Occupy Protester Interrupts Congressional Committee: ‘Tax the Rich’ & ‘End the Wars’
- Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:11pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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A protester trumpeting the Occupy Wall St. message interrupted the Congressional Deficit Super Committee Wednesday to tell lawmakers to “tax the rich” and “end the wars.”
“The American people want to tax the rich and the end the wars,” the protester, a woman, said as she walked toward the committee room floor as committee member Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) finished his talk. “That’s how we fix the deficit. And all this obfuscation with percentages of GDP, this is just trying to confuse the issue.”
“We would have enough money for housing and health care and everything that we want if we stopped spending our money [on the] military machine,” she added. “It’s very obvious. I speak for the 99 percent: End the wars and tax the rich.”
You can watch it below:
The Capitol Police eventually led the woman away. ABC News reports she is being charged with disruption of Congress. However, she wasn’t the only one who voiced displeasure. Code Pink also got involved during the public hearing:
As members of the committee took their seats around the dais and co-chair Sen. Patty Murray prepared to call the meeting to a start, a Code Pink protestor jumped out of his seat holding a sign, drawing the attention of television cameras in the room.
“This committee is not democratic,” the demonstrator said. “I speak on behalf of the 99 percent who are occupied. We are the people who are not being heard by this committee.”
The committee is currently trying to agree on at least $1.2 trillion in cuts before Nov. 24. If they can’t, automatic cuts would kick in.
(H/T: HuffPo)
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Comments (152)
Belle1959
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:49pmThat’s an old argument. But then, she’s an old broad.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:20pmWell, halfway right!
Tax the rich- no…you can take all the rich‘s earnings and it still wouldn’t be a drop in the bucket.
End the wars..YEA!! That’s a HUGE CHUNK of wasteful spending to be saved there.
Keep Bush’s tax cuts permanent, and let’s have a HUGE ROUND OF TAX CUTS AND SPENDING CUTS!!
WOOOYEA!! DIG IT!!! (in Macho Man Randy Savage’s voice)
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:32pmShe speaks for 99% of all household germs.
Report Post »Scottscobig
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:51pmAnd, compared with the rest of the world, the poorest Americans ARE the rich. So, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Tax the poorest Americans and give the money to the rest of the world.
Legalized mugging looks really good when you’re the recipient of the proceeds of said mugging, but the tables always get turned and the mugger becomes the mugee. And, btw, what will you do when there’s no one left worth mugging?
See also: don’t bite the hand that feeds you. Hey, you morons who are trying to eat the rich, the phrase you’re searching for is, “Thank you.” If there weren’t rich people, none of the rest of us would have jobs. If you’re in a boat, and you start beating on the biggest guy who’s rowing the hardest, does it help or hinder your situation? And when he’s dead and/or gone, where does that leave you?
Bottom line: commandment #10= “Thou shalt not covet…anything that is thy neighbor’s.” Covet: to desire the unearned.
As far as ending the wars, there’s some agreement there. High-time for that debate.
Ron Paul 2012.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:00pmExcellent security where anyone can approach elected officials at a work session while their back is turned.
Report Post »chancetexas
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 11:59pmDid everyone see that lightning fast response from Capitol Police? Blink and you could have missed it.
Report Post »Favored93
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 12:56am……..and if she had a gun……..
Report Post »Why were they so dag gone slow in removing her? Why was there not at least one cop standing guard between the audience and our representatives? Have we all forgotten about Mrs. Giffords?
Armed Patriot
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 7:35amSinista mace… That the second thing youve said that I agree with. Oh gosh, what is coming to???
Report Post »jkendal
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 9:23amLet these idiots keep talking – the more they do the more Americans reject them…
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 9:49am@CHANCE… I saw that!! Good thing she wasn’t dangerous, there could have been a lot of people injured!
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 11:04amAgreed… the wars have unfortunately been a waste because we are fighting to help people who will never understand and appreciate that we helped them, they have self sabotaged this help and in the end, after we liberated two countries, they will now go from being under a stalanist dictator and a theological murderous sharia cult, to rule under sharia martial law and its been a waste…
Bring the military home and put them on the US/Mexico border to secure it while a comprehensive triple layer security fencing system and seismic network can be put into place to stop illegals, drugs, guns, terrorists, etc….
Report Post »gbfreak
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:46pmThank Almighty God we are a Republic!!
Democracy doesn’t work…as you can tell by these socialist leeches. Mental mobs…….the chosen idiots!
Report Post »pscully17
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:50pmA:How did she get into the hearing? B: EVENTUALLY the Police escorted her out? Im sensing a media Conspiracy, led by the democrats who most likely prevented the Police from acting, and wanted this little blurb to get out on the web/tv… and wow what do you know, it was successful. More proof that the admin/Dem propaganda macine controls the media message.
Report Post »BO_Bill
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:46pmThis is a woman who could stop a battleship with her appearance. Women like this are to be approached with caution due to their cyclic unpredictability and periodic vitriol. However, if I were to approach this woman, she would be informed that I authorized her to speak only on behalf of my rear end. Me also being in that 99%.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:18pmShe told police she was on her way to a Victoria Secret photoshoot…
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:46pmWhy are so many of the Leftists… who are on Camera… as Spokespersons and Organizers… females?
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:48pmHippy retread that still lives in the 60′s. Come on lady, evolve!
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:08pmBecause disruptive fems tend to get away with such behavior where they would pounce harder on a male in the same setting.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:46pmYou can’t just “walk into” these hearings and meeting .. who got them in? They should be PUNISHED ALSO!
TEA!
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:53pmThat’s what went through my mind too. Who is the conspirator?
Report Post »Newsphotog6801
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 10:24pmTheir called “Public meetings” for a reason, their public.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:44pmthe simple fact she thinks she is in HER 99% [who hate America] tells it all, she’s one of the obama morons.
Report Post »Joisey
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:44pmWho was the Democrat who let the FLEAbagger in?
Report Post »paulusmaximus
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:28pmThat is the bottom line! This was a setup to make it appear that this committee is in some way relevant. Anything that is done will be done in secret that’s the NEW way.
Report Post »rationallyurs
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:42pmshe speaks like something that fell out of pelosi—you pick the hole
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:45pmI am NOT part of the 1% and she does NOT speak for me … 99% my A$$ .. it is the 53% who keep this country going .. I AM THE 53%!
TEA!
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:31pmwuhahahahahaha pelosi’s lips?
Report Post »andyrm
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:40pmJust looking at the picture, I thought it was Andy Dick!
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:46pmHow do these loonies even get in to these meetings? Now they want their housing paid for also?
Report Post »Let’s just tax the rich, and get free everything. And no military so we can all be living under chinese rule in no time.
Unix
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:39pmIt’s very obvious that she is a looney toon, one step away from the insane asylum, oh wait, that’s where that liberal retread resides…never mind!
Report Post »Wringeaux
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:45pmPlease don’t insult retarded people.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:07pmLOL, I am truley sorry for that, I am remiss!
Report Post »OneofMany
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:38pmCan you say “The French Revolution”?? we are seeing it replayed her in America right now…. It did NOT bode well for those in power at any time until Napoleon Bonart and I’m not so sure it was great then either… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
Report Post »Mike N
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:37pmIt took me way too long to realize that the Occupy Wall Streeters are not entirely wrong . . . they are just leaving off a really important suffix . . . they are not the 99 percent . . . THEY ARE THE 99TH PERCENTILE.
Report Post »JustPeachy
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:37pmBut isn’t it just so simple??? Oh my gosh, why can’t we all see it? If we would only just do as they say and tax the rich and end the wars–everything in the world would smell just like roses. There would be peace everywhere, flowers growing everywhere (even in people’s hair!) and it would just be an absolute utopia!
These people are so simple-minded! Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh!
Report Post »Unix
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:46pmAnd faires will fly out there butts…
Report Post »djmaine
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:37pmOMG, Can you imagine being married to this person. I would hang myself.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:05pmPerhaps she did.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:36pmUmmm… no, lady. You’re speaking for the 5%, as in the extreme Left.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:32pm.
Report Post »Why are they always Ugly? Where is the Democrate Super Model Babe? All we ever get is some 3 ****** with hairy pits…………….
This_Individual
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:31pmTo the gulogs with you!
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:31pmIs that suppose to be a woman standing there or a real ugly guy with long hair?
Report Post »FEMALL
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:46pm“It’s Pat!”
O=US screwed
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:47pmDirty long hair .. yes looks like OWS!
TEA!
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:30pmThese are Obama’s people.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:31pmIndeed.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:13pmSecond that comment!
TEA!
Report Post »Midwestgirl1116
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:29pmTax the rich, tax the rich, tax the rich—geesh I am so sick and tired of this rant. The rich are the ones that create jobs, take risks. The jobs are not going to come from some welfare case.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:43pmHow many jobs were created after the welfare for the rich that W. passed? After his great tax cut the economy tanked and jobs went overseas. We can stop it with the lie that tax cuts lead to job growth. Taxes were higher under Reagan and Clinton and both saw an increase in job creation. Ike’s 90% tax on the wealthy didn‘t end the golden age of the 1950’s that saw the largest growth of the middle class (along with union membership).
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:46pmReminds me of the song lyrics: “Tax the rich. Feed the poor. ‘Til there are no rich no more” THEN WHAT?
Report Post »Unix
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:58pmencino – taxes went down under Reagan, please get your facts straight, even though you can’t do the same for your cross-eyes.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:42pm@Unx,
You need to learn your history, Reagan did away with many Tax shelters and breaks which raised the actual taxes payer by the higher brackets.
“The tax reform of 1986, meanwhile, wasn’t designed to increase federal tax revenue. But that didn‘t mean that no one’s taxes went up. Because the reform bill eliminated or reduced many tax breaks and shelters, high-income tax filers who previously paid little ended up with bigger tax bills. ‘Some of these taxpayers were substantial contributors to the Republican Party and to the president’s re-election campaign, and had direct access to the White House. Reagan rebuffed their pleas,’ wrote J. Roger Mentz, the Treasury assistant secretary for tax policy in 1986, in a Tax Notes commentary last year.
All told, the tax increases Reagan approved ended up canceling out much of the reduction in tax revenue that resulted from his 1981 legislation.” http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/08/news/economy/reagan_years_taxes/index.htm
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/sep/22/barack-obama/barack-obama-says-taxes-are-lower-today-under-reag/
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:51pm@ UNIX
Report Post »I think that the talking point that ENCINOM was repeating is that, under Reagan, the tax rate was higher than we have NOW, not that it was higher than BEFORE Reagan. Of course, ENCINOM has no interest in the fact that the tax reductions early in Reagan‘s Presidency are generally considered to be a big reason for the 1980’s growth in the economy. ENCINOM also ignores the fact that tax RATES are not the same as TAXES — because taxes include deductions. In 1986, huge numbers of “loopholes’ were closed in the Tax Code. The 90% rate during the Eisenhower admin. was pretty much never paid — income was deferred and a whole lot of rich persons’ “goodies” were tax deductible as corporate expenses. JFK lowered the tax rate and brought in a lot of economic growth. How about that? JFK understood what hardly ANY Democrats understand today. It is as if it is some kind of “lost knowledge” like Damascus steel manufacture.
encinom
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:04pm@Chuck Stein
“ENCINOM also ignores the fact that tax RATES are not the same as TAXES — because taxes include deductions. In 1986, huge numbers of “loopholes’ were closed in the Tax Code.”
According to Grover Norquist and his pledge, Reagan is gulity of a Tax Increase. In effect reducing the number of deductions and closing loopholes is a tax increase. Reagan after his 1981 tax cuts, used slight of hand to raise taxes when Bush Sr. was proven correct about his Voodoo economics. Also after his tax cuts the jobless rate jumped to 10%.
Report Post »BrandyWilson
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:29pmThese Yahoos defeat their purpose….whatever it is….ain’t figured that out yet….It’s stupidity wrapped in insanity…rolled in ignominy!
Report Post »Midwestgirl1116
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:35pmMy mother is a total liberal. If only they could hear themselves speak. Seriously, they are so full of contradictions. You are right, it is total insanity.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:42pmnext time you talk with your mom, record the conversation and then play it back for her…i’m sorry to say this, but her head sill spin like the chick in the Omen.
Report Post »Spinolio
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:27pm99% of the “liberal loons” maybe…
Report Post »OhImSoEnlightenedBlahBlahBlah
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:26pmAs inappropriate and uninformed as she is, she certainly articulated her message with ease. Considering the fact that most of the “47%,” aren’t able to even convey a firm position, it looked to me like that was probably not her first time around. I would also presume that she is not jobless. My guess that she was doing her “job,” and getting paid very well, I’m sure.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:34pmShe doesn’t speak for the 99%. She speaks for the 47% who live off of us 53% who actually pay Federal Taxes to provide for their entitlements (freebies).
Report Post »elosogrande
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:22pmIt’s time you all realize that we are on this earth for one reason. To bust our butts for politicians and the people they pay to vote for them.
That’s it! There’s nothing more to debate!
Report Post »bicentennialguy
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:45pmSo sad, but that’s how it feels sometimes.
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:17pmThis is just too funny. Next – someone will walk in with a bomb.
Report Post »CS_GUY
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:44pmThat is where its headed……………those in charge on Capitol Hill are too lazy and ignorant to realize their lives are in danger………
Report Post »She held the floor for at least 15-20 seconds………..long enough to hurt many people.
Whose in charge? Is anyone paying attention?
FaithfulFriend
Posted on October 26, 2011 at 11:50pmCS is right. As soon as the camera showed her walking forward I kept wondering which man in the audience was going to bum rush her from behind and take her down. Realizing there weren’t any men in the room, after a duration of about 2 seconds, it was appalling to hear the chairperson have to call for Capital police to remove her as if otherwise they would not have.
The women is an obvious political lunatic but the males in the room are spineless political drones for not doing what any man should do… Protect innocent lives. Wake up people. Wake up. I yield the balance of time to the floor.
Report Post »Charlie Justice
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 4:30pmThe only danger that room was in was from a blast of progressive social liberalism.
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