Raising taxes = less spending power for people = stronger economy. Oh, NOW I see the connection.

Steve Pearlstein writes in the Washington Post that raising taxes being bad for the economy is a Republican fantasy and there is “very little evidence supporting this view.”

I would have to say that Mr. Pearlstein is either ignorant of the facts or is deliberately hiding them in order to make the point for his liberal agenda. I would rate either option as having an excellent percentage of being correct.

Empirical evidence supporting that revenues go down when tax rates go up would fill a skyscraper. Maybe, by “very little evidence,” Mr. Pearlstein means compared to all the evidence of everything in the universe combined totally and added together. In that case, you can take his word for truth. Sort of.

Wait! They're conservative??

The people at this newspaper are known to be openly supportive of conservative causes, and openly critical of liberal ones. Thus, it’s of little wonder that they publish an article admitting that the current administration can not live up to its own pledge of not raising taxes on the middle class.

The well-known conservative newspaper? None other than the NY Times.

Surprise!

You'll Pay All Of Your Earnings In Taxes, And You'll Smile Doing It, Because It's Only Sixty Tiny Slivers

Robert Reich says taking even more from the producers in this country only amounts to “a tiny sliver.” Of course, he neglects to take into account how many slivers they are already paying when he goes into the liberal “pay their fair share” mantra. If they are supposed to pay their fair share, then why are they paying a higher percentage than they earn? The top 1% of earners in this country make about 20% of the income, yet they pay 40% of the taxes. Not very fair, now is it? But, that is another topic.

Another thing Mr. Reich fails to take into account is that tiny slivers add up to large chunks. Ask Monty Python’s Terry Jones from The Meaning Of Life.

Reich is a goober who is all about government seizing power from the people. That is pretty much what a Socialist does.

Questions?

Oooh, A Stray From The Pack

Media Lapdog AP has a rogue writer they will need to rein in. He writes that Obama has already broken his pledge to not raise taxes on anyone but the rich and will likely have to do so again.

AP, you are going to lose all kinds of privileges if you don’t shut that guy up.

What About The Myth That He Is President?

Salon has come out with a laundry list of “myths” being perpetrated upon His Royalness The Most Holy O – you know, the guy that Newsweek’s editor calls “God.”

Some of these are simply hilarious in their defenses. Some examples:

For the “myth” that Obama can’t function without a teleprompter, they admit he indeed uses one, but whips out the popular logic of a twelve year old – but everybody does it! But they wind up having to admit he uses it more than his predecessors, and uses it in places like rodeo rings, press conferences and “casual announcements.”

For the “myth” that Obama is the Antichrist (how do you prove or disprove that one yet? – j/k), they use as proof the admission that the winning lottery numbers in Illinois the day after he was elected were 6-6-6. Yep, that’s some good proof.

For the “myth” that Obama and other lefties want to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, they fall into a convoluted explanation that revolves around the fact that if they change the name of it, it’s no longer the same thing. Ahhhhh…..now we see.

For the “myth” that stimulus money will be spent on the high speed rail between Las Vegas and Disneyland, they do admit that Harry Reid has boasted about this, but they combat the myth by saying, well, the money hasn’t been spent yet, so there.

For the twin “myths” of Obama is a Socialist or Facist, they use pretty much the same argument – he’s not a COMPLETE Socialist/Facist, so you can’t ever say he has leanings towards one or the other. You can’t say it or claim it. Ever. So there. I guess if someone kills 99 people but lets #100 live, you can’t call them a murderer.

For the “myth” that Republican dealers were targeted for closure in the Chrysler debacle, they pull out the fact that a disproportionate number of dealers were Republican to begin, so you should expect more Republican dealers to be closed. Funny how that reasoning won’t wash with lefties in the capital punishment and/or prison argument.

I am not even going into the “myth” about Obama wanting to raise taxes. They scrunch right into the leftie chant of “raising taxes on the rich.” I guess only the rich smoke, and I know for a fact that companies never, ever, ever pass tax raises onto consumers.

Thanks, Salon. That was fun.