The Most Revolting Press Conference In History

[jmowreader]

91. Quick way to shut down this line of bullshit

"Certainly, Wayne. Anything you want. Wait here and we'll repeal all the Bush and Reagan tax cuts then institute a federal property tax to pay for it."

The revolting part here isn't just that the NRA wants to solve America's gun problem by turning America into a nation with machinegunners prowling the streets (historical note to Wayne: in these countries you think America should model herself after, the first thing the armed security force does is go door-to-door disarming the citizenry) but also that the Right throws around proposals to spend money in sums that make liberals blanch. For every $1 a liberal wants to spend on feeding people or providing medical care, the Right wants to spend $25 on a plane to fight enemies whose most advanced weapon is a Toyota pickup with a fifty-caliber machinegun in the bed. For every $5 a liberal wants to spend creating jobs, the Right wants to spend $500 on tax cuts so people will be motivated to create jobs when every piece of evidence we've amassed says if you raise business taxes significantly and add plenty of deductions for job-creating activities people will create jobs to avoid paying taxes.(Since the Right loves confusing micro- and macroeconomics....which would work better, promising your kid a banana split if he gets straight As, or giving him a banana split so he'll get straight As?)