Monday, September 21, 2009

And this is not a finger, Mr. President...

"I absolutely reject that notion" that it's a tax increase." -- Barack Obama

If I get in my car to drive to the liquor store, and I stop to top up the tank, the government charges me a percentage for the privilege of buying my gasoline. This is a tax, by law.

If I walk into the liquor store, and grab a pack of Luckies, the government charges me a percentage for the privilege of sucking down tar and nicotine. This is a tax, by law.

If I grab a jug of sangria, the government charges me a percentage for the privilege of guzzling cheap wine cut with artificial fruit juice. This is a tax, by law.

If I want to buy insurance against the cancer and cirrhosis I'm setting myself up for, the government charges me a percentage for the privilege of buying my health care anywhere I choose. This is a tax, by law. Specifically, page 29 of the Baucus Bill.

Reading is fundamental, sir.
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18 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2009 at 7:49 PM

    Uh oh... sounds like we have a raaaaaaacist on our hands!

    Heh.

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  2. jayemarrSeptember 21, 2009 at 7:53 PM

    I am also a racist, because your post makes perfect sense to me. I will turn myself in to the Thought Police first thing tomorrow.

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  3. DaveSeptember 21, 2009 at 7:59 PM

    For some reason I am reminded of an episode of The Cosby Show. "This is not a doughnut."

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  4. Barak peeing on your legSeptember 21, 2009 at 8:01 PM

    It's raining.

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  5. Wombat RampantSeptember 21, 2009 at 8:04 PM

    He rejects your inconvenient raaaaacist definitions and imposes his own! ;)

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2009 at 8:31 PM

    Ho ho, you got a mention by the Great Instapundit! Movin' up to the big time, richard!

    RebeccaH

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2009 at 8:35 PM

    First there was ebonics, defined as a poor excuse for a failure to grasp the basics of english. Now there is Obamics, taking the English language and turning it on its head. Example, a lie is not a lie if The One tells it.

    JJ64

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2009 at 8:43 PM

    It's really simple: It's not a tax because the focus groups say people react negatively to the word 'tax'. So that just isn't what it is. Obama is a pitch-perfect deliverer of poll focused nonsense. No more.

    -radix

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  9. richard mcenroeSeptember 21, 2009 at 8:57 PM

    RebeccahH -- Cool! I can name him as co-respondent in the audit...

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2009 at 9:02 PM

    "I absolutely reject that notion" that it's a tax increase." --
    Yes Mr. President, and I absolutely reject the notion that you have an IQ higher than room temperature on the Fahrenheit scale.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2009 at 2:43 AM

    Supporters of "national health care" will be singing a different tune when they start GETTING THE MONTHLY BILL for their "free" health care insurance. Have you ever heard any Congressman or Obama say, even roughly, what the monthly premiums will be? $250, $300, $400 a month? I think a lot of health care reform supporters actually think it will be free. I know! For millions of people it will be free. The working poor will have to subsidize them. Has anyone bothered to tell us where they draw the "poverty" line - the amount that would qualify a person for free coverage.

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2009 at 4:16 AM

    yawn. racist.

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  13. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2009 at 4:34 AM

    Oh they won't send a bill to the working poor (They wouldn't have the funds to pay it anyway-waste of paper) They will just add another line on that handy-dandy Federal Withholding form and Whoosh! as if by magic, the funds will miraculously disappear from everyone's net pay. Convienence itself!

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  14. kcSeptember 22, 2009 at 5:38 AM

    This post is proof that you're a genius, richard. Snark beyond snark but backed up to the rafters with SENSE!!!

    I think it's what I love most about you.

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  15. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2009 at 6:47 AM

    Hmmm.

    So a 'sales tax' is actually a 'sales fine'??

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2009 at 7:40 AM

    Sheer brilliance.

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  17. Old GrouchSeptember 22, 2009 at 11:19 AM

    "Supporters of "national health care" will be singing a different tune when they start GETTING THE MONTHLY BILL..."
    and wait until their state taxes go up, too.

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  18. Righty64September 22, 2009 at 9:42 PM

    They still sell Lucky Lager? That is what happens when one STOPS drinking! Great post!

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