"We never took hand-outs or free government tuna..."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

The tragic, hilarious “We Are the 53 percent” movement
Conservatives launch a campaign against the poor and the old -- so we're launching one too
By Alex Pareene

http://www.salon.com/2011/10/12/the_tragic_hilarious_we_are_the_53_percent_movement/singleton/



The art with this story is Alex Pareene's parody of Erick Erickson's unintentionally hilarious web site We Are The 53%. It screams out for satire -- so go ahead and give it a try. We'll publish the best ones on Salon. Write a hand-written letter, take a picture and email it to us at [e-mail]. Or you can publish it yourself on Open Salon -- just tag it "The Real 53 Percent."

The conservative response to the “We are the 99 percent” movement is … hilarious. (And, sure, heartbreaking.) Conservative filmmaker Mike Wilson and vacuous right-blogger Erick Erickson joined forces to start “We Are the 53%,” a blog made up of contributions from the 53 percent of Americans who pay more in federal income taxes than they receive back in deductions or credits.

The project was kicked off by Erick Erickson, who announced that he works “three jobs,” by which he means being a professional television pundit, radio pundit and Internet pundit. There is a stunning amount of cognitive dissonance, misplaced resentment and class revulsion going on, even for a conservative Web project.

The site can’t even manage to correctly represent that 53 percent, with multiple contributors very clearly belonging to the 47 percent of people who make up the supposed parasite class. There is a blog dedicated to this confused minority. The best example is obviously this dog.

[lbrtbell]

1. Their definition of the 53% is even stupid

"Americans who pay more in federal income taxes than they receive back in deductions or credits."

Um...what did they expect? Free upkeep of roads, schools, and everything else that tax revenue pays for?

Talk about people wanting handouts, LOL.

[ellenfl]

2. & i bet they live in states that receive more fed $ than they pay in. eom

[Myrina]

3. Free gov't TUNA?

I've heard of gov't cheese, but not gov't tuna. WTH? :wtf:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. He's just goofing on the "raised in a dumpster by cats" thing

Sadly, there is no government tuna.

:-)