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To: tejek who wrote (606612)	4/6/2011 7:47:02 AM
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Liberals on the run from voluntary tax By Howie Carr Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - Updated 1 hour ago + Recent Articles Boston Herald Columnist E-mail Print (28) Comments Text size Share Buzz up! Moonbats are cheap. And they prove it again every year at this time when the Commonwealth of Massachusetts gives them the chance to personally raise their own income taxes. Your average liberal would give an illegal alien the shirt off your back. Not his back, but your back. Just ask them. They sit in Starbucks and angrily blog about how AmeriKKKans who work don’t pay their “fair share.” They harrumph, what about the children? But you know what they say. Money talks, you-know-what walks. So far this tax season, the state Department of Revenue has received 1,971,000 returns. And of those 1.971 million filers, exactly 862 have checked the box to pay at the old, higher 5.85 percent rate rather than the current 5.3 percent rate. That works out to approximately one-25th of one percent of filers making the selfless gesture — somewhat lower than the percentage of moonbats in the population, wouldn’t you say? Of course, this is an old tradition in Massachusetts, liberals running up the tab and then when the check arrives — hey, come back here you ponytailed carpetbagger! They play the political equivalent of the old chew ’n’ screw. And I don’t just mean their heroes, such as Sen. John Kerry, with his $7 million yacht, the SS Deadbeat. Or the assorted state solons loading up on booze and smokes in tax-free New Hampshire. We already know the most liberal states contribute the least to charity per capita. The louder the liberals talk about the need to pay more, the faster they flee from helping out the most vulnerable members of society who fell through the safety net shredded by George W. Bush, etc. etc. But .?.?. but .?.?. we all know that with their trust funds and their no-heavy-lifting jobs at the colleges and the Globe and WGBH, most moonbats are living high on the hog. So maybe these 862 people are coughing up big bucks. Guess again. Those 862 people ponied up an extra $69,188. That works out to about $80 per person, which means their average income is .?.?. $16,000. The verdict is clear. These moonbats wouldn’t pay a nickel to see an earthquake. They toss around quarters like manhole covers. And they’re getting stingier here in the midst of what their lying media claim is our “economic recovery.” Last year at this time, 1,077 hippies had checked off the 5.85 percent box. That means 20 percent fewer people are now willing to give up a little bit more so that our illegal aliens can remain on welfare. Now we know why John Kerry keeps getting re-elected — he represents his voters perfectly. And now we know why the Globe is going under — its former subscribers are just too damn cheap to buy it. bostonherald.com