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Fact Check: Harry Reid‘s Claim That ’Millionaire job Creators…Don’t Exist’ Thoroughly Debunked

“Tax policy should be serious business carried out by serious politicians using real facts and figures. This is why we have the Library of Congress and the Congressional Budget Office, among other expert institutions,” writes Paul Roderick Gregory of Forbes.

Indeed, given the current state of the U.S. economy, tax policy has become an increasingly important subject. And yet, some top-ranking politicians have been making “patently inaccurate, outrageous and bizarre” claims on tax-policy issues and they are doing it without repercussion.

For instance, on Dec.12, while proposing his 1.9 percent surtax on millionaires, Sen. Harry Reid said the following (via Forbes):

Millionaire job creators are like unicorns. They’re impossible to find, and they don’t exist…Only a tiny fraction of people making more than a million dollars, probably less than 1 percent, are small business owners. And only a tiny fraction of that tiny fraction are traditional job creators…Most of these businesses are hedge fund managers or wealthy lawyers. They don’t do much hiring and they don’t need tax breaks.

His comments were based on a Dec. 9 National Public Radio report that claimed to have gone searching for the oft-touted “millionaire jobs creator.” They came back with this earthshattering discovery: “NPR requested help from numerous Republican congressional offices, including House and Senate leadership. They were unable to produce a single millionaire job creator for us to interview.”

However, the NPR report and Sen. Reid’s subsequent claims did not sit well with Paul Roderick Gregory of Forbes. He decided to dig deeper than NPR and thoroughly scrutinized Sen. Reid “facts.”

“Unlike Harry Reid’s office, I went to the IRS’s Table 1.4 ‘Sources of income, adjustments, and tax size of adjusted gross income, 2009’ to check things out,” writes Gregory .

This is what he found:

There are 236,883 tax filers with incomes of a million dollars or more. By Harry Reid’s count, only one percent, or 2,361 of them, are business owners, and a tiny fraction of them create jobs. I do not know what Harry means when he says “a tiny fraction of a tiny fraction.” If we let 5 percent represent Harry’s “tiny fraction,” we are left with 118 businesses owners who earn a million or more and create jobs. Yes, they are only slightly less rare than unicorns, if Harry is to be believed.

This leaves 236,765 million-dollar-plus tax payers, most of whom are “hedge fund managers and wealthy lawyers” who “don’t create jobs and don’t need tax breaks…”

Millionaire tax filers earn a total taxable income of $623 billion, on which they pay the highest average rate (30 percent) of any tax bracket…A 1.9 percent tax surcharge on million-dollar-earners would yield $11 billion, assuming those shifty millionaires take no evasive action to avoid the tax.

Millionaire tax filers earn $221 billion – almost a quarter of a trillion — from business and professions, partnerships, and S-corporations. This is puzzling: If Harry Reid’s figure is correct (2,361 millionaire businesses), then the average millionaire-owned business earns almost a hundred million dollars, and all, except 118 of them, do this without hiring anyone. These super heroes do their own typing, selling, drafting. public relations, building, and manufacturing. They do not need employees. Remarkable!

So what does this mean?

“Millionaire tax filers earn almost a quarter trillion dollars from their businesses. They must hire hundreds of thousands of employees to do so,” Gregory concludes.

If Gregory’s facts are correct, and it is simply the case that Sen. Reid–a top-ranking U.S. politician– is simply lobbing undisciplined and poorly researched “facts” while discussing issues critical to the fiscal health of the country, this does not bode well for the future of the U.S. economy. Unless those in charge start taking this conversation seriously, America will most likely continue its downward spiral into financial ruin.

Furthermore, such “class warfare will be the anchor of the Democrat election playbook,” Gregory predicts. Indeed, it may not be unwarranted to expect more of this type of rhetoric as we approach the 2012 election.

Read the full report here.

Update: Since the original publication of this article, an update has been made. It was mistakenly reported that Sen. Reid’s comments were made on Dec. 6, before the NPR report. This is not true. His comments were based on a report that NPR produced on Dec. 9 and the Senator made his comments on Dec. 12. (h/t Ken Hansen).

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  • mrmikejohnson
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:13pm

    Anyone notice that 95% of the AP’s “fact check” stories are on conservative statements? Harry Reid throws this whopper out there and the AP doesn’t say a word.

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    • Hiswill
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:36pm

      Lies get the left elected.

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    • wheels
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:01pm

      They dont have to…this man claimed that thousands of people would “cease to exist” if we cut subsidy to N.E.A. Cowboy Poetry festivals in NV (youtube it, please) so they’ve already conceeded that he is off his rocker & uses no facts lol.
      Strange how he was almost double digits behind Sharon Angle for 6 months of his campaign, then he miraculously defeats her with SEIU running the voting booths “for the people” in Nov 2010, weird.

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    • mbriz
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:07pm

      They all lie to make there point seem valid, beck does it every day too.

      mbriz  
    • wheels
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:17pm

      MBriz…please provide a specific link/evidence about Becks “lies”…Id be very interested. Dont worry nobody actually expects you to produce anything.

      wheels  
    • So
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:31pm

      Check out how much Harry is worth along with Pelosi and Frank. The millionaire job creators are those in elected office, with their inflated salaries, legal insider trading secrets, and benefits.

      When was the last time you got to vote a raise for yourself?

      Why do you think they fight so hard and dirty to win those elected positions?

      Harry is riding the million dollar unicorn, funded by the American public. Riding high and lying through his teeth.

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:38pm

      Maybe it should be honest politicians in Washington are like Unicorns they simply don’t exist.

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    • MYHEROISRON
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:47pm

      Liberalism is a sickness, and Hairy Reed is one sick dude …

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    • lobster
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:04pm

      My mind is made up, don’t confuse me with the facts. Also,eschew obfuscation….

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    • jzs
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:20pm

      Quote: “These super heroes do their own typing, selling, drafting. public relations, building, and manufacturing. They do not need employees. Remarkable!”

      So what does this mean?

      “Millionaire tax filers earn almost a quarter trillion dollars from their businesses. They must hire hundreds of thousands of employees to do so,” Gregory concludes.

      Reid didn‘t say that rich lawyers and hedge fund managers don’t employ people. Of course they do and they hired people to do that. “Hired” you’ll notice is past tense. The article suggests that those people, like rich lawyers or hedge fund managers or oil companies or big pharma or Wall Street Banks, all of which are making record profits, are “hiring.” They aren’t hiring. They’re letting people go maybe, but they aren’t hiring despite record profits.

      The connection between a company making more money and that company hiring more people is a fantasy that Republicans use to justify to pass legislation that makes the rich richer. Companies hire people when their demand increases to the point that they need to hire people to meet the demand. That’s when the average American has more money. A CEO would, and should be fired if he or she hires people based on the profit the company is making.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:58pm

      @jzs
      Happy Birthday JeZus! How have you been doing? I see that you are lying again. How do you continue to say such stupid things and still expect to give redemption to your followers?
      JeZuS “saves” his followers… and redeems them for valuable coupons and gifts. Good to see that your Mother let you get back on her Internet connection. How’s life in her basement? Got clean underwear? Clean sheets? Is she still feeding you? You’re still a stupid ID ten T PEBKAC jerk.
      Come on back JeZuS… we have a special place for you….

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    • USMCRETIRED2001
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:09pm

      MBRIZ or is it MR WHIZZ ?? Its so easy to throw out a talking point. Just ask Harry “I swear it’s da truth” Reid. Fact check baby … where are YOUR facts? quick, go to the Daily KOS or Huffington Post so you can get some more talking points.

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:26pm

      This one, who is called Harry Reid, has a special place in Hell prepared for him, along with the overwhelming bulk of the Obama consortium, not only for what they’ve done and not done, but because they are deniers and mockers of the Living God.

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    • HappyStretchedThin
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:29pm

      Talk about a waste of time. “Fact checking” Harry Reid is like trying to fact check Mad magazine. Safer just to assume he’s lying when he opens his mouth, and put the burden of proof he’s not lying on him.
      @JZS
      Unlike your other detractors, I’ll always be substantive when I criticize you.
      But you ARE wrong, as usual.
      You seem to hold to what Mark Steyn calls the “Scrooge McDuck” theory of wealth, in which bankers, hedge fund managers, rich lawyers and the like earn scads of money, and spend all day swimming in vats of it for the sheer pleasure of feeling the rush of cash on their skin.
      Outside of your fantasy world where govt intervention on the demand side drives economies, even IF those filthy rich bankers, etc. decide it’s not smart for their OWN businesses to expand, their money doesn’t just sit in a silo under guard somewhere. what do you think BANKS DO? They invest in companies that ARE growing. Net effect: jobs are created, more middle class have more money, and those filthy rich people have just made a respectable return on their INVESTMENT.
      Lucky for us supply-side conservatives we have reality on our team, and the Reagan turnaround to prove it.
      p.s. Not always a wise rhetorical move admitting to not understanding sound logic. The writer was making the sarcastic point that of course the “rich” hire people for the services mentioned.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:37pm

      I think just saying liberals are the problem is only half right. Progressives, whether they are to the left or to the right, pretty much the same thing, two slightly different paths leading in the same direction. That is important to remember. Progressives can look or sound good at the time, but they lie to get your vote and then you get more of the same.

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    • Unix
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:42pm

      Liberals/Progressives don’t let pesky facts get in the way of their distortions, pfffft, silly Rabbi, kicks are for treads! In response to tyranny, I’ll put the heel of my boot on the tyrants neck!

      Sic Semper Tyrannis
      (And Thus to Tyrants)

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 11:15pm

      Unix, “Liberals/Progressives don’t let pesky facts get in the way of their distortions,“ The reason we are in the mess we are in is because ”We the People” have been asleep at the wheel and have not been paying attention to the facts. If we continue to sweep the facts under the table, we will continue down the same path of destruction we have been on for a very long time. If a candidate, has changed their position from their position in the past, they are lying to you. Let’s stop electing liars into the highest offices in the land.

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    • ooooonooooo
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 11:21pm

      this pretty much says it all about the obama presidency. people are suffering.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6hvmWDYiCY

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    • artistskeptic
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:23am

      Is there anyone who pays any attention to anything the despicible, ignorant, corrupt idiot H. Reid says? Only the fraudulent voting system in NV has kept him in office, no real human with an IQ above 30 could possibly vote for him. May he soon rest permanently beneath his pomagranite trees.

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    • Sparky101
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:37am

      JZS, your statement “A CEO would, and should be fired if he or she hires people based on the profit the company is making,” is just the kind of mindless statement that Hairy Reed is accused of making. Two peas in a pod you are.

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 5:58am

      Harry has been in Washington so long that he has a wsrped view of the world. He lives in an Ivory Tower where he has the power to block legislation from the house and try to make the Republicans look bad. He is showing some of the early signs of dementia like childlish behavior, his tabling of legislstion from the opposition is like a kid saying “Its my ball and if I’m not making the rules, I’m going home.
      He is a prime example for term limits, let him go watch his pomegranite trees grow.

      OMG

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    • Cat
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:26am

      Harry Reid is the ultimate reason to abolish the IRS
      That jerk is sucking off everyone stupid enough to pay a government to run their lives

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    • starman70
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:45am

      When will the majority of American voters realize that these liberal politicians are feeding them a pack of lies, distortions and general BS, all the while enriching themselves on their inflated salaries, generous retirement packages and huge profits from legal (for them) insider trading and knowledge.

      WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO WAKE PEOPLE UP?

      HOW CAN YOU GET IT THROUGH THE VOTERS HEADS THAT THEY ARE BEING SCREWED BY THE POLITICIANS?

      Does anyone know the answer?

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:15am

      Well Nancy Pelosi is making people some money in her 10,000 a night hotel room… I’m sure she has people running in that hotel 24/7 for her and her extravagant lifestyle…

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    • jkjk
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:28am

      I would love to bit#@ slap this moron.

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    • Bluefish49
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:49am

      As with their leader…if it comes from their mouths it must be true…..they are in for a real treat come election time. I predict the biggest shift ever for the Conservative cause.

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:56am

      Yo JZS:
      There you go again……
      Did you read the same statement as me… you twist the meaning to suit your mis-guided thinking. The words were of JOB CREATORS that are “HIRING” people as employees.
      I think you need to hire someone to fact check you’re statements.

      I don’t support wealthy greed, I do support honesty.

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:57am

      Reid never let facts or truth get in the way of his BS…

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    • old white guy
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:12am

      if one does some fact checking one might find that harry reid does not exist.

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    • tradexpertbuysell
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:14am

      These progressives are so stupid! When the system crashes they are anticipating a reward. Don’t they realize they are the establishment?! When things really do go south I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near them. They’ll probably get a reward allright. But I don‘t think they’re going to like it!

      The parisite that destroys its host destroys itself.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:21am

      @Wheels

      “Strange how he was almost double digits behind Sharon Angle for 6 months of his campaign, then he miraculously defeats her with SEIU running the voting booths “for the people” in Nov 2010, weird.”

      Indeed. There really needs to be a hard investigation of this corrupt, decrepit cretin and his “election”. I was absolutely stunned at how *obvious* the fixing was during the last election cycle and magically he won despite consistently polling horribly across his state. After 2012, if we have some people in office that are NOT Obama, the Department of Justice needs to launch a full scale investigation of Reid’s election (and a couple of other obvious riggings as well).

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    • mrfunn
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:43am

      @jkjk

      Did you leave out a letter?
      Should that be ‘Mormon’?
      Mormons don’t lie

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    • Square Dancer
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:50am

      Ain’t he the kinda guy you just wanna bitch-slap? What a wus.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:41am

      When are you going to finally absorb it JZS…YOU’RE AN IDIOT!

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    • ARELL
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:47am

      Yes, JZS, “hired” is the past tense. That’s exactly the point; and people are being laid off due to lack of business. Thank you for stating the obvious failure of the current administration to stimulate business — but then, that wouldn‘t be in the interest of the socialist utopian oligarchy that’s planned.

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    • bandi9
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:53am

      very good point.

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    • sweathog1948
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:18am

      I am reading the book Throw Them All Out. What an eye opener. Congress dealing with inside trading making millions upon millions of $. Start with Reid and Peloski, Kerry and the rest of congress why are they not the first ones to receive a higher tax? They are suppose to be working for us instead they are self employed millionares and billionares and we the people get thwe shaft. They say tax the rich, yet they do not include congress in the millionare bracket. I f congress want’s to start a class warfare it should start with congress first.

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    • ThemDemsLie2much
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:22am

      Dems lie more than they tell the truth. This idot makes up his own figures evertime he opens his nasty mouth. People in NV must be drunk or morons in keeping this sorry excuse for an American, Socialistic POS in office. Wonder if we’ll see this story anywhere else?

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    • ThemDemsLie2much
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:29am

      JZS. How many companies do you own? How many employees do you have? the Guy is a flat out lier and nothing you say can change that except in your own mind which lacks common sense as with all you libs. No comman sense! I bet you hate your boss because he is “the man”. You hate anybody with more than you because they are “the man”. Clean up your basement and do your own laundry AH. Give your Mom a break.

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    • jzs
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:35pm

      Hi Happy. The causes of the “Reagan turnaround” are debatable, especially since he raised taxes almost as much as he lowered them. He raised taxes to address the deficit, something Republicans now refuse to do. I’ll give Reagan credit for that.

      But there’s a better example in the Bush tax cuts. Bush dramatically lowered taxes twice. Did job creation increase? No, not so much as a blip. Was the economy stimulated? No again, nothing. In fact, the deficit ballooned and the economy ultimately crashed.

      With the Bush tax breaks we have a textbook case. His tax breaks, which benefited the rich far more than anyone else, did zero to improve the economy. Zilch, nada, nothing. They only made rich people richer and broke the bank.

      But you and many others have bought the idea that redistributing the wealth away from you and me and toward the rich is a good thing for the economy, when that theory was proven false by the Bush tax cuts. So, guess who wants you to believe it anyway?

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:50pm

      Ok JZS I’ll bite…why do you deserve someone else’s wealth? Have you created any jobs lately?

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 1:54pm

      @THEMDEMSLIE2MUCH

      The only time a Democrat tells the truth, is when they are admitting that they were previously lying.

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    • scheduler
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:25pm

      Worthless fool

      http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos

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    • jzs
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:35pm

      AVENGE, you pay less to build and maintain the roads you drive on (and fire department, police, public schools, libraries, streetlights, water treatment etc) than your rich neighbors, yet you recieve the exact same benefits that they do. Why do you think you deserve that? Or do you not deserve to have equal access to driving on those roads?

      Seems like you don’t mind the wealth being distributed your way.

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    • drphil69
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:37pm

      @ JZS –

      Bush – 84 months of consecutive job growth, the longest in modern history…

      Nope, not even a blip….

      So, apparently CEO‘s should hire even if they aren’t profitable? What, then when their company goes bankrupt they should pay their employees in gum?? Oh, right, the Federal govt will declare them too big to fail and then our tax dollars can bail them out so they can do it all over again… great plan, dude!

      With your intellegence, no company would ever leave the U.S.!! Ameritopia is here!!!

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:56pm

      JZS

      Why are there so many toll roads, and toll bridges? With more being created all the time.

      Do BMW’s pay a higher toll than a Yugo?

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 3:06pm

      JZS

      Do the rich pay more per gallon in gas taxes than you?

      Only if they buy more gas than you, right?

      Would you agree that the poor use a disproportionate amount of the Police resources?

      Seems like you are making the case that the rich are already paying more than their fair share.

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    • G.W. Dobbs
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:11pm

      Harry Reid is another LIAR, CROOK, and THIEF. Reid STOLE his election in Nevada and paid for Union votes. Never believe ANYTHING he says.

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    • jzs
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:39pm

      drphil69, you didn’t say where you got your data, but 84 months is six years. Yes, there was job growth for the first six years of the Bush administration although it was less than population growth and less than almost any administration in modern history. And yes, no “blip” when the tax cuts were enacted. Job creation didn’t improve at all, not even a tiny bit. Bush proved finally, for all time, that tax cutting for the rich doesn’t improve the economy.

      And you left out the last two years of the Bush administration. Those last two years wiped out any job created during the Bush administration and a lot more. Please don‘t try to argue that Bush’s version of Reagonomics helped the economy. It didn’t, at all. Not a bit.

      Billy, I’m not sure the point your making. But yes, I was making the point to somebody that you, and me him are not paying the same property taxes and income taxes as the rich, not percentage-wise and certainly not in absolute dollars. We contribute less than the richest to those services the government provide, like roads. So we’re benefiting from the progressive tax structure.

      Funny though, most don’t complain about not paying a couple hundred thousand in taxes each year, although they are the beneficiaries of that system in terms of the common property we all use and benefit from equally. Nobody want to think they are a communist!

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    • author5555
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:58pm

      And to think this dimwit is a leader of the senate and one of the leaders in Congress. Reid should try telling employees of Walmart, Microsoft, Apple etc that millionaire job creators do not exist. Futhermore, this idiot even had the audacity to say that paying income taxes is voluntary. Is this man for real?

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    • author5555
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:59pm

      The AP is a very liberal wireservice.

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    • cosette
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:21am

      Major media outlets, both print and electronic ( with the exception of FOX news and talk radio) are minions of the left and are to be dismissed by every thinking American. Nuf’ said. P.S. Harry Reid lied? Whoda’ thunk it?

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    • cosette
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 10:29am

      @JZS- The 47% who pay NO federal income taxes also access the services mentioned in your post. Not to mention numerous “social service” benefits ( welfare, WIC,medicaid,section 8 housing, FREE CELL PHONES ad infinitum) all at the expense of the tax payer . Why don’t you call for THEM to pay “their fair share”. Seems to me that they benefit the most yet pay NOTHING. Freeloaders are a boil on the backside of society!

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    • BAMMO
      Posted on December 28, 2011 at 12:57pm

      Wheels “Strange how he was almost double digits behind Sharon Angle for 6 months of his campaign, then he miraculously defeats her with SEIU running the voting booths “for the people” in Nov 2010, weird.” Get ready for the weirdness in the 2012 election. They already have their stooges in place.

      The question is, What are we going to do about the surprise out come of our state and federal elections?

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  • RightPolitically
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:11pm

    Harry Reid is a little worm of a man.

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    • Anamah
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:24pm

      What a creepy individual! How can anybody from Nevada vote such toxic politician is incredible. He is really poisonous but also an idiot.

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    • 1776freedomofspeech
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:30pm

      @RIGHTPOLITICALLY

      Agreed!

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    • LIBSALWAYSLIE
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:38pm

      Harry is a pathetic liberal idiot who never has anything worth saying. He just spews the liberal lies ever chance he gets. He really should be unemployed.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:43pm

      Union lover and liar…nuff said.

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    • GREENDOG
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:03pm

      Why would a liberal ever let facts come into consideration when making a stupid claim!

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    • Emrys
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:07pm

      You should apologize to worms…they have their dignity!

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    • RichNGadsden
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:17pm

      Geez, a politician like Reed who would lie, then have it backed up by the likes of NPR. Who woulda thunk?

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    • bhohater
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:21pm

      No surprise here, Democrats always lie. To become Senate Majority Leader you have to be the biggest liar in the pack and take an oath swearing to never tell the truth about anything, then take another oath swearing you were not lying when you swore to never tell the truth.

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    • tketterer
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:22pm

      by Ken Clark for MormonThink.com…….when the church image or its leaders needed protection it was and is, okay to fib, deceive, distort, inflate, minimize, exaggerate, prevaricate or lie……..deception is a useful tool to protect the church and its leaders “when they are in tight spot,“ or ”to beat the devil at his own game.”
      Since reid is mormon, why would he need facts, he can lie to protect himself……..

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    • Gold Coin & Economic News
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:24pm

      Reid should be a responsible human being when it comes to running our country, but the man is a complete gas bag. Instead of actually promoting business and prosperity, he‘d rather engage in class warfare to get more votes and he’d rather destroy than build up. These people are shameful!

      The rich already pay way more than there fair share of taxes, they should be given a break:
      http://www.usgoldcoinauctions.com/gold-coin-blog/2011/07/the-rich-do-pay-their-fair-share/

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    • azjoannie
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:27pm

      Worm is a compliment.

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    • MISTRO41
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:41pm

      There you go, besmurching the poor worm. Harry the Hat IS A VILE POLITICIAN. Politicians are not allowed in hell even the devil doesn’t want them in hell. They roam the earth causing wars, disease and pestilence.

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    • Mimimi
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:43pm

      We Nevadans apologize to the nation for inflicting H. Reid upon us all. It must be corruption that gets the old man elected again and again. There aren`t that many dumb people in Nevada. We are in dead last place for educational achievement, but few people are dumb enough to believe H. Reid.

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    • Barry Da Fraud
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:14pm

      Voters in Nevada chose Reid to represent them because they can relate to a lying, corrupt fraud.
      They are same as Reid.

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:34pm

      Harry Reid is a corrupt politician and should be the poster child for term limits.
      Isn’t Nevada as corrupt as Chicago and Detroit with organized crime and bribery.
      Only thing some of the Detroit politicians were caught and are being prosecuted.

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:40pm

      If the people of Nevada had any balls, morals or character, the next trip Harry Reid made to Nevada, they would drag that POS out of his office and tar and feather him on Main Street.

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    • glassbeadlady
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:43pm

      Facts are a hard thing for Harry to deal with, let a lone the truth. Reid is what is killing jobs in America by not bring even one of the 24 house job bills up for a vote. He is fulfilling obama’s run against a do nothing congress and reid is the do nothing congress.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:45pm

      Harry Reid took an oath to uphold the Constitution and he has failed that oath as badly as any Socialist or Marxist or Communist traitor. Hang him… and hang him high! Reid deservers no less.

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    • asybot12
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:29am

      @merys; Not only are real worms dignified they are productive and contribute to life.

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    • MEANS2RESIST
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:37am

      He reminds me of that little weasel on the FogHorn LegHorn cartoon & he’s such a bold faced liar.

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 9:09am

      Here’s a hard fact to swallow… the people re-elected this man.

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    • mrfunn
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:48am

      A couple people I know like Harry because he is soft spoken.
      I’m not quite sure if they are understanding the words.

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    • ARELL
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:56am

      I take great umbrage with your suggestion that Harry is any sort of man. His wisp of a voice betrays that absurdity.

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  • cuinsong
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:06pm

    When my frustration gets to high I write song’s
    and this song is about the disharmony I see and feel.
    http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9134749

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:14pm

      Great song… ! You hit the nail on the head!

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:45pm

      Every job created by the Federal Govt. Destroys 8 private sector jobs. They are parasitic and they are killing the Host…..

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  • oneillptgd
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:05pm

    If wimpy republicans can‘t or won’t fight back then someone or another party will have to fight instead. There was a blow out last november remember republican leadership. Wake up before it’s too late. Tea is also for the leadership of the republicans. There is anger after the senate threw us under the bus. Judgement will be swift. STOP caving in to the fools in the press. Stop winping out on democrats. Our demise as a republic is at stake!

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:31pm

      Not only does the government NOT create jobs … It is the absolute DESTROYER of jobs…

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  • ibanrfknm
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:03pm

    Harry Reid has never been formally introduced to the truth.

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:12pm

      Thats because he is a Democrat.. and most of them are born liars… How many times have we caught Obama in lies already?? http://dontvoteobama.net/ssfm/lies.htm And this is just a part of them.. he has lied and broken at least 15 campaign trail messages.. God help us!

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:30pm

      ABBY!!!!
      WOW what a LIST
      Thank You!!!!

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:42pm

      I have been self employed all my life, my biggest enemy in creating jobs is , LOCAL,STATE,AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS… its like having a crackhead for a bussiness partner, does nothing but smokes 45% of the profit. I refuse to hire anymore people until this commie bastard is gone…

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    • Persimmon Knob
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:02pm

      Where are the regular participants who usually infest this forum with their paid, socialistic crap??
      Don’t seem to be present tonight.
      THEY should read this compilation and then report back to us and their puppetmasters.

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    • dealer@678
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:35pm

      I‘ve said it before and i’ll say it again. Harry aint right in the eyes

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    • Drakkhanlord
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:11pm

      Nice list Abbey, thanks

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    • asybot12
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 4:28am

      Thanks Abbey! did this guy EVER had the time to sleep between the lies? It is time to stop the Soros train, red light are not working anymore, derail it.

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:02pm

    Every lie that Dingy Harry has ever spoken has been debunked.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:58pm

      I swear , i would give anything for 5 minutes alone in a locked room with Harry Reid, i would create one job, and it would be his plastic surgeon rebuilding his face, maybe two jobs his proctologist would have to remove my boot….

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  • NHwinter
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:02pm

    Is there anyone in this administration that doesn’t lie?

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    • Mess23
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:22pm

      All democrats lie and Obama knows this. They got in bed with the wrong guy and the are doing Obumbo’s dirty work for him. Disgusting liars are going to ruin the country.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:11pm

      Im not a Ron Paul supporter, but one trillion in cuts the first year is sounding pretty good to me, and in regards to his foriegn policy, i say if we go completely broke, which we can all agree, WE ARE, then we’re not gonna even have a foriegn policy to worry about, and as far as this Iran nuclear bomb thing, if its so horrible then why didnt Bush and Cheney handle it, or for that matter Obama, i swear i really am coming around to Ron Paul, one trillion in cuts , removes a lot of power from our central communist , criminal Government…..

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:22pm

      Did you know that until the mid 1950s that Senators were based in and officing out of there home states? They went to DC once a year…. Then they realized all the goodies were being handed out to house members , and they moved in on the action, that would be a good start, bring the criminals home to keep a closer eye on them…. We better wake up soon …

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    • bhohater
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:38pm

      To be part of the Obummer administration’s inner circle you have to undergo a background check confirming that you are lifelong “big” liar. To be fair, they break it down so that ten little white lies = one big lie.

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  • sermaus
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:59pm

    As long as people keep re-electing these poo-liticians, things wont change…
    Term limits for these leeches Dems and Reps

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    • bhohater
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:58pm

      The problem is that there is not, nor ever will be enough members of Congress to pass a term-limit bill. They would, in effect, be firing themselves.

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:58pm

    We almost got him last time, with Las Vegas in the toilet maybe Nevada will have had enough. Being union does you no good when you still don’t have a job, maybe they will get a clue, too. I hope and pray people will start figuring out money 101-you can’t go into debt further forever, the bbill becomes due, and no amount of mantr “hope and change” will fix it. A president with some financial sense would be a start, and the demogogs on the dem side of congress need to go.

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    • IMAWAKENOW
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:15pm

      Big unions harm this economy! In the late 70s I worked for a large farm equipment manufacturing company based in Illinois. The union did what it always did, call a strike to get more bennys and higher wage. As a result there was a huge crash in manufacturing in the entire country but especially here around 1982. Companies couldn’t justify paying the huge wage-benefit packages demanded by the unions. There was a giant sucking sound as jobs left forever. The unions have gotten too big for our countrys good. Class envy is just a tactic they love to use on Joe sixpack.

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    • Winedude
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:31pm

      The Republicans could have defeated Harry if they had run almost anyone other than the wacky Ms. Engle. Similar story in Colorado…radical Tea Party folks nominated for Republican candidate for Senate…another loss. You can stick to your principles or you can win elections…take your pick!!!

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    • NOTAMUSHROOM
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 7:24am

      @Winedude
      The problem is that the ones who have been winning elections are all big government progressives like Romney, McCain and Perry. They keep us on the same road to hell as the progressives on the left.

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  • 4-The-Truth
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:58pm

    I guess only millionaire politicians can create real jobs for the regime.

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  • cemerius
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:57pm

    What does it mean? Harry Reid and 536 other politicians are freaking idiots!! Of course, if you support them what does it say about you?

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:17pm

      Its time to get them all out of Washington.. and those new ones that we voted in last Nov.. well if they don’t toe the line.. we need to remove the following year..

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 11:03pm

      Look for candidates that truly believe in the Constitution and will take their oath to protect and defend it seriously. We have been infiltrated by anti-Constitution officials for decades. Time to start cleaning house.

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  • AnAmerican111
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:54pm

    Harry Reid is a moron!
    Proves that over and over every time he opens his mouth!

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    • what4
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:03pm

      He is the liar in chief’s best moron however!

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    • FedUpAlready
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 7:39pm

      Harry Reid is a Mormon, oops, I meant Moron, maybe that’s the reasoning behind the dislike for Mormon candidates, they think they’re morons. Think about it!

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  • Sniper342
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:54pm

    I do not believe for one second that dingy Harry would “lob poorly researched and innacurate facts”. He surely wouldn’t do that.
    Oh wait, I’ve come back to reality. He is not lobbing inaccurate facts, he is standing in front of the people telling a boldface lie! That’s what he does, he is a liar! And a jackass!

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    • MEANS2RESIST
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 1:51am

      The thing that gets me is I think that they (him, pelosi & the rest) know that we know they are lying…and they just keep on lying.

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  • DMG8487
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:54pm

    The left assumes because the only way that they can become wealthy is to lie and cheat that everyone else must have done the same which is why they all automatically assume that wealthy people aren’t “paying their fair share” and must be punished — guess how Harry Reid became wealthy? Hmmmm… How about someone fact checking that!

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  • Drakkhanlord
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:54pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=xm19GQKNWeM

    Ron paul talks about the patriot act and ndaa…

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    • drago
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:05pm

      Ok Drak, he talks about it, but offers no solution, if he becomes president, which he wont, how would he fix it?My old boss used to say, never bring me a problem, unless you have a solution…….

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    • Madmilo
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:56pm

      Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul, God you people sound like the same ones that worship Obummer.
      Tunnelvision will get Obummer reelected.

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    • Drakkhanlord
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:51pm

      Drago,
      can search youtube and find vids detailing his plan to end the BS…this way just a weekly address Telling Americans what is Going on…

      Madmilo ,
      Way i see it , anyone but paul is re-electing obama…All follow the same party bs.
      Paul wants to return to the Constitution and Bill of Rights, All the others want to continue the Govt knows best policies. I do not want the dam govt telling me what i can and cannot do…

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  • georgepatton
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:53pm

    What a waste of hormones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • ItsTime
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:52pm

    As usual Harry Reid is a liar! He/Obama create the democrat talking points the MSM just recites them over and over again, until that’s all you hear. The problem with that is the Republicans do not respond to the lies hence the Redistribution of wealth BS continues to exist. Come on Republicans start talking louder and more often!!!!

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  • OldVietVet
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:51pm

    Consider the source–another lying professional Democratic politician!

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  • georgepatton
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:50pm

    Harry should be drawn and quartered……….please research the aforementioned punishment and I believe you will agree!

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:50pm

    Harry Reid is the king of liars, socialist progressives, spin meisters and radicals as well as to go down in history as the Chief Obstructionist of Mr Obama.

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  • TexOkie
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:48pm

    Reid is as big a demogogue as ever there was. He will say anything and do anything for power. He is willing to deceive whoever he has to deceive in order to pass legislation that he know is not good for the country, but is good for the Democrats and their cronies. Reid is a discrace to his state and this nation. He will be written into history as one of the worst politicians this country has ever seen.

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  • CatB
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:47pm

    Harry Reid is a moron . as is Pelosi .. little thugs must go!

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    • TheUltimateBattle
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:48pm

      too many idiots in the country keep these losers in place

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 6:40pm

      CatB — you have the target on the money; we have a elected thugocracy instead of a Republic.

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    • bhohater
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:19pm

      It’s the people that keep electing them over and over who stupid morons. Sadly, you can’t fix stupid, so on and on we go and there’s nothing we can do about it. We might as well just enjoy the ride as to bitch about it.

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    • Ortho
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:39pm

      Nancy Pelosi spending Christmas in Hawaii in a $10,000 a night hotel. Probably off the profits she made on the insider trading deals she made. Hypocrisy at it’s best. They are the lowest of low.

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  • PPMStudios
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:45pm

    Dirty Harry is just another Liberal POS who spouts the leftist mantra…… They don’t need facts when they can create their own narrative out of thin air…..

    “Facts? We don‘t need no stinkin’ facts…..”

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  • hypnos
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:45pm

    The mummy speaks.no wonder our government is in dire need of restoration when slugs like Harry are allowed to speak bold face lies.

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  • gdbhusker
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 5:39pm

    harry Reid Sucks!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:13pm

      That sure paints a pretty picture, don’t it. Why can’t the mofo just go away?

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