t pay

Another hit from the asshat Fox News Network:

(h/t Cesca)

Douchey is going from the report that said 47% of Americans didn’t pay any income tax last year. Of course they didn’t pay income tax because they didn’t make enough money, but they still paid sales tax, home taxes, state and local taxes, etc.

But I wonder if Doocy and Fox would also argue that the super-rich, who avoid taxes through loopholes and offshore accounts, should also not be given the right to vote. How about big corporations, who didn’t pay taxes last year? Perhaps those companies shouldn’t be allowed to contribute money to political campaigns.

Or perhaps Doocy shouldn’t be allowed to vote, since he has no apparent understanding of democracy. Now I can wait for wingnuts to say I am trying to take away his rights.

But I thought John McCain said raising taxes on oil companies would cause them to reduce output and do more harm than good? Apparently not:

The increase backed by the Republican vice presidential nominee will, at current prices, raise oil revenue to $11 billion this year -- almost twice what the state needs to fund its government -- state documents show. Alaska also has gotten more money from the federal government than its residents pay in taxes -- $1.75 per tax dollar in 2006, the most recent year available, according to the Tax Foundation, a Washington research group.

But that's fine and dandy. Experience doesn't matter anymore. As matter of fact, that should be the new GOP slogan; "We don't care about experience". Let's just ask neo-con icon Grover Norquist:

`There's never a good reason to raise taxes,'' said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, a Washington group that encourages politicians to sign a no-new-taxes pledge. ``She does have a track record of cutting other taxes. We're interested in what she does going forward.''

So even though in her tenure of 20 months as governor she raised oil taxes, we won't worry about that, because she might change now. Sounds like the neo-cons are selling out to the same gamble McCain has sold out to.

But let's look at what more drilling would do for Alaska, something Palin is very much for:

Each Alaska resident gets an annual rebate from state oil revenue, and this year Palin added $1,200 more to the $2,100 check each person received.

The President made his speech and it was pretty much same old, same old. He
did admit some miscalculations in the process but kind of blew them off as
learning experiences. I am sure the families of fallen soldiers are proud to
know their loved ones gave their lives for a learning experience on behalf of
our President.

Ironically the speech has been overshadowed tonight by the story of domestic
spying. Senator Kennedy released a statement today urging the President to take
his time tonight to address the eavesdropping but the President apparently
didn't pay attention to this advice:

In his speech to the nation tonight, the President must explain to the
American people why he feels he's above the law. Whether its secret prisons,
bending the rules on torture, or domestic spying without court orders, this
Administration has unnecessarily played fast and loose with law and
constitutional protections. We all want to win the war on terrorism. But, we
don't need to give up our liberty to protect our security. How can we be
credible in helping Iraq form its democratic government when our President
acts in conflict to fundamental democratic ideals at home?