straydog 8: April 2009

Sunday, April 26, 2009

teh stoopid, it hurts...

Rep.Joe Barton(R-TX) leaves them flabbergasted last week on 2 separate occasions.
pt. 1

pt. 2

with idiots like this in the highest offices of our government, is it any wonder that we find ourselves in our current circumstances?

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

(... or, Get Out Your Tea Bags)

here's a little tidbit on who is actually shouldering the majority of the tax burden in this country. just something to keep in mind while you're out there teabagging today.

A Senate report estimated in 2008 that the United States loses up to $100 billion a year in tax revenue to offshore tax havens. In a report released Wednesday, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group offers a state-by-state breakdown of the cost to taxpayers of tax revenue lost to "shell companies and sham headquarters" in places like Switzerland and the Cayman Islands.

The practice soaks dutiful taxpayers in every state for hundreds of millions of dollars, according to U.S. PIRG. The citizens of New York and Texas shoulder over $8 billion a year, and the good people of California are on the hook for an extra $11 billion.

(via huffpo)