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1. #101
   On March 17th, 2011 at 3:16 pm, BK said:

   Can someone please explain why leftists believe other people (but not them!) should be hurt by government actions?

   Sadism? Lack of conscience?

2. #102
   On March 17th, 2011 at 3:27 pm, right_on said:

   I think we must have these wealthy liberals all wrong! THE REASON they don’t voluntarily submit more money to the Treasury, is because they already give so much to charities, they have little left over for themselves…(to spend on cars, Cristal, yachts, pro sports teams, luxury vacations, multiple homes (many of which are located outside the U.S.), and private jets.)

   If they could be more compassionate, they would…it’s just easier to villify other rich people who DO give generously to charities (not the Soros kinds), and who have a different political philosophy.

3. #103
   On March 17th, 2011 at 3:28 pm, big chihuahua said:

   Ralph Gizzip said:
   Was Mr. King only speaking in Florida or has he relocated to Florida? If he as relocated to Florida could it be because Florida has no state income tax?

   From what I read Mr. King has a home in Florida as well as a home in Maine. I am a huge Stephen King fan, love his books, hate the movies made from the books.

4. #104
   On March 17th, 2011 at 3:29 pm, big chihuahua said:

   Also should have stated that if Mr. King feels so strongly that he isn’t paying enough taxes he can feel free to send a check to the IRS

5. #105
   On March 17th, 2011 at 3:31 pm, jlhudg23 said:

   I received a copy of King’s book “Faithful” as a gift. If he has his way, I’ll need to burn it to keep warm next winter.

   Perhaps we could burn a few of these idiots at the stake, to boot.

6. #106
   On March 17th, 2011 at 3:51 pm, Roland said:

   hate the movies made from the books.

   The Dead Zone movie was very good, and I liked the TV miniseries of The Shining, but the rest of the attempts to put his stuff on screen have been mediocre to terrible. The Tommyknockers TV miniseries was a ghastly mangling of an excellent novel.

7. #107
   On March 17th, 2011 at 4:00 pm, rightisright said:

   Remember Warren Buffet saying it’s not right or fair his secretary pays more in taxes than he does…well DUH! Warren, I wonder why that is. Maybe you could help the person out by having your tax accountants and attorneys do their taxes…wait a minute they don’t make enough to have worth while deductions…like some people, Warren.

   As he has his vultures sitting in the wings waiting for family members who have suffered a family death and now have to come up with money to pay the death taxes. Just another hypocritical liberal.

8. #108
   On March 17th, 2011 at 4:07 pm, Hangfire said:

   hate the movies made from the books.

   The Langoliers = 3 finger gag.

9. #109
   On March 17th, 2011 at 4:24 pm, spaceycakes said:

   EWTHeckman said:
   Just ’cause it needs to be said again:

   thanks, EWTH

10. #110
    On March 17th, 2011 at 4:34 pm, zoyclem said:

    I quit reading King when he inserted himself into his own books (Dark Tower). If he wants to pay more taxes, no one is stopping him.

11. #111
    On March 17th, 2011 at 5:05 pm, lowglow said:

    I read this article yesterday and I wish I could remember were I read it from, but this guy did a study and he added up the sum total of every Billionaire and Millionaire in the USA.

    When he totaled their entire wealth, he concluded that even if the US government confiscated every rich persons money, that our Budget would still be short by 30 billion and not even put a dent in the 14 Trillion debt.

12. #112
    On March 17th, 2011 at 5:14 pm, flaming_o said:

    On March 17th, 2011 at 4:34 pm, zoyclem said:

    If he wants to pay more taxes, no one is stopping him.

    No one but himself. He’s made several fortunes feeding the world’s interest in rubbernecking at car crashes and train wrecks. For someone with such a dim view of humanity, he’s got a lot of nerve spouting off all high and mighty.

13. #113
    On March 17th, 2011 at 5:38 pm, Ron said:

    Hey, if he’s only paying 28 percent, he aint that rich! That’s middle-class. But if he wants to pay more, write that check, Stephen. Or just throw your money into the fire, or into a hole in the ground, whatever, it’ll have the same effect.

14. #114
    On March 17th, 2011 at 5:38 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    From what I read Mr. King has a home in Florida as well as a home in Maine.

    Oh yeah, it’s a humble and modest bungalow suitable for the occasional getaway from Maine:

    King’s Sarasota, Florida home which he purchased in April of 2001, is currently valued at approximately $10 million. Located on Casey Key, this home offers three bedrooms, four bathrooms, a swimming pool, and 6,817 square feet.

15. #115
    On March 17th, 2011 at 5:41 pm, b@rrettson said:

    Such a turnoff. I have read a lot of his books. The only good things is, I never paid more than 25 cents for any of them! Salvation Army and Goodwill, thank you.

16. #116
    On March 17th, 2011 at 5:43 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    The only good things is, I never paid more than 25 cents for any of them!

    Even that’s overpriced for the value.

17. #117
    On March 17th, 2011 at 5:48 pm, paulie said:

    Looks like a real meeting of the minds took place!

18. #118
    On March 17th, 2011 at 5:50 pm, conservative hispanic said:

    To: Stevie King

    From: me

    If you feel so guilty you have so much money, send me a check for 10 million dollars. That should be enough to take care of me and my spouse for the rest of our lives, get 40 acres and a couple horses, a 4 by 4, 2 dozen guns, etc. And after my death I’ll leave everything to pro-life, pro-family, pro-America groups.

    There, I said it. That’s my fantasy.

19. #119
    On March 17th, 2011 at 7:08 pm, Spliff Menendez said:

    These raging leftists really have a problem with voluntarily opening their checkbooks for Big Brother.

20. #120
    On March 17th, 2011 at 7:30 pm, Palehorse said:

    On March 17th, 2011 at 5:05 pm, lowglow said:

    I read this article yesterday and I wish I could remember were I read it from, but this guy did a study and he added up the sum total of every Billionaire and Millionaire in the USA.

    When he totaled their entire wealth, he concluded that even if the US government confiscated every rich persons money, that our Budget would still be short by 30 billion and not even put a dent in the 14 Trillion debt.

    That was Mary Katharine Ham;

    Hammertime: Moore’s National Resources

    Brilliant.

21. #121
    On March 17th, 2011 at 7:46 pm, sbw999 said:

    King, one of my favorite authors from childhood, is alas, just another dime a dozen wacky lefty. *sigh*

22. #122
    On March 17th, 2011 at 8:19 pm, T-Bone said:

    And why did he write a book about Tea Party Knockers? Maybe its his Dark Half coming out.

23. #123
    On March 17th, 2011 at 8:59 pm, rocketman said:

    ***
    Stephen King looks under his bed at night to make sure that Chuck Norris isn’t hiding there!
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

24. #124
    On March 17th, 2011 at 9:41 pm, Lan Astaslem said:

    The REAL irony is that he goes on to say that he and his wife donate to their local fire department, library, etc. (I guess because he has so much left over after paying only 28%.) So why the HELL does he think that the government would be more effective in distributing his wealth?? He doesn’t even realize the idiocy of his comments. He PROVES that the real way to effect change is to provide support locally. And yes, to everyone else’s point, why doesn’t he just break out his checkbook if he has so much faith in the way our government (mal)functions??

25. #125
    On March 17th, 2011 at 9:55 pm, love2rumba said:

    Stephen King looks under his bed at night to make sure that Chuck Norris isn’t hiding there!

    Now THAT would be scary (for Steven King).

26. #126
    On March 17th, 2011 at 10:49 pm, granite said:

    On March 17th, 2011 at 5:05 pm, lowglow said:

    I read this article yesterday and I wish I could remember were I read it from, but this guy did a study and he added up the sum total of every Billionaire and Millionaire in the USA.

    When he totaled their entire wealth, he concluded that even if the US government confiscated every rich persons money, that our Budget would still be short by 30 billion and not even put a dent in the 14 Trillion debt.

    I remember reading virtually exactly those same words ~25 years ago; that the only way to satisfy socialists’ extreme spending appetite is to raise taxes on everyone, especially the middle class.
    All the rich together don’t have enough bucks for the marrow-sucking socialists.
    Because there are so many wage earners in the middle class, that’s where the real money is for the statists/collectivists/socialists.

27. #127
    On March 17th, 2011 at 11:10 pm, shimauma2 said:

    And yes, to everyone else’s point, why doesn’t he just break out his checkbook if he has so much faith in the way our government (mal)functions??

    MAL…bad…in the Latin…

28. #128
    On March 18th, 2011 at 12:16 am, rightwingrocker said:

    As a rich person, I pay 28 percent tax… what I want to ask you is, why am I not paying 50?

    I am a HUGE fan of Stephen King.

    Of course, if he wants to pay 50, there’s nothing stopping him from writing the check.

    RWR
    http://www.rightwingrocker.com

29. #129
    On March 18th, 2011 at 8:04 am, RobM1981 said:

    How is it possible that Stephen King is only paying 28% tax? I make a fraction of his income, yet I pay MUCH more than that.

    My Federal income tax takes over 28% when you factor AMT in – and you don’t need to make that much to cross that line. Let’s call it 29%.

    My state takes another 6%.

    My property and school tax is over 5% of my gross.

    Social Security takes 6%

    Medicare another, what, 3%? Something like that.

    So, just to own a home and be alive, I’m now at 49%.

    Gas tax, sales tax, tax on my cell phone, etc.

    I’m WAY over 50%.

    WHERE DO I SIGN TO ONLY PAY 28%?

30. #130
    On March 18th, 2011 at 11:20 am, Sharke said:

    I was a fan of King until I read “It” and got to his sick little pedo fantasy toward the end. They had to have sex with the girl to defeat the beast? Really Stephen?

31. #131
    On March 18th, 2011 at 11:51 am, Roland said:

    I’m WAY over 50%.

    WHERE DO I SIGN TO ONLY PAY 28%?

    And you only counted 9% of the 15.2% you are really paying (you have to include the half the employer pays, since your employer definitely counts it when he calculates how much he can pay you).

    And I am in California, where I pay State income tax of 9.3% and rising, and we have a godawful sales tax, to boot.

    28%? 50%? More like +70%.

    I’m so glad our wonderful leaders let me keep nearly 30% of what I make so I can still buy food and medical care and basic shelter and transportation. They are sooooo nice.

    Oops. I forgot. There’s my share of that 1,600,000,000,000.00 the federal government is spending this year above what they’re already taxing me for.

    As one of the hundred million taxpayers here, my share of this year’s deficit is about $16,000.00, so I guess I had to borrow the money I spent on food and shelter this year.

    Oh, and did I mention I live in California? So I owe ‘my share’ of that ballooning promise to our wonderful public employees for their retirement gravy train.

    But if I get angry about it all and start shaking my fist at the government and calling for a nonviolent revolution, I’m told I’m just a racist angry white male who should shut up and sit in the back of the bus while the maniacs keep robbing us blind and driving us straight off the cliff.

32. #132
    On March 30th, 2011 at 6:28 pm, publiuswarmac9999 said:

    Liberals like to talk this way but the truth is they are far more comfortable spending other people’s money. And as Thatcher once said the problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other people’s money.