New Rule: Rich People Who Complain About Being Vilified Should Be Vilified

[devilgrrl]

New Rule: The next rich person who publicly complains about being vilified by the Obama administration must be publicly vilified by the Obama administration. It's so hard for one person to tell another person what constitutes being "rich", or what tax rate is "too much." But I've done some math that indicates that, considering the hole this country is in, if you are earning more than a million dollars a year and are complaining about a 3.6% tax increase, then you are by definition a greedy asshole.

And let's be clear: that's 3.6% only on income above 250 grand -- your first 250, that's still on the house. Now, this week we got some horrible news: that one in seven Americans are now living below the poverty line. But I want to point you to an American who is truly suffering: Ben Stein. You know Ben Stein, the guy who got rich because when he talks it sounds so boring it's actually funny. He had a game show on Comedy Central, does eye drop commercials, doesn't believe in evolution? Yeah, that asshole. I kid Ben -- so, the other day Ben wrote an article about his struggle. His struggle as a wealthy person facing the prospect of a slightly higher marginal tax rate. Specifically, Ben said that when he was finished paying taxes and his agents, he was left with only 35 cents for every dollar he earned. Which is shocking, Ben Stein has an agent? I didn't know Broadway Danny Rose was still working.

Ben whines in his article about how he's worked for every dollar he has -- if by work you mean saying the word "Bueller" in a movie 25 years ago. Which doesn't bother me in the slightest, it's just that at a time when people in America are desperate and you're raking in the bucks promoting some sleazy Free Credit Score dot-com... maybe you shouldn't be asking us for sympathy. Instead, you should be down on your knees thanking God and/or Ronald Reagan that you were lucky enough to be born in a country where a useless schmuck who contributes absolutely nothing to society can somehow manage to find himself in the top marginal tax bracket.

And you're welcome to come on the show anytime.

more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-rich-people-who-_b_737429.html

[DirkGently]

1. We need to talk about this more. "Greed is good" has become our national religion.

[joeybee12]

2. KNR...and this part says it all...

"...you should be down on your knees thanking God and/or Ronald Reagan that you were lucky enough to be born in a country where a useless schmuck who contributes absolutely nothing to society can somehow manage to find himself in the top marginal tax bracket."

[myrna minx]

3. Too true.

K&R

[Warpy]

6. No kidding, of all the new money schmucks who needs to go broke

he's really close to the top of my list. I want him to do it spectacularly and publicly, too.

Disgusting man.

[joeybee12]

15. He really is disgusting...remember when Joan Rivers' husband killed himself?

He wrote an article for Esquire about how he was at the funeral, and Joan was only concerned that people saw how expensive everything was. it was made up, and he then said it was made up, but that it was supposed to be "funny." Disgusting piece of watsed space.

[blondeatlast]

13. Amen. nt

[JustAnotherGen]

4. I love Bill Maher!

:rofl: He's one rich s.o.b. - but he owns it and isn't afraid to pay his fair shae!

[devilgrrl]

12. He has money but he has stated repeatedly that he deserves to be taxed more.

eom

[Segami]

5. Double posting

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9192894>

[devilgrrl]

7. two minds thinking alike!

:-)

[ensho]

8. kick

nt

[Honeycombe8]

9. Very funny. Hands down, Maher is one of the funniest political satirists who has ever lived.

Seriously, the guy's so funny and smart, even off the cuff he comes up with amazingly witty, funny, and insightful quips.

[Wednesdays]

10. Leave the filthy rich ALONE!!

And how fucking dare anyone out there make fun of rich people after all they've been through!

They lost their multimillion-dollar bonuses, they went through a tax hike. They had two fucking yachts. Their GOP Party turned out to be a user, a cheater, and now they're going through a teaparty battle. All you people care about is...readers and making money off of them.

They're HUMAN!

What you don’t realize is that rich people are making you all this money and all you do is write a bunch of crap about them.

They haven't backed social programs in years. Their motto is "gimme more" for a reason. Because all you people want is MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE.

LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!

You're lucky they even give jobs to you BASTARDS!

LEAVE THE FILTHY RICH ALONE!!! Please.

Perez Hilton talked about professionalism and said if rich people were professional they would’ve pulled it off no matter what. Speaking of professionalism, when is it professional to publicly BASH people who are going through a hard time?

LEAVE THE RICH ALONE!!! Please…

Leave the filthy rich people alone!…right NOW!…I mean it.

Anyone that has a problem with them, you deal with me, because they're not well right now.

Leave them alone...

[devilgrrl]

11. I just made that graphic my facebook profile picture

:thumbsup:

[butterfly77]

14. Kick,kick,kick &recommended!

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