My life-long friend has gone teabagger...

[santamargarita]

My friend, who is registered at DU, is sending me right-wing bullshit. We spent eight years bashing Bush and the Republicans and had a lot of fun doing it. Check his latest chain email:

Windfall Tax on Retirement Income

Adding a tax to your retirement is simply another way of saying to the American people, you're so darn stupid that we're going to keep doing this until we drain every cent from you. That's what the Speaker of the House is saying. Read below................

Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on Retirement Income. In other words tax what you have made by investing toward your retirement. This woman is a nut case! You aren't going to believe this.

Madam speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to put a Windfall Tax on all stock market profits (including Retirement fund, 401K and Mutual Funds!) Alas, it is true - all to help the 12 Million Illegal Immigrants and other unemployed Minorities!

This woman is frightening.
She quotes...' We need to work toward the goal of equalizing income, (didn't Marx say something like this?), in our country and at the same time limiting the amount the rich can invest.' (I am not rich, are you?)

When asked how these new tax dollars would be spent, she replied:
'We need to raise the standard of living of our poor, unemployed and minorities. For example, we have an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in our country who need our help along with millions of unemployed minorities. Stock market windfall profits taxes could go a long way to guarantee these people the standard of living they would like to have as 'Americans'.'
(Read that quote again and again and let it sink in.) 'Lower your retirement, give it to others who have not worked as you have for it'..

Send it on to your friends. I just did!! This lady is out of her mind and she is the speaker of the house!

I haven't fact checked this...
Anyone else I would have given the big FUCK OFF! And, I brag about not having any Republican friends - I don't know how to handle this.

[Pirate Smile]

1. Some people like to be against and paranoid about whoever is in power.

[AlinPA]

2. Tell your asshole friend to go to hell.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Snopes has the answer: as you might expect, this is bullshit.

You can send this link to your "friend": http://www.snopes.com/politics/pelosi/windfall.asp

[Mike_03]

4. Speaking for my own situation, my friend of ten years I had to cut

off communication with. I could not bear her hatred of President Obama, his health care plan, anymore. Just quit responding to her.

[sandyj999]

13. I had the same thing happen with someone I had known for 55 years.

I basically told him he no longer needed to contact me.

[Canuckistanian]

5. Ouch. That's gotta hurt.

Surely this must be a mistake? Did he forget to forward without some "commentary", maybe?

[nolabear]

6. I'm sorry for your loss.

[JuniperLea]

7. I'd send back a bunch of LOLs...

And say something like, yeah, can you believe that stuff? Amazing... even snopes knows better... and give 'em the link above... and see what happens. Maybe he forgot to add similar commentary.

[Warpy]

8. I have a feeling your friend is listening to talk radio

and you know those boys just never get anything right. Tell him if he doesn't shut his radio off and quit sending you horseshit, you're going to block him. And then do it.

Include this: http://www.snopes.com/politics/pelosi/windfall.asp

As a close, you might remind your friend that most of the poor are white folks just like him who never caught a break in life, so even if it were true, he'd benefit. But it's not, so he won't.

[virgogal]

9. Keep the friend and don't discuss politics. I just delete anything I get

like that and I have some very good Republican friends.

We agree to disagree,laugh, and change the subject. There is far more good than bad in our relationships and I treasure these good things.

[otohara]

10. Email HOAX - Satire

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/government/a/nancy_pel...

Now go make your friend feel like the dumb-ass he/she is, for falling for this shit before using Google.

[tanyev]

11. First time I get one of these from a friend they get a polite reply, "Sorry, that's not true"

with a link to Snopes or whatever. Second time, again a link and maybe a "Nope, this one's not true either". Third time, Reply all.

[LiberalFighter]

12. Tell him that he needs to use his own brain and research instead of relying

on idiots that have no idea about the facts.

Does he also realize that if ALL income is not taxed that he could end up paying more in taxes?

The profit from stock market and mutual funds should be taxed because it is new income. Not the amount invested if it was previously taxed.
401k should be taxed because it was money not taxed when received as income. Because it is received at a later date during retirement it will be taxed at a lower rate. Meaning pay less taxes.