Cartoon for November 30, 2009
Obama wants the jobless to wait while he dithers on the jobs creation front. Why should they pay their taxes on time?
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13 Comments:
The cool thing about being unemployed or "underemployed" is that you'll not have to contribute any money that'll be used to spray d.u. on innocent brown people in far-off places.
The bad thing is that the lack of tax revenue won't immediately stop the war machine. The corrupt government is hard-wired to run up deficits to feed the military/contractor industrial complex. This will only end after the dollar loses its fiat status and the world stops buying US bonds.
Crash and burn baby! (I think dumpster diving is fun.)
Heyyyyyyy! Not all those brown people are innocent.
President Jack Nicholson said "Two branches of government are still functioning, and that ain't bad!" If the garbage isn't picked up, though, fellow citizens, we have immediate and significant problems. That's why it is good to have lots of weapons and plenty of fresh ammunition for when the neighbors and strangers begin to encroach on your space and property, since they haven't ever given a moment's thought about the future. The Ant and the Grasshopper. The Ant and the Grasshopper. Have an unsafe and violent Holiday season. Drive while texting and/or drunk and ignore those stupid stop signs in parking lots. You have lots of Holiday shopping to do and damn nobody'd better get in the path of your vehicle. Merry Christmas, Happy Hannakuh, Wahnabi Kwaanzah, Kiss My Ass, Kiss His Ass...
Good one. I've been thinking exactly the same thing. It's about time the American people stand the fuck up and demand accountability from Obama. These god damn Wall Street goons have fleeced us and we should pay our taxes? I say we stop paying taxes altogether, or at least whatever is withheld. Let them know we mean fucking business.
I got news for you Grouchy, unemployment benefits are taxable. So unless you are in a tax bracket that does not require you to pay federal and state income tax, you better pay up or the jack booted thugs will take their fair share.
Dumpster diving. Haven't done that in a while, Grouchy. Last time, I went, though, I scored some pretty decent shoes. They're still intact.
Dumpster diving
I didn't come to North America to start doing that.
I appreciate the politics and philosophy behind the idea of a tax revolt so I agree with your cartoon. I also appreciate the stab you take at Obama supporters with "Excellency the Obama" but I do believe he has a lot on his plate he's getting through (what with tryig to look for a justicafication to attack, nuclearly emasculate my country) but I disagree with Grouchy's philosophy of "crash" and "burn" because I am philosophically opposed to lowering people's standard of living below what they are generally used to. Especially if they are poor Americans who have no idea what hit them.
Finally Ted, the only real point of substance you have made in attacking Obama was that he ran up the deficit. However it turns out that its might not be his fault as revenue to Uncle Sam started collapsing about the time the economy did so a deficit at this point in his presidency is not his fault. Backing this up is Mr Matt Taibbi and incidentially, the Young Turks:
Conservative Strangely Defends Obama over Deficits That Aren't His Fault
The Faux Deficit Debate
DD's an event your entirely welcome to all by yourself.
I live in college town. Almost all of my appliances and furniture were scavenged.
My wardrobe is 90% thrift store and yard sale, and everybody complements my unique look.
Actually, if you can wait long enough, there's no need to buy anything new in my part of the country.
DD's an event your [sic] entirely welcome to all by yourself.
Thank you very much. I'll take it.
...unless you are in a tax bracket that does not require you to pay federal and state income tax, you better pay up...
Exactly the case regarding the Federal bracket. (State taxes don't go to the imperial military.) If you're single and making less than 11k, you'll be getting Earned Income Credit, which is the best way to take money away from the war machine.
I am philosophically opposed to lowering people's standard of living below what they are generally used to.
The "what they are generally used to" part makes this statement insane.
We are not living sustainably. Something has to give. But, yes, I agree that the poor shouldn't have to bear the brunt of this burden. And remember: consumption does not equal happiness. Studies have shown that once someone has the necessitates of life, an increase in income doesn't contribute to any more "happiness."
If the garbage isn't picked up, though, fellow citizens, we have immediate and significant problems.
As noted above, state and local taxes don't feed the war machine; Federal taxes do. State and local governments take care of sanitation, water, sewer, etc.
Dither: a word I hadn't heard in years outside of Photoshop until Dick Cheney said it recently. Now, it's EVERYWHERE. Ted, you're kind of a gatekeeper to popular culture. Kind of. I expect better use of your little bit of power. Oh well, not like it was in the cartoon.
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