It's early in the day, but Matt Yglesias has a good one: Right now we have conservatives simultaneously calling for huge spending cuts and also getting the [lion's] share of old people’s votes even while the vast majority of non-security spending is on old people....
death and taxes
Citizens for Tax Justice has a breakdown of the effective tax rate paid by various income groups, taking all federal and state taxes into account. Some highlights: (1) Outside the.
From Wonk Room, the economic impact of an alcohol tax:- 35 percent of adults pay nothing at all.- 80 percent of drinkers pay at most $26.50 per year, about 7¢.
By this guy's logic, I should not have paid federal taxes for the last 7 years, since I don't support just about anything the federal government has done since 2001.