Desperate little weasel Arlen Spector introduces flat tax legislation

[cali]

what a pathetic twerp.

Specter introduces flat-tax
@ 3:25 pm by Eric Zimmermann
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) has introduced legislation calling for a 20% across the board flat-tax. His office touts that the policy would replace the 17,000 page IRS code with a simple "postcard that could be completed in 15 minutes."

“My flat tax legislation would make filing a tax return a manageable chore, not a seemingly endless nightmare, for most taxpayers,” Specter said in a statement. “This legislation will fundamentally revise the present tax code, with its myriad rates, deductions, and instructions.”

Cynics may view the legislation as an attempt to ward off conservative challenger Pat Toomey in a 2010 primary, especially since Specter introduced it just two days before blasting Toomey in a new ad.

Specter's office points out that the senator first introduced the flat-tax in 1995.

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/04/02/specter-introduces-flat-tax/

[dionysus]

1. what a jamoke...

:rofl:

[CRAZY_DEM]

2. Specter is becomming such a RW tool. I used to have a small amount of respect for him

but this is just crap

[redqueen]

19. He's always been one. He makes a big show of being able to think logically...

but he nearly always falls right in line when it counts.

He's a scam artist, basically.

[blueclown]

3. This guy is supposed to be one of the GOP's moderates?

:rofl: :rofl:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. Yeah, bullshit.

How do you handle income from things like dividends or a 401(k) disbursement?

The VAST majority of the complexities in the tax code surround issues of what constitutes income. The part about figuring out how much you pay takes literally a few minutes after all that is done. Talk about fucking fraud.

Someone needs to hand Specter his ass next year.

Edited: I looked at the bill - Basically, he's eliminating taxes of the uber-wealthy, as most of their income would/could come from dividends and other payouts besides strict income. Fucking jerk.

[flpoljunkie]

5. Mindless pandering by someone who obviously knows nothing about effective tax rates.

[cali]

6. but knows a great deal about mindless pandering.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

8. Mindless might be an understatement.

I prefer to call this "R&R Pandering".

As in pandering to only the rich and the retarded. (Apologies for crudeness and insensitivity, but it fits rather well.)

[blueclown]

9. Arlen made his career by pandering...

This guy is even more of a chameleon than Norm Coleman.

[avaistheone1]

12. Yup from the moment he hatched the single bullet theory.

[PA Democrat]

7. Wow. Only 15 minutes....

to get screwed. As if the income gap between the haves and have nots isn't wide enough!

[Jakes Progress]

10. Arlen is making a Spector of himself.

Weasel is exactly the right term.

[cali]

11. I'm not sure of that. I actually feel badly about the insult to weasels.

[Jakes Progress]

14. Human-Weasel

The real ones are neither sentient nor responsible.

I agree with your feeling badly, but people like arlen make it hard to use metaphor. After all, he would even be an insult to assholes.

[avaistheone1]

18. I do too.

[Enrique]

13. how long before he vows to double Guantanamo? n/t

[Fire1]

15. These jackasses having been hollering this crap since before

the primaries. NO FLAT TAX!!

[Renew Deal]

16. One way or another, there will be a new Senator from PA in 2010.

This is pandering crap.

[zulchzulu]

17. He's up for re-election... and is always a paper tiger...

Just in time for tax season, Arlen? Wow, who woulda thunk...

[SemiCharmedQuark]

20. He should have just become an Independent. It was his only chance.

He's screwed now.

[wyldwolf]

21. stupid, too. It's the (un)FAIR tax that gives conservatives chill bumps