Tea Party Congressman Calls For Tax Breaks To Put Out Raging Wildfire In District

[meegbear]

With a massive wildfire currently raging out of control in his district, Tea Party Caucus member Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) pressed Congress to pass immediate tax breaks Tuesday to combat the rapidly spreading blaze. "This fire has already burned hundreds of square miles and left thousands of helpless families with only one hope: across-the-board income tax cuts and a sharply lower corporate tax rate," said Franks, stating that broad-based tax relief would spur investment and extinguish the towering flames that grow larger by the minute. "We must act now. The longer the oppressive tax burden on honest, hardworking individuals remains unaddressed, the larger and more deadly this fire will become." According to staffers, Franks plans to honor the nine individuals who have perished in the blaze by introducing additional legislation this week that would eliminate Medicaid.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/tea-party-congressman-calls-for-tax-breaks-to-put,21242/

[FSogol]

1. Another home run from The Onion. K & R. n/t

[av8rdave]

2. It's just barely satire these days!

[Raven]

4. Yes. Depressingly close to the truth! n/t

[xchrom]

3. Bloody fuckin nut job. Nt

My bad - didn't see the Onion.

No coffee & this is what happens.

[daleanime]

6. Trouble is....

it's kind of believable nowadays.:banghead:

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

5. I'm starting to think the Onion is a better news source than Fox ever was

[existentialist]

7. I was thinking wtf?

Then I noticed it was from The Onion and I started laughing.

[blkmusclmachine]

8. Truth or fiction?

Too close to call.

[Fumesucker]

9. A classic, textbook example of Poe's Law..

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Poe's_Law

Poe's Law is an axiom suggesting that it's difficult to distinguish between parodies of religious fundamentalism (or, more generally, parodies of any crackpot or extremist belief) and its genuine proponents, since they both seem equally insane.

[meegbear]

10. kick