Jon Stewart on Bush Tax Cuts: "The deficit wants to ********* your mother" (VIDEO)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Last night on "The Daily Show" Jon Stewart took on Republicans for their dramatic words about the deficit and simultaneous defense of the Bush tax cuts. While conservative pundits refer to the deficit as "crushing" and dangerous to our "children and grandchildren," Stewart worried that the GOP doesn't understand what's causing the deficit they fear so much in the first place. "Do they not realize that the tax cuts strengthen the deficit monster that's going to eat our babies?"

According to Fareed Zakaria, letting the Bush tax cuts expire at the end of this year would reduce the deficit by 30%. Still, conservatives such as John McCain and John Boehner argue that we should extend the tax cuts and not raise taxes. Amazed at how two opposing ideas can exist on the same party platform, Stewart asked, "how exactly can you be for deficit reduction and extending tax cuts?" before airing a clip wherein Sarah Palin argues for both in the same sentence.

Other conservatives argued that the money the government earns in taxes isn't the same as the money they spend, so the tax cuts will not affect the deficit. To this, Stewart responded with the famous "F**k you, pay me" scene from "Goodfellas."

"The deficit doesn't care where comes from," Stewart said.

WATCH: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/12/stewart-exposes-gop-hypoc_n_679694.html

[LatteLibertine]

1. Saw that :)

Love both Jon and Steven.

[Common Sense Party]

2. I'm in favor of an across-the-board 95% tax rate to eliminate the national debt

completely. Who's with me?

[Xicano]

3. Excellent!! Thanks for the link.

Notice how what the repubs are pushing for is more trickle down? I have to believe these guys are not stupid in that they understand trickle down doesn't work for the middle and poor classes. I think they know that. So as far as I am concerned this video is just one more example showing how these folks don't give a shit about us. They only give a shit about themselves and their rich cronies. How those freeps who work for a living can be dumb enough to support these folks is in my opinion beyond comprehension. Working folks who support trickle down economics have to be mentally retarded; they just had to have been dropped on their heads at birth.