The Tea Party Made Simple by Ted Rall

Episode 29 in a series of short animated political cartoons by award-winning syndicated cartoonist Ted Rall and David Essman

www.rall.com

music:
TV Smith "Expensive Being Poor"

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[tkandme3]

STOP THE TEA PARTY!

[EskimoShowdown]

@AlpaDog1983 when you raise the highest income tax brackets, business owners take money they would've pocketed and reinvest it back into their businesses because if they hit those higher brackets, most of it goes to the government anyway. when the top bracket was 90% in the 50's, CEO's made about 40x the average worker - now that taxes are at an all-time low, CEO's are taking home upwards of 400x because they're keeping more for themselves and laying off workers to save $ instead of hiring.

[METALMAN4Wii]

Sorry Tea Party the rich will never give you a doggie treat...!

[harleykman]

If you want to watch an INTELLIGENT video about the Tea Party, search for

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Peter Schiff Speaks for 1 Percent at Occupy Wall Street

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[jmfrels88]

o i get it , take something that dose not belong to you , because , well just because , man this country really does kick ass , cant wait to ride the gravy train , thanks rich folks !

[RadarKat73080]

@Fablefiend That can't be THAT smart! Just looking at the folks I know are rich: politicians, pundits and Donald Trump, they're ALL stupid! I have no idea how they got rich, common sense says they should be living under a bridge somewhere! Trump lost all his inheritance, made back his fortune twice, and lost it all again!

[Fablefiend]

@EskimoShowdown Sources? Even if this were true, what is the problem? CEOs probably make more money than other workers because they are more intelligent and hard-working. They found a way to power, so why should they be punished for being successful?

[bstarzewski]

@13lackLight Yet wages have been flat for 30 years while investor class income is thru the roof. Wake up!

[13lackLight]

@bstarzewski Even with the uneven trade and illegal immigration, unemployment in the US managed to stay relatively constant for most of the last 2 decades. Higher taxes on profits = higher prices for consumers, and it double taxes investors. This also allows companies outside of the US in lower-taxed countries to compete internationally at an advantage, hurting our companies' ability to hire. You say balance needs to be restored. Were corporate taxes ever significantly higher?