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Posts tagged "taxes"

Rahm Emanuel Could Save Us From Snooki

Rahm Emanuel has a tax plan. More specficially, Rahm Emanuel appears to have a fever, and the only prescription is more revenue in the form of what I’d like to call a “douchebag tax.” Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel wants to raise some taxes–oops, close some loopholes–on some luxury services such as pet grooming, tanning salons, and limousine... Read more »
By emzanotti,
January 20, 2011 at 10:53 am
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The Week In Carol Moseley Braun

I can’t even really say it’s “the week” in Carol, can I? It’s like, Tuesday. But she’s been fun enough for daaaaays at this point, so I’m just going with it. Without further ado, a short history of Carol Moseley Braun’s antics since New Years: At her initial press conference, Carol politely suggested that, indeed... Read more »
By emzanotti,
January 4, 2011 at 10:05 am
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Dems Fail to Compromise, Screw Themselves Into Compromise

Last week, Democrats in the House saved a few precious weeks of talking points by voting to extend the Bush tax cuts…but only to “middle class” Americans and not to evil rich people. Sensing that they were getting dangerously close to maintaining their backbone in the face of adversity and revealing their true ideological beliefs... Read more »
By emzanotti,
December 6, 2010 at 3:04 pm
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Mike Madigan Takes Swipe At Pat Quinn Over Taxes

This is clearly opposite day. In an interview, I asked Mr. Madigan if he agrees that Mr. Quinn has “a mandate” to boost taxes, since Mr. Quinn proposed that during the campaign and won, and GOP challenger Bill Brady opposed it and lost. Mr. Madigan replied that talk of a mandate is overblown. “If (the... Read more »
By emzanotti,
November 9, 2010 at 4:10 pm
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WTF! Rahm Running on a Platform of Tax Cuts and Competition?

As the man himself would say, holy f***ing shit. Rahm Emanuel – the man who brought the Obama Administration to power, who championed the most egregious governmental spending bill in history and helped Congress rack up record deficits – is running for mayor of Chicago on a pledge to save money and stimulate economic growth... Read more »
By emzanotti,
November 9, 2010 at 11:10 am
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Pat Quinn Says You Totes Voted for Taxes

Any time you hear a politician say they received a “mandate,” just assume that what they’re talking about is complete bullshit. Whether it’s an unnecessary war, a gimmicky, bloated spending bill or Pat Quinn’s 2012 fiscal year budget plan, it always makes a tough sell that much easier when they convince themselves you want it... Read more »
By emzanotti,
November 8, 2010 at 1:50 pm
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Sheila Simon Sure You're Not Paying Attention

Back in the day I ran for student council president and despite some clear indications that I was not going to win (such as the fact that I had glasses, braces, stringy hair and got dis-invited from the sixth grade ruling bitch’s birthday party) I insisted that I was going to win. It wasn’t until... Read more »
By emzanotti,
September 15, 2010 at 12:34 pm
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You May Pay Blagojevich's Legal Bills

You May Pay Blagojevich's Legal Bills
I bet that you’ve always wanted to fund the trial of a corrupt bureaucrat, haven’t you? It’s like a dream, forking over your hard earned tax dollars to the state of Illinois knowing that they’re going to fund police officers, teachers, street cleaning and Rod Blagojevich’s half-assed defense. As juror contemplate the fate of former... Read more »
By emzanotti,
August 10, 2010 at 10:15 am
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Pat Quinn Tees Up Best Campaign Commercial Evah.

Look, I love the campaign commercials I’ve seen so far from the Democratic Party or whoever is spending nearly half a million dollars per week. I enjoy knowing that Bill Brady would like to kill me, my pets and ensure that, should I not lose my life to his policies as he clearly intends, I... Read more »
By emzanotti,
July 29, 2010 at 11:35 am
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Snooki Hearts John McCain

This interview proves two things. One: Meghan McCain is in no danger of becoming the next David Frost. And two: the people of Jersey Shore continue to remind me how lucky I am that my Guido family chose Detroit to settle. In a Daily Beast interview with McCain’s daughter, Meghan, Snooki said, “To be honest... Read more »
By emzanotti,
July 13, 2010 at 9:56 am
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