Liberals On Taxes: “We’re All In It Together”
[guest post by Dana]
Unfortunately for a few MSNBC hosts, their relationships with the IRS are a bit rocky right now. As they sanctimoniously lectured audiences on the importance of paying taxes, they hid a dirty little secret:
MSNBC’s hosts and guests regularly call for higher taxes on the rich, condemning wealthy individuals and corporations who don’t pay their taxes or make use of loopholes. But recent reports, as well as records reviewed by National Review, show that at least four high-profile MSNBC on-air personalities have tax liens or warrants filed against them.
Oops!
* Touré Neblett, co-host of MSNBC’s The Cycle, owes more than $59,000 in taxes (“Regressive taxation & tax-avoidance & union crushing & the financial corruption of legislation has fueled inequality more than hard work.”)
* Last month, New York filed a $4,948.15 tax warrant against Joy-Ann Reid (Reid has called taxes on the wealthy “a basic fairness argument,” also arguing for “smart spending and smart tax increases” to create economic growth.)
* Melissa Harris-Perry and her husband, James Perry, owed around $70,000 in delinquent taxes (“We actually do better as a country when we spread the wealth around”)
* Sharpton and his entities owed as much as $4.5 million in taxes, penalties, and interest (“they give tax cuts and loopholes to the rich, and they act like it’s acceptable.”)
Touré and Reid did not comment, but a rep said the issue was being worked out. Harris-Perry recently paid down the debt by $21,721. And Sharpton disputes the figures. But of course he does.
This about sums it up:
All these tax deadbeats claim to be paying off their debts. But that doesn’t absolve them of their guilt. So long as they so much as lift a finger to avoid paying taxes, they’ll still be liberal hypocrites.
–Dana
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Dana (86e864) — 4/23/2015 @ 9:20 pmThat is sweet. I went and beat them all up on Twitter, one by one, individually.
Patterico (9c670f) — 4/23/2015 @ 9:41 pmI would like to know specifics and what the tax avoidance rate is among other cable and network hosts for comparison purposes. But why these MSNBC tax cheats are allowed on the air as interviewers and policy influencers is just mind boggling. People should refuse to go on these shows and be grilled and dissected until these hosts pay up or until MSNBC fires them and replaces them with responsible citizens.
elissa (b831af) — 4/23/2015 @ 9:47 pmI love paying taxes. Especially federal income taxes. I love it because I am a citizen of the United States of America. I love it because I know our elected representatives spend it wisely without waste or corruption. It is my duty. To question such is anti-American.
I also understand that a certain segment of the population is entitled to ignore the tax laws enacted by our elected representatives because they have special dispensation for their ability to get elected, appointed or appear on television shows.
That is the price we pay for freedom. God Bless America.
Ag80 (eb6ffa) — 4/23/2015 @ 9:51 pmHow fitting… Taxes not paid by people nobody watches. Liberals don’t embarrass easy.
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 4/23/2015 @ 10:03 pmLiberalism is a mental illness and this is merely example #1,000 of that.
Mark (607f93) — 4/23/2015 @ 10:16 pmI wonder what any of these people have said about the Clintons not reporting about 40 Million worth of income earlier this decade.
seeRpea (2852e8) — 4/23/2015 @ 10:41 pmFern’s Law: Liberals actually believe none of the things they preach to you about.
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/338341.php
sound awake (beb21b) — 4/24/2015 @ 3:08 pmRangel, Daschle, Clinton, Turbo tax Geithner, are just who come to mind,
narciso (ee1f88) — 4/24/2015 @ 3:17 pmI would like to know specifics and what the tax avoidance rate is among other cable and network hosts for comparison purposes.
Too bad Fox doesn’t do some sot of side by side comparison. I’d be curious to see if they’re just as dishonest. And if they’re not, what a great plug “Fox, Honest Reporters Pay Their Taxes. MSNBC: Pundits Hope To Avoid Jail”…
Dana (86e864) — 4/24/2015 @ 6:37 pmthese are all african american people
maybe they have some cultural thing where they’re not scared of the irs
me, the irs terrifies me
they say i owe them and i pay it
i pay it like a little b!tch
happyfeet (831175) — 4/24/2015 @ 6:53 pmThat’s what they’re counting on, Happyfeet.
Dana (a13c7d) — 4/24/2015 @ 8:25 pmPay your damn, delinquent tactheth, liberal loudmouth Melitha Harrith-Perry!
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 4/24/2015 @ 8:39 pmThufferin’ Thuccotath!!!
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 4/24/2015 @ 8:40 pm“It ain’t me, it ain’t me — I ain’t no fortunate one, no, no!”
Icy (aebdde) — 4/24/2015 @ 9:38 pmDad had a few years where the IRS came down on him
something about that must’ve broken something in me I think
where dem pups
happyfeet (831175) — 4/25/2015 @ 12:00 pmDespicable. When I think of how the 90% tax bracket and bad behavior by advisors and the government destroyed the life of Joe Louis, I really want these people to get a taste of that themselves, since they think the IRS is so damned wonderful.
M. Scott Eiland (a742b7) — 4/25/2015 @ 12:25 pm2.That is sweet. I went and beat them all up on Twitter, one by one, individually.
That calls for its own post. Seriously. I’ll even make popcorn for while I read it if you do. 🙂
M. Scott Eiland (a742b7) — 4/25/2015 @ 12:27 pm