Stephen Colbert Mocks Republicans Talking Points On Class Warfare

Barack Obama Unveils the "Buffett Rule": It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that the U.S. needs money, but conservatives think Barack Obama is waging class warfare by taxing the rich. The Word - Death and Taxes: If
By Heather — September 21, 2011

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Barack Obama Unveils the "Buffett Rule":

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that the U.S. needs money, but conservatives think Barack Obama is waging class warfare by taxing the rich.

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The Word - Death and Taxes:

If Americans don't find someone to pay the government's tab soon, Congress may get desperate enough to do the unthinkable.

Which is of course, raising taxes on the poor because heaven forbid we can't ask those "job creators" to pay any more.

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