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This video has gone viral showing the level of income inequality in the United States. The implication is that the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor, without any examination of why or how to solve the problem. Your takeaway is supposed to be that we should redistribute more money from the rich to the poor, but it ignores where the rich people live and what they do and the fact that the rich are already paying the highest taxes in 30 years. Undaunted, Democrats are still desperately looking for their next opportunity to raise taxes.
Americans believe that the American dream is dead.
While there are over 89 million Americans not in the labor force, a new record, large American corporations are sending their money (and jobs) overseas to protect their earnings against punitive American taxes. Meanwhile, more and more Americans are raiding their 401(k) accounts to pay their bills.
Senator Rand Paul says that his filibuster last week was just the beginning, as libertarians see this as their opportunity to increase their influence in the Republican Party. Meanwhile, the establishment old guard is working hard to try and protect their power, but it’s not working. Obama’s popularity is also dropping, as Senate Republicans seem to have found a spine as they make moves towards defunding ObamaCare.
Speaking of ObamaCare, it will increase burger prices at Five Guys and hit you at the vet’s office, but it will be very difficult to get and very expensive.
The Obama Administration may have “jumped the shark” when they cancelled White House tours but nothing else under the sequester. Of course, they’ve tried to make sure that the American people see the sequester cuts rather than cutting things that nobody would miss anyway. I wonder how much they could save by firing federal employees who are delinquent on their taxes? There was an easy $67 billion of cuts that could have easily been made, but cancelling White House tours upsets children, so it’s an easy “poster child” of government cutbacks.
Only 3 in 10 Americans trust the government.
The Chief of United States forces in the Pacific says that the biggest security threat is global warming. Even accomplished military officers are susceptible to rectal-cranial inversion syndrome.
According to a new survey, 42% of Austrians believe that Hitler wasn’t all bad.
Saudi Arabia may put an end to beheadings just because they can’t find enough willing swordsmen to be executioners.
A councilman in (where else?) Berkeley, California wants to tax e-mail to fund the Postal Service.
Most New York City high school grads are not prepared for community college.
A drug is being developed from compounds found in red wine that could help humans live 150 years. I’m just going to go ahead and start drinking wine now.
Nanny Bloomberg may have been slapped in his effort to ban Big Gulps, but he’s already got his eyes set on another way to increase the nanny state: cranked-up earbuds. At least he says the government “probably” shouldn’t force people to exercise.
It’s probably time for a “national conversation” on why the Department of Homeland Security needs 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition.
This week’s Sign of the Downfall of Western Civilization is that rappers apparently can claim strippers as a tax deduction.
The Schadenfreude of the Week is actually two parts, both coming from Hugo Chavez’ funeral. “Crazy” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in trouble for consoling Chavez’ mother, while Jesse Jackson got a significant status downgrade in the press during his visit.
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