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‘The Simpsons’ Tries to Explain the Fiscal Cliff: It’s About Giving the Rich ‘All the Money’

Dec. 5, 2012 11:13am Erica Ritz

The Simpsons Mr. Burns Explains the Fiscal Cliff: Give the Rich Everything

(Photo: YouTube/The Simpsons)

“The Simpsons” is the longest-running scripted show in American history, and has won countless awards since its inception. It remains one of the most-watched programs in the country, and while everyone knows the characters get into ridiculous situations, its approach to politics is noteworthy. Many of its viewers likely don’t spend hours keeping up-to-date with current events, and will understand the show as an exaggerated, satirical form of reality (particularly if it reinforces a popular narrative).

To explain the impending “fiscal cliff” — a combination of the Bush tax rates expiring and automatic spending cuts to vital institutions like the military — an upcoming episode of “The Simpsons” (a teaser clip posted Tuesday is below) put it simply: If you don’t give the rich “all the money,” they’ll drive you off a cliff.

The scene opens with a crack of thunder and a sign reading “rape now bad” as the camera zooms into a stately Republican mansion.

(Photo: YouTube/The Simpsons)

Surrounded by a fallen “Romney-Ryan” posters, books reading “binder,” “women,” and ‘Nate Silver Can’t Add,” stereotypical wealthy villain Mr. Burns explains:

“Think of the economy as a car and the rich man is the driver. If you don’t give the driver all the money, he will drive you over a cliff. It’s just common sense…Furthermore, rich people feel things more deeply than the common man.”

The scene then cuts to an image of the local “billionaires club” on election night, as women wail and a man holds a gun to his head.

To adapt to the changing times, Burns then says he embraces immigration reform.

“I have a progressive proposal to let into this country 200 grimy Irishmen a year. I’ve got lots of potatoes that need peeling and staples to be mucked out,” he remarks.

Watch the entire clip, below:

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oldsoldier10
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 3:44pm
the USA is lost if we get our voting information from the simpsons? sheeple watching the fox sunday cartoon domination for anything other than comedy deserve the UBAMA they choose in nov 12. anyone hat would tolerate seinfield or big bang theory needs to be rendered for soap.

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- BHOHG2G
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 6:53pm
  Just thinking the same thing. It should be no surprise that most of the Demwits would think of a cartoon show as factual news.
  
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- MarsBarsTru7
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 7:20pm
  What the heck is this liberal garbage? I must have clicked on MSNBC by accident. For a second there I thought I was on The Blaze…
  Oh wait, that’s right…
  I forgot the progressive changes being made around here.
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:17pm
  I thought they were going say that Warren Buffit paid the $$ 1 Billion bucks he owes the IRS. Also, that The Rev. al Sharpton had paid the $$1.2 million he owes in back taxes. Also, that Charlie Rangel paid the almost $ 700,000 he owed the IRS on his foreign condos in Purato Rici. Also I had hoped the Simpsons would tell that the 6 Szars that had to turn down Obama because they owed taxes along withTurboTimmy had paid all their taxes..
  
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- rickc34
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 8:38pm
  Turkey- good luck with that .
  
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- edcoil
  Posted on December 6, 2012 at 10:02am
  The government is the only rich left. It spends everyone else into massive debt and provides nothing.
  
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aaron@home
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 3:40pm
fake

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Thurston.Howell.III
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:36pm
Lovey and I don’t have to pay taxes anymore.

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Popp40
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:48pm
@RLTW….thank you for your service…there are still some of us that appreciate our veterans and those serving. And rest assure you wont be standing alone.

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- RLTW
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 3:47pm
  POPP40
  I thank you and all freedom loving people in our country (this does not include Lib/progs whether they claim us respect or not) I hold them in treasonous contempt to the idea and concept of what individual liberty really means.
  
  I know I stand with the many, all of us should now have at a minimum 12 trusted souls ready and by our side.
  
  “The Edge… there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.” Hunter S. Thompson
  
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slade37
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:01pm
I get annoyed each time I read comments on a Simpsons clips (and many times comments in general).

1. Mr. Burns has always been like this. He wanted to bypass laws when loaning Homer money for Lisa’s pony. He’d release the hounds on anyone asking him for money. He has a trap door in front of his desk. Someone gets injured on the job – just give him a fruit basket or a ham and send him home. This fits the character perfectly – even if this was 20 years ago.

2. Everyone wants to ignore the Simpsons poking fun at liberals too. In recent years, Homer insulted Biden while he was VP. They showed MSNBC as being desperate for attention and willing to do anything to be a part of something.

Are we so angry we can’t laugh at ourselves? I think the jabs at the GOP are more harsh and obvious on American Dad, but nothing gets said about it here.

Comments seem to be harsh on every site. Although we have a different point of view here, our reactions to opposing views are no different from how the liberals comment on more liberal sites. We are truly a country divided.

I need to stop reading comments. They seem to show the worst of people – usually.

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- Lord_Frostwind
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 3:39pm
  SSDD. Matt Groening has never really been one for subtlety when it comes to his political ideas. Still, I miss the days before Obama, when they made fun of people everywhere, even Bill Clinton, the Democrat Darling was ridiculed mercilessly. Really the only ones who have actually taken a shot at Obama are South Park and SNL (debatable).
  
  I learned a magical lesson many years ago when it came to TV. If you don’t like what somebody is saying, turn it off. If you’re kids end up indoctrinated by the TV, you’ve got nobody to blame but yourself for not paying attention.
  
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hi
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:48pm
Voters are stupid and get their knowledge from cartoons and TV sitcoms. If we ever want to win again, that’s where we need to compete. They can just lie, deceive, distort, and cheat, and it goes unopposed. Perhaps video games are the best place to expand knowledge!

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- UNALIEN
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:00pm
  Yup, the Marxist, Communist, Progressive and modern Illiberals control the creation of culture and work to demoralize and balkanize the civil society.. replace individual virtue with envy and false State virtue.
  
  It is modern slavery, the chains aren’t physical they are now ideological, emotional and economic…
  
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RayOne
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:37pm
Go after K-Street.

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RIGHT_WHERE_IT_HURTS
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:31pm
I used to watch The Simpsons years ago. (The Halloween specials can’t be beat.) I let them go as soon as Groening became political. As far as I’m concerned, it’s just more animated brainwashing/filth in prime-time aimed at America’s kids. If I ever met Groening, I’d pull an Itchy and Scratchy on him, and a nasty one at that.

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avery45
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:15pm
If you want to raise taxes on the rich to lower mine, I’m all for it. But that is rarely the case. And can some one explain to me how taking money from the rich will make my life better? And how do the rich get rich from the poor? The poor have no money for the rich to take

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The-Credible-Hulk
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:04pm
And this comes from Matt Groening, the creator of the Simpsons, whose net worth is over $500 million.
What a hypocrite.

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- UNALIEN
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:13pm
  Socialism benefits the economic, political and academic privileged elites.. egalitarianism is the sales pitch but fascism is the goal…
  
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- Government_Goodies
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:14pm
  Pwned!!!
  
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- Jenny Lind
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:16pm
  He and the fools who write this should be put in a room and shown all the “results” of the last few years. All the charts that show what is going on and what is happening to all the countries who tried this experiment and where they are now. They also need to see footage of Stalin,et cetera of what happens when freedom of capitolism is taken away. Throw in the laws that will effect them shortly and how much it will impact other companies, and true producers of foods and goods in this country. In other words give them a day where they have to shut up and listen and see what is going on uninterrupted, the ows: the Obama reports put together by real researchers, and all the other films and reports we have. You can bet your tail they have closed their minds to any of it before-maybe a whole day of truth shoved down their ignorant throats would wake them up.. Sadly it probably wouldn’t make a difference-see they are making oodles off stupid people. They do not want their golden goose silenced, fools that they are.
  
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- charles116
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 5:07pm
  How is he a hypocrite?
  
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WCJ
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:54am
I can proudly say I have never watched an episode of The Simpsons and I never will.

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hauschild
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:50am
Aren’t leftist embarrassed when the vast majority on their side make completely false arguments? That’s one thing I could never understand about them. They’re supposedly so book smart (note I didn’t say “intelligent”), yet they allow lies to perpetuate.

It’s bad enough when it happens less than occasionally on “our” side – drives me nuts. The only logical explanation and one based on their #1 philosophy that the ends justify the means is that they are inherently evil by nature.

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- 19RANDY59
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:01pm
  DUH!!! They’re nothing but liars, cheats, and freeloaders. Oh, I forgot, after Bengazi, they’re murderers also.
  
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AmericanStrega
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:44am
What do you expect from the creator of The Simpsons? The guy’s from Eugene/Springfield, Oregon. If you ever get the chance to visit Eugene or Springfield, DON’T. They’re cesspools just like Boulder, Colorado. (I know because I’ve lived in both. Glad I got the heck out).

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coyote1hell
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:43am
Democrart Idiots..get ther political views from a cartoon…..at least 85 % of them will…

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VaARNG_Guardsman
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:42am
I’ve watched the Simpsons for years, but seems that they are becoming more commie as time goes on. I’m done with the Simpsons.

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- apexmoon
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:02pm
  I agree. In the old days it was a cartoon about Homer’s antics and the episodes had good story lines. Anymore the stories/jokes are more and more political/social based.
  
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- UNALIEN
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:33pm
  the Simpsons hasn’t changed, you have
  
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:40am
Anybody who receives their political talking points from The Simpsons is a very, very sad and sorry person.

I honestly haven’t watched that show in years (excepting two I tried to watch this year, where it was painfully clear that the show is running on vapors and the good writers have left it). In fact, I can’t even recall the last time I watched South Park, which is clearly on the libertarian side of the debate. Television, like the Simpsons, is dying. Good riddance I say, it has always been recognized as the best tool of propaganda to be found out there, it’s a one way communication that lulls people to sleep with shiny images and rapid 1 to 2 second scene changes.

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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:50am
  @GoJ,
  
  I hear you. I agree. But I have to admit I like being entertained from time to time. Sometimes you just need to sit in front of the boob tube and laugh for a while. I’m much more inclined to watch Family Guy or South Park than the Simpsons, but Monty Burns has always had a little place in my heart.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:29pm
  The thing is JEFFERSON….they do.
  Take a look at how this benighted “youth” generation gets their news from “The Daily Show”.
  
  The left has succeeded in poisoning conservatism’s message before it even reaches them because they get the children early in school and keep a stranglehold on them through the culture.
  
  They say they get most of their news from the internet…where do you do think they go? MSNBC..CNN…Huffpo. They won’t touch Drudge, they won’t touch Fox.
  
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RepubliCorp
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:40am
This coming from a show that depicts the blue collar guy as a dumb SOB

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SILAS
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:39am
The Progressive Narrative is nothing but an immense ILLUSION, reinforced on a daily basis by large doses of media/pop-culture. As with all illusions, one day soon it will cease to exist.

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- YouCantExplainThat
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:48am
  You keep thinking that and we’ll be over here running things in the real world. I’m not being sarcastic, please keep thinking this. 2016 will be a cinch.
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:06pm
  @You,
  
  So in your grand plan, at what point do y’all stop having elections all together? At some point, don’t they become counter-productive?
  
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- YouCantExplainThat
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 4:28pm
  @Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  
  If I had a grand plan, which I don’t, then we would never stop have elections.
  
  The point I’m making is that continuing to delude yourself will only strengthen your opponents.
  
  This is a bad metaphor, because I don’t see fellow Americans as enemies but here goes.. It makes no sense to ignore the enemy at the gates claiming he is cheating, or refusing to believe he exists all together, or whatever you want to say, because in the end he is there and he will tear down your gates and trample you all the same. And as the person massing at the gates, I could care less if you refuse to believe I exists, in fact its better for me, make it all the easier to come in.
  
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BasketFullOfPuppies
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:38am
This is their game… turn back logic with emotion. If logic wins, turn around the meaning of the words that won, then beat them with them. We shouldn’t even be discussing a “fiscal cliff”. But, if we called what they are doing “fiscal insanity”, they would just say that conservatives are beating up on the “mentally challenged”. The biggest problem is that they have the media on their side and the media either passes on their argument to the people, or they hide the real problem from the people.

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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:48am
  Completely agree. However, I’m not sure you can count on the ministry of truth to somehow see the light no? How about schools? We’ve allowed the NEA and unions and intellectual elite to take over the education of the next generation. Do you think they are going to instill them with reason and logic? Yeah, probably not. So you have a generation being conditioned to accept an Orwellian vision. They won’t have the words to even protest if they felt like it. Words like “racist” or “terrorist” will be used to weed out even the inclining of thought-crimes. My point is that there is no cavalry coming. There is no ballot box revival. The stupid people breed…en mass.
  
  So what do we do? Couple of options I suppose but I’m open to suggestions.
  1. Embrace our inner serf and accept a world without liberty. Cry for big brother.
  2. Bang our heads on the wall by trying to fight them at their own game in which we will never win.
  3. Resist, remove consent, fight back. If done as individuals we will all die as individuals. How do you organize in a police state?
  4. Gather like minded in one place and peacefully secede from the US and get international recognition in order to provide diplomatic cover in the event of an armed response.
  
  Others?
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:30pm
  @Roth
  
  An off the books economy and currency is a possibility. Some have tried this, but I think they ran into roadblocks regarding the required anonymity for such a thing to succeed. BitCoin was *close* to breaching the surface but fell to some kind of charges (I believe?). If we could find a way to create an anonymous currency (completely untraceable),that’s traded anonymously over the internet as well as in face to face transactions, it’s possible. The biggest danger is that doing so now gets you labeled an “economic terrorist”, whatever the hell that’s supposed to mean. Add in a little bit of “you don’t have to ask The Man to carry your firearm” type thinking and practice (concealed if need be)…hmmmm. We could set up a virtual, tax free, regulation free society within the larger society, where the only hard part would be avoiding the few cops you see in real life. Just thinking out loud here, speculating if you will.
  
  I’ve thought about this kind of thing for years. The better technology gets, the easier some of the aspects become. Maybe toss in an off shore shipping company that handles transactions anonymously (still noodling that) and the need to participate in most of the “legal” market disappears, except perhaps food shopping. Really would like to explore this more. Get out of their economic grasp and they lose 95% of their power over us.
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:44pm
  @GoJ,
  
  Great thoughts. Funny on the Bitcoin thing. When I was working in banking I was responsible for numerous product analytics including merchant services. I had serviced threats to market share and brought up Bitcoins as an example of how people might try to avoid banking all together. I was told, essentially, not to worry about that with an implied wink to go along with it. NOBODY threatens the dollar hegemony…nobody. If you look at the “terrorist” list the ones that really scare the pants off the elite it is the “economic terrorists”.
  
  I’d say we have a better chance of organizing a militia and seceding from the union than we would at creating an exit from the dollar. We armed Al Qaeda to make sure that Gahdafi couldn’t deliver on the African Monetary Unit. LOL, freaking amazing isn’t it? Not only did they arm Al Qaeda, they managed to convince hundreds of millions of Americans that it was the noble/right thing to do. HA! You can’t make this stuff up.
  
  You are exactly right though. TRUE freedom lies in exiting the economic system that empowers the plutocracy. That’s how they get you. The IRS, your house, your retirement, college admissions, etc. You want things for yourself or your family? Play ball. What if we could transact with each other without them? What would be their threat at that point? The veil would be off and people would see them for what they are. Ah, a man can dream.
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 1:49pm
  Roth,
  
  Dang it, I couldn’t fit my GPG key in the reply to box. Been meaning to get in contact with you, but didn’t know of a way to do so without compromising your or my privacy, so I figured a GPG/PGP message could be exchanged right here after we exchanged public keys. Damn this site’s severely restricted character limit! heh
  
  If you have a throw away address, I can send you my public key to that, then post a small portion of it here on the thread to verify that it’s truly my key and not some hack third party sending to the throw away address, and we can go from there with real email addresses? I’m using GPG for what it’s worth, and assuming you use something similar. If not, no biggie.
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:18pm
  Boy, I wish that the Blaze would find a way to allow people to exchange securely. I’m guessing they’ll say something about FreedomConnector. No thanks. I don’t have a GPG key (dang). My son is always on me about moving to Linux. I bought a book about 2 months ago and it has sat there ever since.
  
  I haven’t had the opportunity to get to the anonymyzation functionality. I thought I was pretty savvy with IronKey. However, that doesn’t really get us past this hurdle now does it? I suppose I can go cook up some temp email account and give the NSA something to do. :-) I think I’ll do the GPG key too.
  
  You got my nerd juices flowing. Let me get some PC time tonight (I’ll bug my son too) and hit you back on a thread tomorrow. It’s like I’m in Lulzsec…ha!
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 2:24pm
  Fair enough. GPG runs fine on Windows, it comes with a Windows GUI interface called Kleopatra. I made a 2048 small key sufficient for getting things set up communication wise (and then exchanging more robust 4k keys).
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:30am
The Simpsons is one of obama’s supporters’ main sources of “news”.

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- marybethelizabeth
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:45am
  Mr. Beck relies on the Star Wars movies and The Princess Bride ( which he referenced again during yesterday’s radio show) as evidence for the superiority of his political opinions.
  
  Those movies target children. The Simpson’s is an animation program for adults.
  
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- YouCantExplainThat
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:48am
  It is the only news I watch. 4 more years!
  
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- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:31pm
  Mary,
  
  False. Neither movie was targeted to children. Where did you get such a fantasy?
  
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OnwardThroughTheFog
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:29am
“Animal Farm” would be informative, as well. Sorry lost my head. I don’t hink any of them want to be informed, as evidenced by the Obamazoid election.

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- YouCantExplainThat
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:49am
  The OBAMAPOCALYPSE is here! Wake up sheeple!
  
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biohazard23
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:29am
And the low-information voters will believe every single word of this drivel. No surprises here, kids.

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- YouCantExplainThat
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:51am
  I for one base all my important life decisions solely from the Simpsons. Abortions, cheating on foodstamps, conspiring with the progressive underground world domination secret society, and voting. Hasn’t steered me wrong yet.
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:29pm
  “I for one base all my important life decisions solely from the Simpsons.”
  
  Well, doesn’t EVERYBODY? :)
  
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:27am
LOL, that’s pretty classic.

I think we all need to be careful as a country here. We are losing the words to debate one another rapidly. Political correctness is quite chilling in how it can silence minds and voices. At any rate, in this case both sides are talking about the “rich”. What does that really mean? It’s completely arbitrary and can mean anything to people who want to feed an irrational argument. For example, the left says the “rich” and uses the 250K label. The sheep roar and want to eat them but have no idea that this number is ridiculously low, especially in an inflationary environment (more on that). These are the corner bakery and gas station operators. The rich? Hardly.

However, those on the “right” (not that left right means anything anymore) dive in head first to defend the “rich” because either we are one of those proprietors, or know one, or strive to be one. However, in doing so we are defacto defending the bankers and crony capitalists who have their hands in the pants of politicians and who benefit from a Federal reserve who is laughing while watching this and raping us simultaneously.

We aren’t having the right conversations because we have been robbed of the words and freedom (political correctness) to do so in a society that rewards the one who can shout down the other. Logic, reason, civility all lose to unchecked emotion, inferred conclusions, and volume.

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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:30am
  A good book on how reason is corralled by political correctness and speech control.
  
  Voltaire’s Bastards by John Ralston Saul
  
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- UNALIEN
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:31am
  and when did it become evil to be “rich”
  
  when Progressivism replaced virtue with envy
  
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- drphil69
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:32am
  The “rich” are the people that create the wealth and the jobs. We must destroy them because they are evil – how dare they make profit off of someone else’s labor!!
  
  So, once we are rid of the evil rich people, we will have utopia!! Of course, there will be no jobs, no money, no food, no fuel, no electricity, and no hope… but at least the rich will not be so rich anymore!!
  
  YES LIBERALS ARE THAT DUMB!!
  
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right-wing-waco
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:24am
So let me see if I have this correct. If I go get a good job or start a successful business that goes very well and I make lots of money AND I happen to be a republican, I am evil if I do not give the vast majority of it away. WHY would I continue to work?

Also why do the dems not go after people like Pelosi that make millions off her wines, and Feinstein off the military contracts? Somehow being Democrat & rich is ok. Did I get that correct?

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- Chet Hempstead
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 6:05pm
  When we raise the tax rate for the wealthy back to what it was back in the late 20th century when we had a balanced budget and a low unemployment, rich Democrats will be taxed at the same rate as rich Republicans.
  
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Popp40
Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:22am
T.V. shows are nothing but trash now. I’m sure some will say this is funny and that it isn’t a big deal but this is just further indoctrination….I hate to say it but our country is lost.

For anyone who has never read the book, please read 1984 by George Owell and compare it to what is going on around us.

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- oldguy49
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:26am
  yep turtle man…..16 and pregnant….real housewifes not to mention boo boo……….where are the real creators of good holsum tv
  
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- right-wing-waco
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:26am
  POPP40
  “.I hate to say it but our country is lost.”
  I hate admit it but I think you are correct. Also if anyone hasn’t read the book Atlas Shrugged, you need to.
  
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- salvawhoray
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:28am
  Also read “Animal Farm” from the same writer.
  
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- thegreatcarnac
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:31am
  Yes…It is certainly beginning to look like “1984″ and it is carreening toward ‘Animal Farm’.
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:32am
  “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
  
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- SeekerEmerald
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:36am
  When liberals read 1984, they see the evil government as being run by conservatives. They are convinvced that if THEY were in charge, a huge bloated dictatorial government is good. Liberals are only against large conservative governments. They are FOR large progressive governments.
  
  In the progressive mind, big business is bad, but big governement is good. Small business is good, and small government is bad.
  
  When asked why big business is bad, they prattle on about how powerful businesses are controlling people’s lives. But they seem to have ZERO objection to powerful government controlling people’s lives.
  
  An all-powerfull CEO is automatically evil, but an all-powerful president (if democrat) is good! Oh, except for Steve Jobs, and Apple. Somehow that’s OK.
  
  Rich people are evil, says progressives. Oh, except for the hollywood elites. They are GOOD!
  
  Progressives make ZERO sense…
  
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- RLTW
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:38am
  I see many of the signs and negative changes that you do, but I refuse to say this country is gone until on a large scale another shot heard around the world is reached.
  
  It’s time now to regroup within the law, even as manipulated as it is and continue to fight for moral virtue and wholesomeness.
  
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- UNALIEN
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:51am
  “all citizens are equal, but some citizens are to be made more equal than others by the State.”
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 11:55am
  @RLTW,
  
  Noble thoughts indeed. Maybe someday they will tell the tale of people like you when they talk about the Alamo and Thermopylae. Sadly, that’s where your tale will end. You will be crushed under the “Leviathan”.
  
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- RLTW
  Posted on December 5, 2012 at 12:20pm
  ROTH
  
  That may be, and I’m prepared for that day when it comes as has been the case since I took the oath and served 24 years in the United States Army.
  
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