Bill Maher on Voting against your Interests

One of the best arguements I've seen for how insane it is for working class people ot keep voting Republican.

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[Genius14928]

@studboy87 They pay half of the taxes because they make half of the income. No society can be built on the rich. The workers keep the country going, not the rich. And the rich may not be evil, but they are greedy. Attacking unions, evading taxes, violating health and safety massively to avoid paying money. George Carlin had it right. The middle and working classes are kept fighting amongst themselves so that they are distracted while the rich run off with all the money.

[teckwerks]

The sexual tension between Ann Coulter and Bill Maher is so thick~

[chigeh]

Every vid of Bill Maher and Ann Coulter i see, there such an air of sexual tension. THis is highly Ironic.

[rajeshc85]

This argument is so supid... raising taxes on the rich (or saving 2 billion dollars) is not going to reduce trillions of debt. Except for talking about "rich vs poor" class warfare.!

[rheniumlake]

@mrlove1961 1st of all I was going to continue responding but came across your rude words. 2nd I was very courteous to you during our back and forth and dont feel like you are giving me the same respect. 3rd conversation over.

[rheniumlake]

@mrlove1961 The reason the economy boomed during that time were for more reasons than the government. The problem is people look at the wealth created and not the larger wealth that was hindered. In fact the US began selling their products to Europe (which is what they were previously not allowed to do because the stupid government didnt want to compete with European products domestically) In fact that launched so many companies that are powerful today.

[mrlove1961]

@rheniumlake That's why supply side economics doesn't work.It does not make sense to invest in a product or service before a provable demand has been established (not everyone can be a Steve Jobs).When the middle and lower classes have money they are more likely to "SPEND IT" therefore fueling economic growth but when the rich have excess cash they put it in things such as T-Bills and "Derivitives" which do not do a damn thing in spurring economic growth "DEMAND SIDE" not "SUPPLY SIDE" economics

[mrlove1961]

@rheniumlake Give me an email address by private message and I will try and send you the links to the websites I found with the stats, I tried and could not do it here. The US was always able to feed its people by the amount of food it produced so the "drought" that you refer to would have had nothing to do with the crash. The roaring 20's were indeed very prosperous for a time before the crash, as I said before "WALL STREET GOT DRUNK" and "GREED" got the best of them.

[mrlove1961]

@rheniumlake then explain to me why the strongest economic growth in the nations history was after WWII during the 40's,50's and 60's when the highest tax rate was 91%,that was when the GI Bill which was hugely responsible for the expansion of the middle class occured,that was also the greatest time of upward mobilty,the creation of our interstate highway system,the avg life span for all citizens increased as well more people attending and graduating from College than ever before."WE" prospered.

[mrlove1961]

@rheniumlake Who says that you have buy an inferior product that would be stupid, but when the products and/or service is reasonably close "BUY AMERICAN" and don't export our jobs overseas for cheap ass labor then bring those products back here for sale at exhorbitant prices, this is supposed to a "WE" society as in 'WE THE PEOPLE" not a ME, MY and I society that you righties would have it. SELFISH GREEDY ASS RIGHTIES ARE DESTROYING OUR DEMOCRACY".!!

[rheniumlake]

@mrlove1961 Another thing: "Buying American" no matter what is stupid. Why would you buy something that is inferior? Should I buy a bad car just so I can pay more for gas, being inefficient with the nations gas supply? And employing Americans who are not qualified is even stupider! Mexico has a goal for 100% employment and thats why they create meaningless jobs that dont enrich the country's economy. In fact in the US the number of high paying jobs outnumbers the amount of Americans who qualify

[rheniumlake]

@mrlove1961 I went to the CBO website: couldnt find charts of tax rates before 1979. Also the Feds involvement was thought to make future recessions milder than in the past (1907). However that didnt happen. How can you admit that the government exercised protectionist policy and refuse to say that it was not big? Creating huge tariffs killed the US's relationship with Europe and made everything more expensive. On top of it there was a drought in America! So how could US people meet their needs?