Republicans and some Democrats are willing to let hungry people get even hungrier through this glorious holiday season to stand on the principle that millionaires and billionaires should continue to pay less in taxes.
“We have a rampant information spreader, a RIS, on the loose, gentlemen, someone so despicable they would willingly publish on the InnerTubes information embarrassing to diplomats worldwide!”
According to a study just out by the Center for Responsive Politics, nearly half the members of Congress – 251, to be exact – are millionaires. Seems about right: 2 percent of all Americans are millionaires. Half the members of Congress are millionaires.
Officially, 15 million Americans are out of work. Half of those have been out of work for 6 months or longer. So a Senate minority wants to celebrate the Fourth of July by giving millions of Americans a bottle rocket up the butt?