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Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 16:15:53 -0500 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Robert Reich, 4'6" and All Communist! Have you heard the latest from Robert Reich? You remember him, don't you? Reich was a member of Clinton's Lollipop Guild and was his Secretary of Labor. Reich has come up with a way to pay for the war against terrorism in Iraq. Reich wants a war tax. Not a war tax on all Americans, just a war tax on the evil, hated, ugly, filthy, nasty, despicable, gutter-dwelling rich. In support of his idea for a war tax on the rich Reich goes straight to the rhetoric of communism. Reich says "It seems only fair that the rich should pay proportionately more, especially now that the cost of the war against terrorism is rising. They're the only ones with money to spare."Now you tell me how this differs in any substantive form from the communist slogan "From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs." It's interesting to note that in his USA Today column calling for this war tax, Reich was careful to point out just what portion of our total income is earned by the wretched rich. While he accurately notes that the top 5% of income earners took home more than 22% of total family income in 2001, he somehow fails to note that this very same top 5% of income earners pays nearly 50% of all income taxes. He also talks about the bottom 60% of income earners taking home more than 31% of the income, but again somehow fails to mention that this bottom 60% pays less than 10% of the income taxes. Talk about intellectual dishonesty!! Reich wasn't through with the dishonesty. He also mentioned past top tax rates. The rich paid 77% during World War I. In World War II it went to 90%. He points out that the rate was 70% when Reagan cut it back to 28%. All that is true, but was it honest? No. What Reich didn't point out in his article is that with Reagan's tax cuts the wealthy lost most of the deductions that used to keep their burden a much, much lower percentage of their total income than the effective tax rates. Just for starters -- taxpayers were allowed to deduct ALL interest paid on ALL loans, not just real estate loans. To cite percentages of total income without including percentages of total income taxes paid, and to cite reductions in marginal tax rates without citing the elimination of deductions is to display a moral cowardice that is all-too-common with liberal politicians. Make no mistake, Reich's war tax on the wealthy idea is just another volley fired in the leftist campaign of class warfare communism. The goal here is to reinforce the false leftist dogma that the evil rich just don't "pay their fair share" and that they need to step forward and shoulder a fair burden of the cost of the action in Iraq. Par for the course. boortz.com ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * Kicking Yang's Cock Snorting Fairy Ass ==> Robert Reich, 4'6" and All Communist!, Liberals Are Silly Idiots <-- Chronological --> <-- Thread --> Newsfeeds.com Newsfeeds.com Usenet.com | Newsgroups.com | Binaries.net | Nuthinbutnews.com | newsgroup articles