Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Tax me, tax me, says Pepe

OK, OK, if you say so. Be my guest.
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17 comments:

Mr roT said...

They're just like Jesus without the Jesus!

8/25/2011 5:34 AM
The Darkroom said...

Reagan tax breaks trickling down to the little guy any day now.

8/25/2011 6:59 PM
Tecumseh said...

By "little guy" you mean limousine liberal from la gauche caviar?

8/25/2011 7:43 PM
Mr roT said...

Ferraris are quite small, Tecs. So are Aston Martins.

You need to be polite to Pepe or he'll get all sniffy and slap his maid at the Sofitel.

8/26/2011 11:57 AM
Tecumseh said...

What goes with pink caviar? I say, a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Brut Rosé will do.

8/26/2011 12:55 PM
Mr roT said...

Fine. Pay up, Tecs.

8/26/2011 1:05 PM
The Darkroom said...

I'm referring to the working stiff who was sold on on the Friedmanian wonders of "trickle down" 30 years ago and who by now ought to wonder why all he/she's seen instead is the income gap spreading wider than a Palin mother/daughter team's legs.
Tax-wise, I don't see what the gauche caviar has to complain about (nor do I understand the retort - Little, limo, gauche - huh ?)

8/26/2011 5:03 PM
Mr roT said...

A lot of those guys sold on the Friedmanian principles of economic freedom made a good living.

Recall that there was quite a lot of economic growth in Reagan's recovery after Jimmah the First's magnificent stewardship of the economy.

You think only Halliburton pocketed the scratch?

But this time, Jimmah the Second is overwhelming the private sector with new regulations and obligations to pay a zillion more government do-nothings. I am sure that the Keynesians will get it right on one of these shots.

8/26/2011 5:24 PM
Tecumseh said...

Pinkos never figured out how to run an economy. By definition, they must follow they bearded apostle, Marx, and, by definition, this fails. By now, it's a theorem.

8/26/2011 5:41 PM
Mr roT said...

Yeah, but Marxism is scientific, Tecs! Don't be an obscurantist.

8/26/2011 5:46 PM
Tecumseh said...

Right. The science of robbing Peter to pay Paul. While coming out on top. Anything else to it?

8/26/2011 5:57 PM
Mr roT said...

Social justice.

8/26/2011 6:08 PM
The Darkroom said...

Super-rich feel undertaxed, Rot sees a dachau mirador... N'importe quoi.

RWN tax justice.

8/27/2011 12:57 AM
The Darkroom said...

tecs, not to burden you with definitions, but you cannot 'rob' someone if you have their consent.

8/27/2011 1:03 AM
Tecumseh said...

Point taken, Pepe: since you beg to be taxed more, you're not being robbed. Got it. Just make a check for 100,000 euros and send it here. Everybody will be happy.

8/27/2011 1:15 AM
Mr roT said...

About consent, Pepe, what Buffet and the rest are really saying is that tax rates should be higher for more people than only themselves. They are attempting to lead by example.

Once the legal tax rate is higher, it is not voluntary. When the state obliges you to do something, the alternative is usually a penalty, a lot like gimme yo fuckin wallet or I put a cap in yo ass.

I would have imagined that even a relatively subtle distinction as that would have made itself clear to you in your years at Berkeley.

However, your confusing a tower at a Gulag's fence for one at Dachau speaks well for your understanding of political philosophy.

Nazism was National Socialism.

8/27/2011 6:19 AM
The Darkroom said...

Once you are behind any of these fences, I don't know that the political philosophy outside of the enclosure matters much.
Is all taxation marxist or only whatever 'more' is ?

8/27/2011 9:57 AM

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