It's a free country and even jackasses have the right to bray

[valarltd]

So I was listening to a call-in show (not a conservative one) that was asking people who they would vote for if the election was tomorrow.

One guy said "Huckabee! He'll stop abortion, stop gays and abolish the IRS, replacing it with a sales tax so the drug dealers have to pay taxes too!"

My first response was "Lovely. Why don't you just SAY you hate women, gays, poor people and blacks and that the Huckster makes you feel 2 inches longer?"

What scares me is there are a lot of folks out there who feel the same.


http://www.factcheck.org/taxes/unspinning_the_fairtax.html has the scoop on "Fair Taxes."

Comments

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

the drug dealers have to pay taxes too!

Wow. He gets a special place in the Stupid Hall of Fame.

[nbrooks.livejournal.com]

Fair tax indeed. Again not taking into account that middle class and poor spend a higher percentage of their total income, and the rich invest a higher percent. Just another way for the rich to get a total pass.

[nbrooks.livejournal.com]

Just heard on TV from the Michigan primary coverage:
"I'm crossing over from Democrat to Republican to vote for Mike Huckabee because he's a Christian and he has more morals than any other candidate."

We're fucked.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

No, see, drug dealers don't pay any income tax, because they don't work.

If all taxes were a sales tax instead, they'd be taxed along with the rest of us on their fancy wheels and their bling.

(not quite verbatim, but the gist of the argument)

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

... because drug dealers never buy anything on the black market ...

wow.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

Let's add in the fact the Huckster is a Christian Reconstructionist.

Bringing the Constitution in line with the Bible is...horrifying to say the least.

OK, I could go for the standardized weights, measures, sizes and gold standard. (METRICS)

But stoning your kids instead of getting them psychiatric help leaves me cold.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

We're more than fucked.

Pack, honey, and call The Writer.
If The Huckster gets it, we're running.