Windfall Contributions
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in General/Misc.
The absurdity of some things are best illustrated through satire.
From Scrappleface:
Rebounding from today’s failed effort to increase taxes on the “windfall profits” of U.S. oil companies, Senate Democrats quickly introduced a bill to tax “windfall campaign contributions”.
The move comes as Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama stands poised to raise $100 million in June, when just two months ago he raised only $31.3 million.
“Obama is taking advantage of the scarcity of Democrat presidential candidates to fatten his coffers,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV. “At a time when fuel and food prices are skyrocketing, Americans are rightly offended when a man can triple his earnings without working an extra hour.”
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