----- Original Message -----
From: "Rep. Alan Grayson" <alangrayson@graysonforcongress.com>
To: "dean engelhardt" <dean.engelhardt@comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 3:28:04 PM
Subject: Toys for the Rich
They need your ideas
How will the super-rich spend their huge Republican tax break? Tell us.
Dear Dean,
Sometime between now and December 31, we will vote to extend the Bush tax cuts for the rich, or Obama tax cuts for the middle class. In the case of the Bush tax cuts, this money will go to the high and mighty. According to Citizens for Tax Justice, the top 1% of taxpayers -- people with more than $1.3 million a year -- will receive an average of $83,347 in Republican tax breaks.
Here are some possibilities of what those masters of the universe can buy, with their new government welfare:
- A brand-new Mercedes Benz E-Class car, $83,000. Every single year. And each year, they can give the "old" one to a spouse, a girlfriend, whoever.
- A Hermes "Birkin" handbag, $64,800. (Actually, though, if you need to know how much it costs, then you can't afford it.)
- Chateau d'Yquem wine from 1787, $56,588. That will leave each one with around $25,000 of loose change in their pockets. Enough for a nice lunch, maybe.
- 20,000 jars of Grey Poupon. So when people ask, "excuse me, sir, but do you have any Grey Poupon," the answer is "Yes!"
- 800 luxury cigars. One for the morning, and one for the evening, every single day. But how will they light them? Each one, with a $100 bill. That costs only $73,000 a year. Ah.
Thank you, Republican Party. You're letting the rich in this country enjoy two cigars a day, each lit by a $100 bill.
Now I have a question for you. What do you suggest that the wealthy purchase with their welfare, courtesy of the Republican Party? What new toys for the idle rich? A Mercedes? A Hermes bag? Cigars? They need your ideas, because they will all have so much more of our money.
So please, submit your ideas.
Courage,
Alan Grayson
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My reply:
Congessman Grayson,
I will miss you in congress. I appreciates your voice in speaking out against the wars and Fed. It is too bad you are so wrong on this one. I am against welfare for the rich. The past ten year we've seen trillions of taxpayer dollars and taxpayer debt being transfered to the rich that have strong lobbyist organizations. But what you are talking about below is earned income, not welfare. One of the great things about America is the opportunity to become rich and buy thing you like. It creates more jobs and a stronger economy.
If rich people started burning money to light cigars wouldn't help fight the inflation effect of QE2?
Here is my suggestion to you. Please work with your present and future congress to come to a budget that works for the citizens of this counrty. Show us how you can make Washington fiscally responsible again; then we might have reasonable discussions about taxes.
Selling a tax increase appealing to the dislike of wealth people is not a winning strategy.