Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 30, 2011
October 29, 2011
October 31, 2011
Transcript:
Mike: Let's see what Fox is up to... Voice: Traitor! Socialist! Terrorist! For tonight's commentary on the "poor," here's Roland Hedley! Roland: Thanks, guys. Jesus said "the por you will have always," and, boy, was he right! But America's poor are like none before them... our poor can afford cable. Over 25% have a dishwasher. Many are fat, so you know they get enough to eat, and they can get free health care at any emergency room! Fact is, this country has the most pampered poor on the earth - the envy of the rest of the world! Why? Because this is America! America, where nobody starves or bleeds to death! That's just who we are! Voice: U! S! A! U! S! A! Roland: Eat your heart out, Bangladesh!
If the “poor” don’t have to pay federal income tax (about 47% of workers), why do they insist the rich (the 5% who pay 70% of the federal income taxes) don’t “pay their fair share”? Seems that Trudeau missed the point (again).