Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Can't please everyone.

Political pundit Bill O'Reilly says he may quit his $10 million a year job with Fox News if he gets a tax increase. Says it ain't worth working if the government takes a bigger chunk of his pay. That's the problem with some millionaires. They never have enough money. But the same goes for government. In fact, the U.S. has a huge budget deficit. But the 450,000 millionaires in the U.S. -- well, they have more than enough. Maybe the answer is to make millionaires like O'Reilly live on less. By making 'em pay higher taxes. I'm sure O'Reilly could find a way to eek out a fairly nice living even if the government took half of his earnings. Anyway, there's plenty of wealth in the U.S.A. It's just a matter of redistributing the wealth to serve the common good. Might even make some millionaires feel better. About themselves. Granted, maybe not O'Reilly. But so be it. Can't please everyone. --Jim Broede

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