Who’s Wealthy?

Who did Sen. David Vitter think he was talking to when he said that:

“I hate to tell you, by Washington’s definitions that [Melancon]‘s using, virtually everybody in this audience is the wealthy.”

I don’t make $250,000 per year. Do you? Most people in Louisiana, the state Vitter represents in the Senate, sure don’t make that much—the average household income there is $43,635.

No, Vitter was following the Republican playbook here—trying to scare working people into protecting the interests of the wealthiest. Trying to make sure multimillionaires get to pay a lower tax rate than middle class families.

Or, you know, maybe he really does think this is true. As Arjun Jaikumar suggested on Twitter, maybe the issue is that everyone Vitter knows makes more than $250,000 per year. And maybe they’re the only ones he cares to represent.

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  • clarence swinney says:

    Imagine America today without Safety Nets
    DEMOCRATS ATTACK AGENDA

    From 1980 to 2009
    20 years 3 conservative Presidents
    18 years conservative Senate
    12 years conservative House
    6 years TOTAL CONTROL=HELL

    WHAT DID AMERICA GET IN THOSE 20 YEARS

    600B to 3600
    1000B to 10,000
    237,000 to 99,000
    1 to 9
    0 to 2
    Poe to Hoe
    B to W
    H & F

    Any fool can memorize and use this short (8)list of disasters
    only a loser will refuse to yell this information to the people

    What do they mean?

    Spending
    debt
    jobs
    international conflicts
    wars
    peace to hell
    best to worst
    ideology to deja vu ideology

    1980-2009
    Spending—600B to 3600B Teapartiers are you listening?
    Debt-1000B to 10,000B Deficit Hawks are you listening
    237,000 Net New Jobs down to 99,000
    1 convicted felon to 137 investigated/charged
    2 major illegal horrid wars
    Peace on Earth to Hell on Earth
    Best rated World rated President to Worst
    Houing Tsunnami & Financial Volcano

    Ladies and Gentlemen How can a populace elect that record to rule our nation????

    It is simple. The Rich Man’s party owns Wall Street $$$$$—Media–Vote Count Machines

    A Simpleton and a Fool if one votes for a Republican to Congress if :
    Social Security Recipient
    Medicare Recipient
    Medicaid Recipient
    Food Stamp Recipient
    Child Care Recipient
    Disability Recipient
    Veteran Pension Recipient
    Veteran Health Care Recipient
    College Loan Recipient
    Home Foreclosed
    Member of Military
    Minority
    Minister
    Christian
    Muslim

    This list is endless—Republican was known for decades as The Country Club Party now known as Wall Street Of America Party—owned by $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

    SOUND THE HORNS TELL THE PEOPLE

    Awaken The Evil Ones are coming after you
    They (14M) own 93% of Total Financial Wealth and will steal-lie-cheat-rob-kill to get the remaining 7% from you (127M)

    clarence swinney
    political historian since 1991 on Reagan-Clinton-Bush administrations
    author-Lifeaholic—story of Workaholic failure to Lifeaholic success
    Available for Lecture-Hootenanny in nc-va-sc-tenn cswinney2@triad.rr.com
    olduglymeanhonest

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