re: #305 wozzablog

When it’s the super rich and the large corps avoiding more in taxes than welfare fraud…

There’s a myth still prevalent on the right that much of our tax money goes to “welfare queens” who lounge around all day while eating steak and watching TV on HD flat screens.

There was a small kernel of truth to that back in the 80s when Reagan railed against it. But today it’s nothing more than an ignorant smear and excuse to oppose taxes in general. Welfare reform of the 90s ended the problem, which was always overstated to begin with. But this is what a reactionary populist like Beck does—create outrage at an innocent, nonexistent villain.