From the 'pedia:
In the Bizarro world of “Htrae” (“Earth” spelled backwards), society is ruled by the Bizarro Code which states “Us do opposite of all Earthly things…”
From former-national-big-name-newsguy-turned-local-columnist Barrie Dunsmore's scolding of “disillusioned Democrats” who have the gall to criticize the commander-in-chief:
This past week Henrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker summed up Obama's dilemma this way: “The plan does not, of course, guarantee success. The best that can be claimed for it is that it does not guarantee failure, as, in one form or another the alternatives almost certainly do.
Wow. The point of much of the argument against this surge (that comes from across the foreign policy spectrum… just not the punditry spectrum) is that precisely the opposite is true; we know precisely where this buildup will take us from looking both at the history of comparable conflicts in and outside the area, as well as looking at the recent history of this conflict. A massive buildup is, in fact, the only strategy that looks certain to fail.
“Me do same thing that hasn't worked even harder so it not work even more!”
Also from Bizarro World today:
The Legislature during the last session closed what was known as the “capital gains loophole,” a part of the tax code that previously exempted considerable portions of investment income from taxes. Supporters of the legislation said the loophole unfairly favored wealthier residents, as well as those who derive their incomes through investing rather than labor wages.
(Democratic State Senator Hinda) Miller though says that amid all the talk of fairness and equality, lawmakers lost sight of reality. “In this building there are a lot of judgments about what is fair,”… […]
“I am proposing smart taxes instead of fair taxes,” Miller says.
Ah, Bizarro World, you're such a silly place. “Fair is unfair. Fair is now bad word. Me want more boats and houses for friends when state can't pay for unemployment. Me think that better than fair.”
Me gonna throw up now.
When will they ever learn.
sounds like new-fashioned SB.
I wish Sen. Miller the best of luck in determining whether she runs for another term.
it gets better
Sen. Miller’s bill would turn back the clock on the changes to the 40% cap gains exclusion but she would NOT undo the reductions in the marginal rates that was the quid pro quo for the bill
that is, she wants to help the wealthy shelter their capital gains income AND keep the lower marginal rates that the Leg. (sadly) agreed to in order to make the deal
what was that old advertisement?
“double your pleasure, double your fun”
as a result, Sen. Miller has a bit of a revenue hole to fill; by her estimate (probably from JFO), re-opening the cap gains exclusion will cost $18.9 million in the first year (lost revenue); to fill the gap, she would extend the sales tax to candy and soda, and require bottled water companies to pay a royalty for extracting VT’s groundwater; great, regressive taxes to help fill the pockets of the wealthy
all kidding aside, however, I fear Sen. Miller is forgetting that once the economy recovers, the revenue hole will get much much deeper; according to the Tax Department (2009 Tax Expenditure report) the state lost $57.8 million from the 40% cap gains exclusion in 2006
so please tell us Sen. Miller, how many more taxes will you have to raise on working people to make up for the additional $38.9 million we will lose from this boondoggle?
and BTW – there is STILL no evidence that the savings to the wealthy ($18.9m in the first year but up to $57.8m in the out years) will be invested in VT
sometimes there’s nothing to do but have an adult beverage…
Gets to keep hoarding the profits from the sweat of wage earners’ increased productivity, what’s not to like?
I mean, geez! How greedy can those pesky wage-earners get? Just because they do all the work that creates the value in those investments, doesn’t mean they can expect to be rewarded for it! So what if they are struggling to avoid foreclosure, starvation, and homelessness? That’s what they get for not being greedy bottom-feeders who care only about themselves and their own short-term financial interests.
Obama gives a pro-war speech at his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance; the DC Democrats are lining up behind a plan to massively increase mandatory payments (ie. taxes) by making us all purchase insurance plans from the glutted private insurance industry that, if we can’t do out of the pocket, will take tax dollars from our pockets to subsidize ourselves; and the ever pro-local control Republican governor of Vermont and his lackey ed commissioner are telling us we need to massively centralize control over our for now local school districts.
My head hurts.