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Tag: Leftism
Soak the Rich, Week 7
Because seven is such a lucky number, many of you are thinking the seventh week of Soak the Rich is the one where we fill in the 2011 U.S. budget deficit – a $1.62 trillion gap – by cranking up taxes on big corporations. Many of you are 5.215% correct.
Soak the Rich: Caterpillar
A company that builds things which build other things while consuming fossil fuels? Caterpillar, prepare to be soaked!
I-P-A-B spells “Death Panel”
Sarah Palin’s reportedly ignorant belief that Obamacare cuts cost by way of a “death panel” of bureaucrats passing down coverage decrees is nearly as notorious as Palin herself.
Soak the Rich: McDonald’s
Last week alone we made evil bank JP Morgan Chase and evil non-union retailer Wal-Mart pay their fair share, and there are plenty of other corporations Sherrod Brown would love to teach a lesson in the 488 that remain. Next up, the company responsible for rampant obesity and half of May’s new jobs!
Sherrod Finds Space to Obama’s Left
Though President Obama agrees with Senator Brown that the best way to create jobs is to take a pile of money from job creators and dump it into a special-interest pit, Obama’s belief in big government may have found a limit.
Soak the Rich, Week 6
After six weeks testing Sherrod Brown’s trademark fiscal policy – don’t cut spending, soak The Rich! – we’ve punished a dozen dirty, profitable American employers. Assuming zero negative outcomes, Sherrod’s strategy is starting to have a worthwhile impact on this year’s $1.62 trillion U.S. budget deficit.
Soak the Rich: Wal-Mart
Since we’ve made evil bank JP Morgan Chase and the S&P 500′s top 10 companies pay their fair share, there are 489 greedy, successful corporations left for Sherrod Brown to soak. Who should be the next brick in our path to a balanced federal budget?
Soak the Rich: JP Morgan Chase
Fear not: this punitive tax policy won’t affect individuals’ or businesses’ borrowing power or expenses with all-knowing Progressives guiding the banking industry.
Soak the Rich, Week 5
After five weeks testing Sherrod Brown’s bold new fiscal policy – why cut spending when you can soak The Rich? – we haven’t made much of a dent in this year’s estimated $1.62 trillion U.S. budget deficit.