to act as human shields.

Good one!

[SAJ]

'World to end tomorrow. Gigantic asteroid to hit NYC at 1 p,m. local time"

'Experts say women and minorities will suffer brunt of impact.'

'White males and the rich accused of indifference'

'Jackson, Sharpton, and other civil rights leaders protest against perceived injustice.'

Ha,ha, but yawn -- exactly the way the leftie morons would report such an event.

[Howlin]

That's it.....I swear, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread.....I didn't realize it was a joke!

[SAJ]

GMTA, m'friend.

The Left can survive ANYTHING except ridicule. Guess what our mission is? (w!)

FReegards!

[Mo1]

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[Balata]

LOL! The world through liberal eyeglasses.

[Tomalak]

Great stuff. Here's an allegory I love that explains this situation so well:

Suppose that every day 10 men go to dinner. The bill for all ten comes to $100.

If it was paid the way we pay our taxes, the first four men would pay nothing; the fifth would pay $1; the sixth would pay $3; the seventh $7; the eighth $12; the ninth $18. The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

The 10 men ate dinner in the restaurant every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement until the owner threw them a curve.

He said, "Since you are all such good customers, I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily meal by $20."

Now dinner for the 10 only cost $80. The first four are unaffected. They still eat for free. Can you figure out how to divvy up the $20 savings among the remaining six so that everyone gets his fair share?

The men realize that $20 divided by 6 is $3.33, but if they subtract that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would end up being paid to eat their meal.

The restaurant owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.
And so the fifth man paid nothing, the sixth pitched in $2, the seventh paid $5, the eighth paid $9, the ninth paid $12, leaving the tenth man with a bill of $52 instead of $59.

Outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.

"I only got a dollar out the $20," declared the sixth man pointing to the tenth, "and he got $7!"

"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got seven times more than me!"

"That's true," shouted the seventh man, "why should he get $7 back when I got only $2? The wealthy get all the breaks."

"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor."

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for dinner, so the nine sat down and ate without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They were $52 short!

And that, boys and girls and college instructors, is how the tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up at the table anymore.

There are lots of good restaurants in Switzerland and the Caribbean.

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[fire_eye]

Newspaper headlines the day before the world ends:
New York Times: "World to end tomorrow - details and analysis on page 30"
USA Toady: "WE'RE OUTTA HERE"
Wall Street Journal: "World Ends - Stocks Sharply Lower in Heavy Trading"
Washington Pest: "World Ends Tomorrow - Women and Minorities Hardest Hit"

There... I *think* I got it right...

[BlackbirdSST]

Funny stuff, but while you're poking fun, here's a headline for ya'.

President proposes Tax Cuts! Congress proposes Gas Tax increase! States facing massive shortfall's wait in the wings, for your Tax cut!

Truth, we'll never realize one dime of any Federal Tax cut, not one dime! The States and Congress are poised to see to it! The newest way to redistribute wealth. Still funny? So entralled at poking dims, and your rino buddies are steadily sticking it to you. Blackbird.

[Cagey]

Thanks for the ping. Very funny stuff.

Bttt