Comments on: Tax Day Gifts for the Rich http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/tax-day-gifts-for-the-rich/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:36:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Lloyd Rowsey http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/tax-day-gifts-for-the-rich/#comment-18629 Lloyd Rowsey Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:36:31 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/tax-day-gifts-for-the-rich/#comment-18629 How about this version, John? Irrelevant George the Second in a rant Labels Gore irrelevant. Then say He and his sycophants: "The U.N. has no relevance." When long ago we had such Georgian rule Under another imperial fool We gave him the boot in his silken pant And History judged him irrelevant. From the "Harvard and Radcliffe Class of 1963 Fortieth Anniversay Report. Some clowns and ignoramuses who post hereabouts may be slightly enlightened to learn there were Marxists in their 60's at Harvard five years ago. How about this version, John?

Irrelevant

George the Second in a rant
Labels Gore irrelevant.
Then say He and his sycophants:
“The U.N. has no relevance.”

When long ago we had such Georgian rule
Under another imperial fool
We gave him the boot in his silken pant
And History judged him irrelevant.

From the “Harvard and Radcliffe Class of 1963 Fortieth Anniversay Report.

Some clowns and ignoramuses who post hereabouts may be slightly enlightened to learn there were Marxists in their 60’s at Harvard five years ago.

]]> By: Don Hawkins http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/tax-day-gifts-for-the-rich/#comment-18542 Don Hawkins Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:58:49 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/tax-day-gifts-for-the-rich/#comment-18542 Boston Tea Party 2 this is War John. Boston Tea Party 2 this is War John.

]]> By: John Wilkinson http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/tax-day-gifts-for-the-rich/#comment-18518 John Wilkinson Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:26:25 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/tax-day-gifts-for-the-rich/#comment-18518 "No taxation without representation." That was what they said to King George. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Doesn't look like we'll be having Boston Tea Party 2, though. “No taxation without representation.”

That was what they said to King George.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Doesn’t look like we’ll be having Boston Tea Party 2, though.

]]> By: Don Hawkins http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/tax-day-gifts-for-the-rich/#comment-18490 Don Hawkins Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:50:37 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/tax-day-gifts-for-the-rich/#comment-18490 No taxation without representation. No taxation without representation.

]]> By: hp http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/tax-day-gifts-for-the-rich/#comment-18477 hp Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:28:03 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/tax-day-gifts-for-the-rich/#comment-18477 'Everybody gets the same amount of ice. The rich get in in the summer and the poor get it in the winter.' ‘Everybody gets the same amount of ice. The rich get in in the summer and the poor get it in the winter.’

]]> By: D.R. Munro http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/tax-day-gifts-for-the-rich/#comment-18461 D.R. Munro Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:23:15 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/tax-day-gifts-for-the-rich/#comment-18461 The rich sure do have everything these days, now don't they? It seems like a simple feat of logic to be able to deduce that those with the highest income should also be those with the highest tax rate. Apparently that is far more complex an idea than those in Washington are used to. But, since you brought up the candidates - not a single one of them will do anything. I don't know about you, but I don't think I have much in common with a rich black guy, a rich white woman, and a rich white man . . . yet they continue to say, "I am one of you! I know what the American people need! I understand the suffering. Vote for me!!!" I wish they would just say what is so very apparent: "You have to vote for one of us anyways, might as well be me, I've got the best smile." Must be nice in their ivory towers. The rich sure do have everything these days, now don’t they? It seems like a simple feat of logic to be able to deduce that those with the highest income should also be those with the highest tax rate. Apparently that is far more complex an idea than those in Washington are used to.

But, since you brought up the candidates - not a single one of them will do anything. I don’t know about you, but I don’t think I have much in common with a rich black guy, a rich white woman, and a rich white man . . . yet they continue to say, “I am one of you! I know what the American people need! I understand the suffering. Vote for me!!!”

I wish they would just say what is so very apparent: “You have to vote for one of us anyways, might as well be me, I’ve got the best smile.”

Must be nice in their ivory towers.

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