Wanda Sykes on the state of the economy

[motownfan5]

She is/was telling the truth !!!

[tenduewoman]

I wish she would run for president

[TheHandofSorrow]

Is Ester climbing out here? or is that a later interview!

(Wanda fans know what I'm talking about)

[OhNoYouCant]

this is so gay.

[Creaturehugs]

I want receipts damn it! lol

[endorphinz]

Funny lol...over-simplistic take on the economy, but still funny.

[hymnofashes]

@endorphinz Well, you see, the economy is like a pie. Oh the surface, it looks like theft. On a slightly deeper level, it looks like necessity.

But there's a third, even deeper layer, which is theft.

[alextwinz]

wanda for president

[shinvergil]

Anything new?

[thewillofthe313]

you must be a wall street banker...

[zzzbbb123456]

You should do that.

[OurWorldJC]

Wanda Sykes is a great talk show guest. She's always funny.

For comedy monologues please go to OurWorldJC.

[PXR05]

"Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses..."....it`s all a bunch of US bullshit really, isn`t it?

[randyedmonds32]

I think Wanda will make a good politician.

[punk91]

How can people say that when I know so many that work 2 jobs all year and they take income tax out of the checks everyone of them. State fed and local. The problem is american culture has brainwashed us into this democrat republican bullshit and the idea that rich people are better. Also we've gotten to the point where we just sit and rationalize everything... the time for revolution is now... fuck this I'm pissed and others are too!

[punk91]

I haven't even gotten to the fact that the Federal Income tax is altogether unconstitutional cause it fails to aportion the tax... which is what obama is saying he wants to do but ignorant people don't understand that and are calling him socialist... that's how it's supposed to work in the first place... WAKE THE FUCK UP BABYLON IS FALLING!

[fifthperson]

If you feel it is unconstitutional, feel free to not pay them and see what happens. You'll enjoy your cellmate Bubba. Obama's plan is more welfare than socialistic, although he does have socialistic overtones. If you ever start paying real taxes on real income, you will have a more informed opinion.

[punk91]

That comment also tells me that you're ok with the police state we're turning into as well for following the constitution. You go actually try to find the law that says we gotta pay a Federal income tax and then I'll stop complaining about paying it. And since you want to get infantile. I thank you for being by 5th grade teacher. The real assholes are the ones who can't admit it. You are one of their fuckin sheep and you're blind just like everyone else in this damn country!

[AnitaMarieStewart]

And to the person who says the poor do not pay taxes, buddy, I pay every year! And I am just above poverty level! Get your story straight!

[AnitaMarieStewart]

This is predatory lending and there was A STRATEGY to do this in the poorest neighborhoods with the poorest people! This is a CRIME! Wanda has it RIGHT! She was a procurement officer at NSA before she ever went into comedy. She knows something about this as she has LIVED this! The poor live this every day! The banks and the loan companies and our government are complicit in rewarding the RICH and saying F*CK U to the poor!

[fifthperson]

Since when is a bank supposed to change its policies to give money to those who made a bad decision, and then increase costs to other customers to make up the losses? While we are now near to nationalizing our banks, banks are not in the business of giving out free money. That's socialism. They could not refinance because they had PROVEN themselves to be poor credit risks. Here's a question--would you loan your personal money to someone who had a track record of not paying you?

[punk91]

Dude you don't know what you're talking about the federal income tax is supposed to be aportioned anyway according to the constitution!

[fifthperson]

Your profile is correct: "I'm sorry I know I'm an asshole." You also cannot spell as it is 'apportion' and Constitution is capitalized when referencing the US Constitution.

The constitution does not mandate either progressive or regressive tax structures, only that all taxpayers of the same type be treated similarly. This can be interpreted as an argument for the flat tax, which is the smartest tax plan that has been proposed since the Constitution was written.

[fifthperson]

Joe the Plumber said it best-why do we penalize successful people? The government is bailing out banks because too many people defaulted on their mortgages. Had those people not stopped paying, this problem WOULD NOT EXIST. Banks are in trouble because they have no money coming in from loan payments. Is that the banks fault? They aren't the one who took a mortgage they couldn't handle. No one put the pen in their hand and a gun to their head and said "sign this loan doc or else."

[dragonstorm83]

again you are an idiot. the problem with the mortgage crisis, is that home owners were foreclosed on, and not allowed to refinance. that is the banks fault, for not changing it's policy to meet the needs of the market. also banks were given out cheap mortgages that people COULD afford, thinking their life would get better and they could afford the increased interest rates, but the economy slowed and people lost their jobs and had to take pay cut instead of getting bonuses and raises.

[1945nik]

Very true.

[fifthperson]

And this is the problem with the media. It will be $7000 on average. But, 40% of all Americans pay no taxes, zero, zilch. It wont cost them anything. That guy making $12,000 is not paying taxes. And forget the comment about $200,000 as being the tax increase, it will be anyone over $100,000 or $75,000. And if you happen to make $250,000, when they raise rates by 10%, you will pay $25,000 MORE In taxes, for a grand total of almost 45% of income or $112,500 in taxes.

[dragonstorm83]

you are an idiot. the government starts taxing your income at $500 at 10%, and beyond that everything he buys, but food, will have a tax in it somewhere. no one is free from taxes. But it is unfair that people who have reaped the benefits of the resources of the world not pay a higher percentage in income taxes. when rich people are the majority, the majority can vote to end the tax burden on the rich. we must be for the people who think they are middle class, but are really just "America poor."

[fifthperson]

You are incorrect. Perhaps you have never filled out a tax return to note that between standard exemptions and deductions, you will not pay any federal income tax until at least $5450. It might be deducted or withheld from a paycheck and then it will be returned. If you want to base your argument on fact, just Google "tax rates paid by income group" and start looking around--the 40% number is accurate.