Rick Warren, What Were You Thinking? – UPDATED

[Viva_La_Revolution]

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Let’s get this out of the way first: What you said is untrue. Had you said 50% don’t pay income tax, you’d have at least been partly right, because tax preferences currently benefit lower and middle class taxpayers to some extent via the EIC, the child care credit, and other tax subsidies.

But to say they don’t pay taxes? That’s flatly untrue. Everyone who drives a car pays taxes when they fill up their tank. Everyone who buys toilet paper pays sales taxes here in California. Everyone who works has FICA/FUTA taxes withheld and paid. Everyone. Rich, poor, or middle. And as a percentage of income, those taxes are a whole lot more than the ones you defend as “already paying taxes”, especially when the taxes they do pay means they have to ration meals, or medications, or go without in order to feed their children.

Here’s a partial list of entities who paid no taxes. This is who you defend: General Electric, Bank of America, Boeing, Wells Fargo Bank, Goldman Sachs, Exxon-Mobil, Koch Industries, BP, and more. And for that privilege, some outsourced jobs to other countries, others just downsized, and still others decided they’d overwork their younger employees and let the older ones go while they still could.
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Go to the link and read the whole thing, including the update. brilliant.
http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2011/07/26/rick-warren-what-were-you-thinking/

[spanone]

1. i find this amusing from a man who has a religious tax exemption

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Good point!

[mzmolly]

7. +1!

:hi:

[Supersedeas]

11. when the religious tax exemption goes self-righteous....it goes big.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. Rick Warren can kiss my ass. what an idjit.

[closeupready]

4. And this Republican was the guy who gave a speech at Obama's inauguration.

Sheez. :eyes:

[William769]

5. And we were belittled because we showed our disdain.

Boy Karmas a BITCH!

[closeupready]

6. oh, boy, do you got that right!

:rofl: :D

[hootinholler]

8. I don't see the kharma payback.

:shrug:

I do remember being told to STFU about ol Rick speaking at the inaugural.

-Hoot

[Bluenorthwest]

It's just one two minute prayer!

Where are his defenders, legion on DU, now that Rick has taken off the mask? Oh, they are no where, they are no nearly honest enough to come and apologize for standing with this Republican activist shouting poutrage and pony

[arbusto_baboso]

9. He was caught being himself.

And himself is a greedy, hypocritical, mean-spirited, un-christian piece of shit.

[RainDog]

10. k&r