What's Wrong With Giving Tax Cuts to Everybody?
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The master of irony: Greg Gutfeld.
One of the very few television shows I try and follow regularly is Red Eye on Fox News. This show, along with Special Report w/Bret Baier, are two of the best things on TV. Depending upon your opinion of television in general this might not be saying much but these two shows, in their own way, rise above the noise.
The other day Red Eye’s host, Greg Gutfeld, actually said something profound that didn’t contain too many inuendos. Since the show is on at either midnight PST or 3am EST you might not be a viewer so I’d like to share with you what he had to say about President Obama’s tax plan:
President Obama may be the messiah, but he still confuses me.
I mean, if the president is going to cut taxes for 96 percent of us, then he’s got to believe that tax cuts are good. You don’t do something to 96 percent, unless it works.
So, why not just go to 100 percent?
Seriously: Imagine having a classroom full of kids needing a flu vaccine. Do you only give it to 96 percent of the class? No, if you believe there’s an antidote, you don’t leave anyone out.
But here, we do. The question, then, is why?
Well, it’s not about revenue, because there’s not enough tax revenue from the top 4 percent to help.
So then, why?
Oh yeah: They’re “rich.” And if you’ve been basting in class warfare all your life, you know the rich need to be punished, even if all they’ve done wrong is get rich. Which is negative reinforcement at its worst.
I mean, if you’re going to get nailed for achieving, after a while, you’re going to say, “Why bother?” And then, “Do you have any meth?”
Inevitably, the so-called rich will stop trying to be rich and move to smaller, cheaper towns — which means a lot of college grads wandering aimlessly at Ace Hardware.
After all, what’s poor in one area, can be rich in another. A family can do fine on 75-grand in Kansas, but in Manhattan, they’ll be turning tricks for oatmeal. (Which is great for me, because I have oatmeal.)
But with the rich gone, you have to wonder: Who will we punish next?
My money’s on the middle class. Seriously, who do they think they are?
And if you disagree with me, you’re worse than Hitler.
In case you’re like me and don’t have a DVR, watch Red Eye on Hulu or for current clips check them out at Red Eye’s website!
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7:25 AM
Great post. I will read your posts frequently. Added you to the RSS reader.
8:14 AM
Thank you for the compliment I really appreciate it.
8:39 AM
I just feel like this (and most of the fox network) is an oversimplification. No one is being “punished” for being rich. The sallaries of the extremely wealthy seem to be excessive while the minimum wage is barely enough to live on (much less find ways to prosper and move up in life)in many places. I also understand that many rich people donate money to causes THEY believe in (which is very good of them), but that just brings up two problems in my mind: one, maybe they don’t know where it would be best to put their money in order to help the nation as a whole (which isn’t even very important compared to the next problem), two, if they have money to give away in the first place (and im not talking about non-sallaried wealthy people)then something is wrong because Sally down the street has to sell her body (along with her minimum wage paying secretarial job) just to make ends meet. I’m not saying woe is them, the poor, lower and middle classes, but I am saying that bringing some of these things to light can maybe help to un-simplify a very important/controversial issue that fox always seems to overly-simplify in their broadcasts in order to win over target demographic.
8:45 AM
The minimum wage was never intended to become a ‘living wage’ and the fact that so many people do live on it is unfortunate however this indicates that those people need to improve their skills and move up. I earned minimum wage for many years when I started out in the job market but I never thought I’d be living on that amount forever.
As for the “rich” the facts are that almost all small businesses are owned by people who earn around or over $250,000.00 per year and these types of companies employ the majority of Americans. While that may sound like a lot of money they often pay for their company’s expenses out of their own pocket. Raising their taxes will leave them with less money to spend.
As for the oversimplification part you should try watching the show… it is not serious at all however I think a point was made regarding taxes. Thanks for your comment!