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In an “Obama-style” Halloween prank, Fox News contributor, actor and comedian Steven Crowder paid a visit to young trick-or-treaters at a local church’s “trunk or treat” event and attempted to “redistribute” their candy to make the system more “fair.” In the video, Crowder, dressed in a monkey costume, says the stunt is an attempt to teach kids about the American tax system.
Of course, the Obama administration’s official stance on tax policy is based on the belief that the rich aren’t paying their “fair share” in taxes — despite the fact that the nation’s top 10 percent of income earners pay roughly 70 percent of all federal income taxes.
As Crowder reaches into kids’ candy baskets and gives it to other children with less candy, the idea of redistribution is met with great resistance.
“Hey, dude that’s not cool,” one kid says. “It’s not fun to take people’s candy…That’s my candy, I worked hard for it.”
“But you had more than him,” Crowder replies.
‘That’s OK.”
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Others simply lost their cool when their candy was unfairly taken from them.
“Seriously man, I’m out of my mind… You just stole my candy!” an older kid says.
“I didn’t steal it, I’m redistributing it so it’s fair,” says Crowder. He later told the same kid of his costume, ” You didn’t build that.”
Before the prank was said and done, at least one child threatened to “call the police” over the candy theft, er…redistribution.
After being repeatedly chastised by the pint-sized trick-or-treaters, Crowder concludes that even children think it’s most fair “to be able to keep what they’ve actually earned.”
“One percenters,” Crowder says jokingly.
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Comments (176)
calmandcents
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:55amJust goes to show you, the Obamas are NOT smarter than 5th graders.
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synergy4one
Oct. 31, 2012 at 1:05amyou can say that again. I love that joke. More parents need to teach kids that lesson. They will never forget it. I love it. LOL
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LeadNotFollow
Oct. 31, 2012 at 1:26am.
Here’s a hilarious Obama Halloween T-Shirt, that I spotted on the internet just yesterday.
It goes perfect with this story.
It says, ” This Is My Obama Costume, Hand Over Your Candy So I Can Redistribute It! ”
http://tinyurl.com/9s34k85
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desertspeaks
Oct. 31, 2012 at 3:36ameven children comprehend what the alleged smartest man in the room doesn’t or refuses to GET!
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Mil-Dot
Oct. 31, 2012 at 8:07amI am definitely going to be teaching my kid ALL about redistribution-grades, candy, everything. By the time he is 8 or 9 he will hate the progs.
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johnjamison
Oct. 31, 2012 at 8:45amThis just like the college students that were all for Obama’s ideology until it came time for them to share their GPA’s with student who scored lower.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOyaJ2UI7Ss
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conservativeblackman
Oct. 31, 2012 at 8:53amEvery liberal member of government should be forced to watch this!
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HMNSC
Oct. 31, 2012 at 9:17amI really wish both sides would leave children alone. This is not a good trend.
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mikem1969
Oct. 31, 2012 at 10:10amHMSC, he was not trying to indoctrinate them into anything, he was teaching them a simple lesson that all of our kids need to learn so we can eventually get rid of liberals and progressives in government all together.
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TROONORTH
Oct. 31, 2012 at 10:30amSo Hitler was just trying to re-distribute Russia’s vast lands to those who had so little. All socialists are the same.
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PubliusPencilman
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:24pmYeah Mike, he was teaching the kids that conservatives like to make petty political points based on really poor analogies at the expense of children.
If they were playing the conservative position here, the kids wouldn’t be getting hand-outs at all!
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ross52066
Oct. 31, 2012 at 2:24pmI don’t see how it’s a “poor analogy.”
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anajay
Oct. 31, 2012 at 8:40pmCalmandcents, I just wanted to “like” your comment. I needed a good laugh. Thanks.
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Raging_Waters
Nov. 1, 2012 at 12:07am@PREPUBESCENTMAN
Ever heard of charity?… Not to mention we’re talking about kids going trick or treating. They aren’t old enough to work. Nevertheless, what would you say about this situation:
A school decides to have a fundraiser and kids have to go sell cookies. They are told they will be given a reward for doing it. Little Jimmy comes up with a good way to get people to buy them and sells the most, while little Bobby goes to a few houses, sells very few cookies, then decides he doesn’t want to try to sell any more because he could be playing video games instead.
A week later the kids go to school to count the sales. Little Jimmy had the most due to his good idea and hard work. Little Bobby had the least due to his laziness. The Teacher comes and sees Jimmy’s massive amount of sales and Bobby’s very small amount of sales.
“Wow Jimmy, you made a lot of sales!” the Teacher says, “But Bobby could barely make any. How about we give some of your sales to Bobby so he doesn’t feel bad.”
Jimmy is speechless while they level out his sales with Bobby’s.
“Well, it looks like you guys tied, so you get to split the reward! Wasn’t that fun?” the Teacher says enthusiastically.
Jimmy had a scowl on his face due to not getting anything for his hard work. Bobby was smiling and jumping for joy since he got rewarded even though he didn’t have to work hard for it.
THE QUESTION: What do you think Jimmy will do the next time there’s a school fundraiser
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johnjamison
Nov. 1, 2012 at 7:59amRaging, you know what they always say.
Give a man a fish a day and he’ll throw away his fishing gear.
Give a man a fish and tommorrow he’ll bring a friend and ask for two.
or Give a man a fish and he’ll ask why didn’t you clean and cook it for him.
Our National Park Services give out signs that state
Don’t feed the wild life because they’ll never learn to feed themselves if you feed them. THE HYPOCRACY OF OUR GOVERNMENT KNOWS NO BOUNDS
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VoteBushIn12
Nov. 1, 2012 at 3:41pmSo kids whining about sharing their candy is what you adults associate yourself with? You agree that crying and throwing temper tantrums is the way to have yourself heard? You don’t like sharing your crayons do you?
Do you raise children or were you raised by them? The life lessons you were taught are embarrassing.
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BECKONOMIST
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:47amactually, a monkey suit should have not been used, it could be misunderstood as a racial jab.
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Ginger30
Oct. 31, 2012 at 10:41amHe most likely dressed as a monkey since he is “monkeying around”.
If anyone takes offense in him dressing up as a monkey they need to get over themselves. We need to stop bending backwards to people that thinks everything is racist.
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AmericanStrega
Oct. 31, 2012 at 11:18amOnly by racists-minded people.
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XScramblerX
Oct. 31, 2012 at 10:50pmAny costume would have been criticized.
A clown?
A blood sucking vampire?
A pig?
A devil?
A pirate? They’ll spin anything! Maybe he should have put on an Obama mask so the kids can see who the “redistributionist” really is! (new word- redistributionist) :P
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SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:41amI liked the kid that said, “but I worked hard for this candy”.
I’m sure the libs would call this kid a racist. What a bunch of ignoramuses. A real fool would say that “the kid is a racist, but doesn’t even know it”…………..yep, that’s the real “MO” of a fool.
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RepubliCorp
Oct. 31, 2012 at 1:14amI wonder what would happen if we all called the cops the next time we are taxed?
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DissenterKnight
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:20pm@ RepubliCorp
Let’s face it, that police officer -a union employee, defended by collective bargaining by the evil tax payers who so oppressed he and his fellows for decades- will never take the side of the tax payer where his income is in question.
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drenfroe
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:35amThat should be used a Romney commercial. It’s in terms everyone can understand.
Oh and the Democrats haveplenty of money they could be handing out to the rest of us if they really believe what they say. They can lead in the handouts from their own pockets, you know lead by example. Ha Ha
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loriann12
Oct. 31, 2012 at 6:30amMy son has been warned by one of his teachers that he will fail one semester (or actually 6 week grading period) because he’s going to do an experiment in socialism. I’m thinking I know what it is….redistribution of grades. My son is extremely intelligent, but also lazy (and that’s not for lack of me trying to change that). If he sees that his work is not being rewarded with a good grade, he’ll quit trying and let someone else work for his grade. I have a rule, since he’s capable of being an A student, any C and I take a priveledge away. I mean come on, he has a cell phone (no service, just for games), a DS, an ereader, a TV in his room, and computer privelidges on the main computer as well as a Wii in the living room. I’m not stopping that just because his teacher wants to teach how unfair socialism is.
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Margyt
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:29amAll I could think was “poor kids, they don’t know this is a prank”. And then I hoped he gave them their candy back. Mean trick from that perspective. Other than that, it was hilarious….and way too true.
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Cadcamtrainer
Oct. 31, 2012 at 7:06amI know what you mean but let them get used to it. Life is not always a bowl of cherries…. Life is mostly mean, competitive and “not fair”.That’s life and the sooner the adjust to it, the better off they will be.
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Dodsfall
Oct. 31, 2012 at 7:08amCrowder mentioned in his Youtube comments that the kids were given a large amount of candy off-camera as compensation for being good sports for his video.
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disque-0-duc
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:28pmYeah, and unfortunately what they are being taught in school is a meaner prank that will affect them for the rest of their lives. This is a positive lesson to be learned here and sometimes you have to use the same tactics that the ******** are unscrupulously using in the classroom. It’s called indoctrination.
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Jenasus
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:26amThe cops will taser the kids when they get their and take the rest of their candy away from them.
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bdandsl
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:22amEven children are smarter than obama and liberals!
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5amerausies
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:18amI have used this example with my kids (11,10) many times but also added a caveat; “what if your brother/sister was too sick and could not trick or treat?”
Both kids demeanor changed and the response, “Oh that’s easy, we would share….but it’s better if it’s our idea.” Classic.
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DenisWTexas
Oct. 31, 2012 at 8:04amNo WAY! You mean if left to their own devices people would be charitable without the gov’t having to regulate them into doing so?!?!?!?! Who would have thought!?
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PubliusPencilman
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:26pmApparently not, because the kids actually needed there parent there to remind them that there were sick and poor people out there. Left to their own devices, I doubt the kids would have thought of it.
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You R Wrong
Oct. 31, 2012 at 10:35pmYes Publis… to REMIND them. Not to force them under penalty of jail. Big difference.
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Glennsgulch
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:04amWhoa! They’d pop a cap in his ass if he tried this in LA!
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honor007
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:44pmSteven Crowder is the bomb! Check out some of his other videos. Hilarious~
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Ray2447
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:53pmWhat do we redistribute after everyone’s wealth is all gone? No really, what then? Zero minus ten isn’t nothing, it’s less than nothing. But what the heck do math illiterate Commie/Democrats care whether they’re subtracting (redistributing) ten dollars they don’t have, or trillions? Fools and idiots vote for Obama.
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Experiment626
Oct. 31, 2012 at 11:52amThen we have to kill off those who don’t produce more than they consume.
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DIR
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:39pmHey kids get use to it, it’s the sing of the times. If some do-good lib teacher were to do this, it would be heralded as wonderful, insightfull and brilliant, not to mention marxist. The kids would be given rewards for their generousity. Those kids who resisted would be beaten by the SEIU, or the teachers union, then sent to some liberal ‘plantation’ for indoctrination.
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ocMan13
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:34pmMr. Obama,”dude that’s not cool.”
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:30pmAlmost forgot, which one of the lefties on here will cry racism for Crowder wearing a monkey costume?
We should take odds on who it will be.
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CatB
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:40pmLOL .. one of the posters on Youtube …
“Dresed as a *Monkey* while demonstrating an Obama tax policy…uh huh… We all know that “Monkey” is a racist code word. Even if you were dressed as a bear (which is still a racist code word), you should have been more sensitive to people who think you were dressed as a monkey…therefore you’re still racist. I notice that you ere also handing out “candy” (racist drug reference) instead of food stamps, cell phones, and pink slips, like our great President does.
Wow..Liberal think hurts my head”
ravenslaves 9 minutes ago
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ShyMan
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:57pmLol
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DGeezy11
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:29pmThat just made my day. Lesson I learned: Don’t tick off Captain America, he will call the cops on you haha
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:27pmIf only he could have done this to a room full of liberal grown-ups. I don’t think the little kids know, or care about politics.
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spirited
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:53pmPerhaps some of the Obama supporting parents will learn from their children’s cries.
8*> #1. Redistribution is unfair
#2. Redistribution is stealing
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spirited
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:55pm#3. Theft warrants calling the police
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HADEN0UGH
Oct. 31, 2012 at 9:41amMy 8 and 6 year old understands just fine. They even went with me to the voting booth as I explained the process to them and went over the policies. Kids are a sponge at that age.
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LukeJura
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:27pmFunny because it’s true. Still, how many who would “get” that stealing er, “redistributing” candy is not fair because it’s theft, would still back occupy wall street and vote for hard left candidates. I know quite a few!
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Polarized America
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:26pmI think they should ask kids to decide many political issues ..they’d do a lot better than the retreads in DC ..(( before ..now & i’m sure after his election ))
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JBaer
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:25pmLove it!!!
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Liztaylor1982
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:25pmThis is so hilarious love Steve Crowder — if only this lesson was remembered by these youngsters when they enter college and are subjected to their left wing socialist/marxist/communist professors. God bless ya Steve.
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Jeetman
Oct. 31, 2012 at 1:11amWell Germ, comedy is in the eye of the beholder. I happen to think he’s very funny so to me and probably most of the people posting here, he is so I’m betting your comment doesn’t mean much here hehe. Go back to media matters.
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Jeetman
Oct. 31, 2012 at 1:16amSorry hit the wrong reply button. This was meant for G.E.R.’s comment.
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G.E.R
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:24pmThis guy is a multitude of things and comedian isn’t one of them.
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OccamsSword
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:46pmYou sound like he just took your candy….whaaaaaa!
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G.E.R
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:55pmAnd you probably hurt yourself thinking of that one
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SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:35amOoooooo, aren’t we the brainiac……………
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Jeetman
Oct. 31, 2012 at 1:17amWell Germ, comedy is in the eye of the beholder. I happen to think he’s very funny so to me and probably most of the people posting here, he is so I’m betting your comment doesn’t mean much here hehe. Go back to media matters.
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G.E.R
Oct. 31, 2012 at 9:22amMonkeys do find amusement in the dumbest of things
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team1blazer
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:24pmSWEET! You won’t find reporting like this in the lame stream media, and you damn sure won’t find lessons like this taught in public schools. If you have a child in public schools, GET THEM OUT NOW!
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Watermain
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:24pmI’ll bet nobody redistributes the Obama girls’ candy, do they? Nope, just us folks get redistributed…
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denkat56
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:21pmI told Barry it wouldn’t work, but no, he wouldn’t listen. How much candy does Barry want to share with all of us. He is worth a cool 15 million, that’s a lot of candy. Cm on Barry share the wealth, you been preaching sharing the wealth for the last 4 years.
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Diane TX
Oct. 31, 2012 at 12:49amYou’re right. I want my “fair share” of Obama’s personal stash. Especially since “he didn’t write” his first book.
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RJJinGadsden
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:20pmThat makes me think about a young person’s first paycheck when they see what all has been taken out. May as well train them earlier what to expect when they start earning their paychecks.
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Watermain
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:26pmOne of my sons looked at his first paycheck (bagging groceries) and asked me where all the rest of his money was. I just chuckled and said get used to it my friend, it’s called taxes.
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copatriots
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:28pmTaxpaying Americans are going to have that same feeling with their first paycheck in January. Most people have no idea what’s about to hit them.
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toomuchgovt
Oct. 31, 2012 at 6:21amOh I remember my first paycheck. I was not real happy. I had to get up at 4 am. I had it all figured out how much I was going to make, what a disappointment.
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dickdastardly
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:16pmRofl….
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CatB
Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:42pmI am so sharing that in the morning … when I can be certain EVERYONE sees it!
R & R 2012 … Good lesson for the “grown-ups” too!
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