The other day, we brought you the most serious scandal of the 2014 midterms so far: the revelation that in 2012, Al Franken held two small traffic cones to his chest as if they were boobies. After the story was broken by Dead Breitbart's Internet Home for Incoherent Outraged Babbling, it made its way to the campaign office of one of the Republican candidates hoping to take on Franken in the fall, Minnesota state Sen. Julianne Ortman, who tossed it onto her
They never explained their methods, and their citations were vague. I had an email exchange with the authors to try to figure out exactly what was included.
They were very helpful, but when I asked how corporate spending on food, overhead, and such were reflected in the PCE, they told me to fuck off. ("Ultimately, all taxes are borne by individuals. Corporate taxes are paid by individuals through higher prices . . . If you have any other questions . . . see our methodology paper." I had read the paper before I got in touch with them, but it did not address specific data sources or projection methodology used to produce the chart in question.)
<i>Ultimately, all taxes are borne by individuals</i>
and that&#039;s the biggest avalanche of bullshit down the mountainside of all. Those taxes are paid by the entity being taxed- period. Should that entity be a corporation which chooses to pass along those taxes in the form of higher prices to the consumer, then yes the consumer kinda sorta pays the tax, though the same thing happens if they simply raise their price without the benefit of the tax excuse. But that is nothing more than cherry picking the Duh obviously fact that money circulates. It also completely ignores the very laws of the free market they claim to cherish- if one of their competitors chooses not to pass that cost on, they&#039;ll get most of the business from those consumers. It also ignores the pressure those higher prices put on purchasing decisions. As a consumer, if I&#039;m faced with a business that chooses to dump their expenses completely on me so that their bottom line isn&#039;t affected, I can always choose to tell them to go fuck themselves and not buy their product. What these clowns advocate is that we cut out the middle man and just tax me more rather than raise corporate taxes, based upon the faulty logic that I will end up paying either way. it&#039;s the same bad logic they use to justify continuing subsidies for big oil despite record profits- the canard that they&#039;ll just raise the price of gas. Of course this disingenuous analysis completely ignores the fact that those higher gas prices will influence driving behavior and that people will drive less, take the bus, walk, ride a bike, carpool, etc until the plunging sales at the pump force them to reconsider that price increase. Of course the real motive of these corporate apologists is obfuscation: taxing me more to give big oil a subsidy they don&#039;t need regardless whether I even drive or not is not only blatantly unfair, it serves psychologically to make me hate government for taking my money while being relatively satisfied with the gas station for keeping prices low- i.e. the Walmart school of business.
Yeah, I think he was sick of dealing with me at that point, because (a) it was Tax Day (a big fuckin&#039; day for these guys), and (b) this message was the first one sent from his smartphone (probably from a cocktail tea party). I pointed out that by his logic, individuals are also paying for all corporate spending (e.g., on food) through prices, etc., but I haven&#039;t heard back yet.
<i>Greg has overcome many personal obstacles and challenges, ...</i>
God, that infuriates me. True enough, Greg Abbott has overcome big personal challenges, but he did so by means of <i>winning a giant fucking liability lawsuit.</i> The kind he&#039;s been trying to outlaw ever since.
His ability to rebound from his disabling injury has fuck-all to do with &quot;the power of liberty&quot;, and everything to do with &quot;the power of personal-liability law&quot;.
If Al Franken was a rightwinger, he could do a commercial explaining that he was merely trying to embody the true Patriot Spirit as reflected in that great symbol wielded by our Revolutionary Forefathers: the Gadsden Flag.
&quot;You see, I held the cones up to my body to speak in the same voice of our great forefathers that fought for the liberty of this great land during the Revolutionary War: I was literally saying &quot;Don&#039;t Tread On Me.&quot; Real Patriots will understand this symbol, but my opponent seeks to denigrate the very words written in fabric of our forefathers.&quot;
Feature lots of slow motion shots of the flag billowing in the wind, soaring music. Maybe somehow work the other flag that was contemporary to the Gadsen in there, that had a &#039;tree of liberty&#039; on it and said &quot;Appeal To Heaven,&quot; because that sooo tickles so many of the wingnut&#039;s Patriotic g-spots at the same time.
Then follow up with variations of this rant on all of the Breitbartian wingnut channels:
AL FRANKEN IS JUST A PATRIOT! THIS WOMAN IS ATTACKING HIM BECAUSE SHE SEES EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION, AS LADIEZ DO. THE &quot;FOUNDING FATHERS&quot; WEREN&#039;T SEXISTS!!
Unforgiveable
I need to hear Cloris Leachman&#039;s opinion on pointy fake boobs before I think anything. <a href="http://www.cinemaretro.com/..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.cinemaretro.com/uploads/NURSEDIESEL.jp...">http://www.cinemaretro.com/...
They never explained their methods, and their citations were vague. I had an email exchange with the authors to try to figure out exactly what was included.
They were very helpful, but when I asked how corporate spending on food, overhead, and such were reflected in the PCE, they told me to fuck off. (&quot;Ultimately, all taxes are borne by individuals. Corporate taxes are paid by individuals through higher prices . . . If you have any other questions . . . see our methodology paper.&quot; I had read the paper before I got in touch with them, but it did not address specific data sources or projection methodology used to produce the chart in question.)
<i>Ultimately, all taxes are borne by individuals</i>
and that&#039;s the biggest avalanche of bullshit down the mountainside of all. Those taxes are paid by the entity being taxed- period. Should that entity be a corporation which chooses to pass along those taxes in the form of higher prices to the consumer, then yes the consumer kinda sorta pays the tax, though the same thing happens if they simply raise their price without the benefit of the tax excuse. But that is nothing more than cherry picking the Duh obviously fact that money circulates. It also completely ignores the very laws of the free market they claim to cherish- if one of their competitors chooses not to pass that cost on, they&#039;ll get most of the business from those consumers. It also ignores the pressure those higher prices put on purchasing decisions. As a consumer, if I&#039;m faced with a business that chooses to dump their expenses completely on me so that their bottom line isn&#039;t affected, I can always choose to tell them to go fuck themselves and not buy their product. What these clowns advocate is that we cut out the middle man and just tax me more rather than raise corporate taxes, based upon the faulty logic that I will end up paying either way. it&#039;s the same bad logic they use to justify continuing subsidies for big oil despite record profits- the canard that they&#039;ll just raise the price of gas. Of course this disingenuous analysis completely ignores the fact that those higher gas prices will influence driving behavior and that people will drive less, take the bus, walk, ride a bike, carpool, etc until the plunging sales at the pump force them to reconsider that price increase. Of course the real motive of these corporate apologists is obfuscation: taxing me more to give big oil a subsidy they don&#039;t need regardless whether I even drive or not is not only blatantly unfair, it serves psychologically to make me hate government for taking my money while being relatively satisfied with the gas station for keeping prices low- i.e. the Walmart school of business.
ARETHA FRANKLIN LIBUL!!1!
Yeah, I think he was sick of dealing with me at that point, because (a) it was Tax Day (a big fuckin&#039; day for these guys), and (b) this message was the first one sent from his smartphone (probably from a cocktail tea party). I pointed out that by his logic, individuals are also paying for all corporate spending (e.g., on food) through prices, etc., but I haven&#039;t heard back yet.
I&#039;m not holding my breath.
Which side is the real boob joke?
Seriously. &quot;Babe&quot;?? WTF, Pauly B?
<i>Greg has overcome many personal obstacles and challenges, ...</i>
God, that infuriates me. True enough, Greg Abbott has overcome big personal challenges, but he did so by means of <i>winning a giant fucking liability lawsuit.</i> The kind he&#039;s been trying to outlaw ever since.
His ability to rebound from his disabling injury has fuck-all to do with &quot;the power of liberty&quot;, and everything to do with &quot;the power of personal-liability law&quot;.
Where you been, Miss T?? Wherever it was, welcome back!
I am a wimmins and I&#039;ve made traffic-cone boobies. These concern trolls need to increase their meds.
If Al Franken was a rightwinger, he could do a commercial explaining that he was merely trying to embody the true Patriot Spirit as reflected in that great symbol wielded by our Revolutionary Forefathers: the Gadsden Flag.
&quot;You see, I held the cones up to my body to speak in the same voice of our great forefathers that fought for the liberty of this great land during the Revolutionary War: I was literally saying &quot;Don&#039;t Tread On Me.&quot; Real Patriots will understand this symbol, but my opponent seeks to denigrate the very words written in fabric of our forefathers.&quot;
Feature lots of slow motion shots of the flag billowing in the wind, soaring music. Maybe somehow work the other flag that was contemporary to the Gadsen in there, that had a &#039;tree of liberty&#039; on it and said &quot;Appeal To Heaven,&quot; because that sooo tickles so many of the wingnut&#039;s Patriotic g-spots at the same time.
Then follow up with variations of this rant on all of the Breitbartian wingnut channels:
AL FRANKEN IS JUST A PATRIOT! THIS WOMAN IS ATTACKING HIM BECAUSE SHE SEES EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION, AS LADIEZ DO. THE &quot;FOUNDING FATHERS&quot; WEREN&#039;T SEXISTS!!
Worst Ru Paul episode ever.
<i>it might have totally reframed the traffic-cones-as-boobs visuals in a brilliantly satirical ironic context.</i>
MOOB LIBEL!!11!!!
&quot;You&#039;re in a ridiculous, fake-outrage driven Senate race with me...Al Franken.&quot;
The 1970s were over three Al Franken decades ago.