General Discussion

OLDMDDEM

(1,569 posts)

14. I wonder when

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:26 AM

Oct 2012

I wonder when something like this would come to a relaity. In another post, I said that taxes should go back to the Clinton tax rates. When, not if, but when raising taxes works in paying back all that we owe, I wonder when the Faux kids will take credit as it being their idea.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

98 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Ben Stein Stuns Fox & Friends: ‘All Due Respect To Fox’ But ‘Taxes Are Too Low' [View all] trailmonkee Oct 2012 OP

A dreary RepubliSucker gives a dreary report on a dreary reality Berlum Oct 2012 #1

Actually, your basic premise is completely off. republi-CONs don't have brains. calimary Oct 2012 #39

Did they let him live? get the red out Oct 2012 #2

Was he allowed to leave alive? Barack_America Oct 2012 #3

they briefly panned to the hosts before the screen went black... trailmonkee Oct 2012 #9

on another note, the costumes and backdrop so s-o-o-o realistic ;) n/t Sheepshank Oct 2012 #26

It's Ben Stein. How could you tell? (n/t) C_eh_N_eh_D_eh Oct 2012 #86

Duh duh duh but we no need taxes duh duh duh da country can run off of sunshine and rainbows LovePeacock Oct 2012 #4

Welome to DU, LovePeacock! calimary Oct 2012 #42

you have perfected the accent chuckrocks Oct 2012 #80

Love him or hate him, he can do math. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #5

Sure but I still hate him .../nt jimlup Oct 2012 #90

Me, too. The bastard wrote Nixon's speeches. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #92

When they came back from commercial.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #6

WHOA...did someone spike his Clear Eyes with truth serum?? bullwinkle428 Oct 2012 #7

Oh, geeze, Ben, don't confuse them with the truth--or history. That's not Fox! mnhtnbb Oct 2012 #8

Welcome to "Marxism", Ben! JHB Oct 2012 #10

Might need a suicide watch for Fox and Fiends hosts... BootinUp Oct 2012 #11

The problem is that too much wealth ($50 trillion) is just sitting around doing nothing. reformist2 Oct 2012 #12

Well, wealth is property, and we do tax property. closeupready Oct 2012 #29

Real estate. Blanks Oct 2012 #69

A more direct type of wealth tax is inheritance tax. closeupready Oct 2012 #72

True. Blanks Oct 2012 #88

We do tax the gains on those investments, but at a lower rate Spike89 Oct 2012 #55

Forget the capital gains - we should tax it like we tax real estate. reformist2 Oct 2012 #57

BEN STEIN?!!!!! My jaw has fallen and I can't pick it back up. Zalatix Oct 2012 #13

I spotted this post PgDn'ing at full speed.............. kooljerk666 Oct 2012 #84

I wonder when OLDMDDEM Oct 2012 #14

Welcome to DU, OLDMDDEM! calimary Oct 2012 #44

color me shocked. barbtries Oct 2012 #15

Since he's been preaching this message loudly for several years... Schema Thing Oct 2012 #16

at fox they think all (R)'s think alike.... they are not too bright trailmonkee Oct 2012 #18

B-b-b-b-but revenues were highest evah under George Dubya Bush!!!!111!!!!1111 BeyondGeography Oct 2012 #17

Amazing what wild deficit spending can do. BlueStreak Oct 2012 #20

Grover has his goons working Ben over right now. He'll walk this one back big time. BlueStreak Oct 2012 #19

Be might want to avoid small planes and bathtubs for a while JHB Oct 2012 #38

Too little, too late you stupid cathartic voice fucker. Where've you been the last 10 years?!?! cbdo2007 Oct 2012 #21

He's made this point several times nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #41

Fuckwit is prollee afraid to walk down the street. lonestarnot Oct 2012 #22

A quarter-million a year "is not a rich person"?! See, that's how REALLY rich people think. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #23

Seriously, that's $20,000+ a month. In whose world is that not rich? mountain grammy Oct 2012 #73

"Bowels-Simpson"? pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #24

This will get buried by the RW MSM...ASAP n/t Sheepshank Oct 2012 #25

But I bet msnbc is on it! fleur-de-lisa Oct 2012 #68

It's a special event when a Republicker *stops* lying. Gold Metal Flake Oct 2012 #27

It's qualifies as an event because it so rarely happens. calimary Oct 2012 #45

Tax Ben Stein's Money tk2kewl Oct 2012 #28

Well, that is unexpected. Guess he had his last day on FOX. TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #30

Do we know if he's safe? Care Acutely Oct 2012 #31

Yes, 1941 to 1973. Just what else was going on then? Oh yes, I remember now Motown_Johnny Oct 2012 #32

Wow. Z_California Oct 2012 #33

Welcome to DU, Z_California! calimary Oct 2012 #46

Ben Stein is a Kenyan socialist mnmoderatedem Oct 2012 #34

Ben "evolution is not true... and evolutionists are evil" Stein AlbertCat Oct 2012 #35

Idiot finally read a history book. JaneyVee Oct 2012 #36

Occasionally, rarely, the odd Republican will wake up to certain realities. SpankMe Oct 2012 #37

I hate the phrase "all due respect" DavidDvorkin Oct 2012 #40

With "all due respect"... Kalidurga Oct 2012 #47

Except that it never sounds like that DavidDvorkin Oct 2012 #49

No, it never does Kalidurga Oct 2012 #53

It's obsequious wtmusic Oct 2012 #67

So they admit Liberalagogo Oct 2012 #43

Stein has been saying this for years. hay rick Oct 2012 #48

Superb! Sherman A1 Oct 2012 #50

So he's renouncing trickle down economics? aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2012 #51

Is that a ray of light I see peeking over Bullshit Mountain? Raster Oct 2012 #52

“That sounds like Bowels-Simpson,” said Gretchen Carlson. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2012 #54

This from the guy who's famous for discussing Voodoo Economics in Ferris Bueller's Day Off... Not Sure Oct 2012 #56

Thank you, Ben, for telling the truth, in spite of the GOP, FAUX, Murdock, Koch brothers, etc. judesedit Oct 2012 #58

Check the oil while you're under the bus, OK Ben? Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2012 #59

They have pushed this lie that "we don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem".... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #60

Clearly, the effects of dementia xxqqqzme Oct 2012 #61

My mind went all asplodey. ElboRuum Oct 2012 #62

Stein DISMISSED Palin choice for VP -- he speaks his mind sometimes tomm2thumbs Oct 2012 #63

Stein is a moderate throwback Zambero Oct 2012 #64

Next he'll be suggesting something bizarre like "bipartisanship" wtmusic Oct 2012 #66

Ben is odd for an R Flatpicker Oct 2012 #65

I hear about this $250k cutoff between what is rich and what is middle class LynneSin Oct 2012 #70

Panic sets in: "Where's the HOOK?" nt ErikJ Oct 2012 #71

Holy shit! Whovian Oct 2012 #74

Oh my! I can't believe I just rec'd a post PotatoChip Oct 2012 #75

So there's one Republican who knows how to use a pocket calculator DFW Oct 2012 #76

This is big wtmusic Oct 2012 #77

IS the GOP preparing the American People for a tax increase if they win???? happyslug Oct 2012 #78

Whaaaa? progressoid Oct 2012 #79

One smart lady meat in a doofus sandwich left gasping for air today. tanyev Oct 2012 #81

Except its NOT BOWLES-SIMPSON! ErikJ Oct 2012 #82

The US has one of the Lowest effective tax rates in the industrial world. PuppyBismark Oct 2012 #83

Ben Stein is an asshole Skittles Oct 2012 #85

This has been Ben Stein's position on taxes for a long time. Why do you call him an a-hole? Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #87

because non-assholes don't say shit like this: Skittles Oct 2012 #91

Looks like Ben... WiffenPoof Oct 2012 #89

Finally Pamelajaynn Oct 2012 #93

Is it some kind of October Surprise trick? ErikJ Oct 2012 #94

Bueller...Bueller.....Bueller deaniac21 Oct 2012 #95

Ben Stein = Young Earth Creationist montex Oct 2012 #96

Really? Up2Late Oct 2012 #97

Heresy! PMcDee Oct 2012 #98