Post Punk Kitchen Forum

Thom Hartmann played a clip this morning of FDR calling out the bad guys, the "economic royalists." It was right on. Why can't Obama just tell us all—on the TV, today—that the Republicans are threatening the middle class directly. They are saying they won't fund continued unemployment benefits unless I say it's okay to extend tax breaks for the super-rich. I say NO. Tax breaks have never led to job creation. They didn't during all of Bush's administration! They will overburden the already dangerous deficit they themselves constantly complain about. Unemployment benefits are necessary RIGHT NOW unless you want your family members and neighbors on the street! I WILL NOT BACK DOWN!

Instead it's, "Well, what could I do? They were really, really stubborn."

Well the rich are hurting. I've heard some of them had to cut back the hours on their nannies.

The land owning gentry and the rabble.

I'm not sure if I'm a land owning gentry or the rabble.

I don't have estate tax or whatever, I don't think. I pay a crazy amount of taxes every year just like any good middle class citizen.

I'd gladly pay more taxes if it meant people got access to healthcare. So I guess I don't understand why we can't just tell the rich that they need to pay their fair share of taxes. They might have to hold off on buying that yacht or vacation home or whatever else but they will still be rich.

That quote was from the Daily Show. Which I need to watch more often so that I do not end up permanently in the slough of despond.

I'm in love with John Stewart.

It's the best government money can buy.

Colbert seems happy about the whole thing ;)
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colber ... quited-gov

I find Cenk Uygur fairly obnoxious, but I can't help but agree with him here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwha89nwXhI

I still remember hearing him make fun of a planned vegan grocery store on the radio. I wrote him an email. And here it is:

Hehehe nice email footsie.

More from the Rude Pundit.

I heard some interesting editorial on NPR by a British guy who said that the reason even broke asparagus Americans support tax cuts for the super rich is because of our ever present "american dream" that we can rise above our broke asparagi and become rich asparagi, so if we finally get rich we get to keep it all. He said in the UK, people are just more used to their classes, and even if there are more self made millionaires there now than there were in the past, there is more of a *feeling* of class stasis.

Haha...asparagi.

I need to watch his show more often, so much love for this man.

Go Bernie Sanders!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big ... -rich.html