Comments on: Michele Bachmann Compares Progressive Taxation to Slavery and Says Lots of Other Crazy Shit http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:03:10 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: norky1 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969345 norky1 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:58:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969345 <p>Gee, I wonder how her kid’s “indoctrination” is coming along. It seems to me that by some stroke of good fortune for him, the boy was given a larger helping of brains than his mom ended up with.</p> Gee, I wonder how her kid’s “indoctrination” is coming along. It seems to me that by some stroke of good fortune for him, the boy was given a larger helping of brains than his mom ended up with.

]]> By: annamissed http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969179 annamissed Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:20:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969179 <p>I’ve heard this progressive taxation = slavery meme before. From a wingnut acquaintance a couple of years ago. He claimed he invented the idea and was writing a “white paper” he wanted published. In the end maybe he sent it to Bachmann, as she was probably the only one crazy enough to mention the idea in the the presence of other sentient beings.</p> <p>Surely, one of the stupidest ideas ever thought up.</p> I’ve heard this progressive taxation = slavery meme before. From a wingnut acquaintance a couple of years ago. He claimed he invented the idea and was writing a “white paper” he wanted published. In the end maybe he sent it to Bachmann, as she was probably the only one crazy enough to mention the idea in the the presence of other sentient beings.

Surely, one of the stupidest ideas ever thought up.

]]> By: worldwidehappiness http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969166 worldwidehappiness Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:45:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969166 <blockquote><p>“…slaves in the top bracket are currently paying 35%.”</p></blockquote> <p>If any of the slaves are paying 35%, then they need better accountants.</p> <p>Maybe the whipping is stopping them from thinking straight.</p>

“…slaves in the top bracket are currently paying 35%.”

If any of the slaves are paying 35%, then they need better accountants.

Maybe the whipping is stopping them from thinking straight.

]]> By: newtonusr http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969155 newtonusr Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:12:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969155 <p>Oh crap, please don’t bit in this dreck.</p> Oh crap, please don’t bit in this dreck.

]]> By: airmaster2 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969151 airmaster2 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:08:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969151 <p>Nazis translated: German National Socialist German Workers Party. A political CLASS system that created it’s own civilian defense force (exactly as Obama decreed) seized the countries banking system, automobile industry, freedom and health care, forcing an entire country to depend on it’s big brother to exist.<br /> All of the above is exactly what the conservative movement is forcibly against.<br /> All of the above is exactly what the Progressive movement (Progressive word is disguised as Marxism) is advocating.</p> Nazis translated: German National Socialist German Workers Party. A political CLASS system that created it’s own civilian defense force (exactly as Obama decreed) seized the countries banking system, automobile industry, freedom and health care, forcing an entire country to depend on it’s big brother to exist.
All of the above is exactly what the conservative movement is forcibly against.
All of the above is exactly what the Progressive movement (Progressive word is disguised as Marxism) is advocating.

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969082 cinnamonape Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:46:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969082 <p>There were, BTW, lots of anti-Semitism prevalent in that era…particularly amongst Catholics and isolationists. They actually resisted much of what FDR represented (yes, even Joe Kennedy…thankfully his kids rose above that). Father Charles Coughlin was another example. A hangover from that era is Pat Buchanan…though I suspect it’s a theme prevalent in many talk-radio hosts, though directed at other groups who are the scapegoats du jour.</p> There were, BTW, lots of anti-Semitism prevalent in that era…particularly amongst Catholics and isolationists. They actually resisted much of what FDR represented (yes, even Joe Kennedy…thankfully his kids rose above that). Father Charles Coughlin was another example. A hangover from that era is Pat Buchanan…though I suspect it’s a theme prevalent in many talk-radio hosts, though directed at other groups who are the scapegoats du jour.

]]> By: arcadesproject http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969078 arcadesproject Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:35:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969078 <p>How did it come to pass that a state as replete with sensible shoes, thermal underwear and smart, prgressive people, as Minnesota, produce and then elect a mentally unstable loser like Bachman? And where is that Farmer Labor Party when we need it?</p> How did it come to pass that a state as replete with sensible shoes, thermal underwear and smart, prgressive people, as Minnesota, produce and then elect a mentally unstable loser like Bachman? And where is that Farmer Labor Party when we need it?

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969057 cinnamonape Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:07:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969057 <p>Maybe a “white hot” hypocrite ;-)<br /> Or a “smoldering” hypocrite?</p> Maybe a “white hot” hypocrite ;-)
Or a “smoldering” hypocrite?

]]> By: newtonusr http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969054 newtonusr Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:05:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969054 <p>Oh for gawd’s sake, stop making sense.</p> Oh for gawd’s sake, stop making sense.

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969052 cinnamonape Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:02:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/01/michelle-bachmann-compares-progressive-taxation-to-slavery-and-says-lots-of-other-crazy-shit/#comment-1969052 <p>Don’t you think it’s a bit ironic for someone to choose to use a racist perjorative as their alias…and declaim that someone else is an anti-Semite.</p> Don’t you think it’s a bit ironic for someone to choose to use a racist perjorative as their alias…and declaim that someone else is an anti-Semite.

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