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Title: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: jimmy olsen on September 27, 2011, 08:45:59 PM
Smooth :face:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/25/obama-gaffe-president-says-billionaires-should-pay-the-jew-tax-rate/#ixzz1Z1IB28jT

QuoteObama gaffe: President says billionaires should pay 'Jew' tax rate
Published: 9:20 PM 09/25/2011 | Updated: 12:08 PM 09/26/2011
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By Jamie Weinstein

Speaking at the Congressional Black Caucus annual awards dinner in Washington Saturday night, President Obama made a verbal boo-boo.

While defending his call for the rich to pay more in taxes, the president said he didn't mind people calling him a class warrior for merely asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as a Jew. Whoops!

The president meant to say "janitor" instead of "Jew," and he immediately corrected himself. After all, he doesn't need any more problems keeping Jewish voters enthusiastic about his re-election bid.

In fairness, though, you could interpret the president's gaffe as a positive: Wasn't he just suggesting that for some reason Jews were being unfairly targeted with higher taxes, and he wanted to make billionaires pay the same rate? Maybe, maybe not.

Watch:

"When you start saying, at a time when the top one-tenth of one percent have seen their incomes go up four or five times over the last twenty years, and folks at the bottom have seen their incomes decline, and your response is that you want poor folks to pay more? Give me a break!

"If asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as a Jew — as a janitor — makes me a warrior for the working class, I wear that as a badge of honor."

Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: sbr on September 27, 2011, 08:55:47 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 27, 2011, 09:07:19 PM
 :lol: Awesomeness!
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: Siege on September 27, 2011, 09:07:38 PM
Please.
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: Berkut on September 27, 2011, 09:34:59 PM
Obama is awesome. He gets his message out, then immediately provides himself with cover. Very well played.
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: Valmy on September 27, 2011, 09:49:48 PM
Quote from: Berkut on September 27, 2011, 09:34:59 PM
Obama is awesome. He gets his message out, then immediately provides himself with cover. Very well played.

:lol:
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: Neil on September 27, 2011, 10:19:23 PM
It's the Muslim coming out.  Billionaires should pay the jizya, just like the dhimmi.

Still, if he's arguing for taxing capital gains as income, that seems reasonable.
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: CountDeMoney on September 27, 2011, 10:27:21 PM
QuoteObama gaffe: President says billionaires should pay 'Jew' tax rate

By Jamie Weinstein

:ph34r:
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: Ideologue on September 28, 2011, 02:36:26 AM
Clearly he was going to say "as a juicemaker."  "Janitor" is the actual gaffe.
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: The Brain on September 28, 2011, 02:37:30 AM
Dr. Jan Itor?
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: Martinus on September 28, 2011, 02:40:13 AM
I would like to hear the actual clip - probably the Jew who wrote this article (it's not like it is some credible news source) is reading too much into it.

Still, would be funny if true.  :lol:
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: jimmy olsen on September 28, 2011, 03:05:28 AM
Quote from: Martinus on September 28, 2011, 02:40:13 AM
I would like to hear the actual clip - probably the Jew who wrote this article (it's not like it is some credible news source) is reading too much into it.

Still, would be funny if true.  :lol:
There's a video in the original article IIRC. Just follow the link.
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: Admiral Yi on September 28, 2011, 05:33:54 AM
The audience members are probably glad they weren't miked. :ph34r:
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: 11B4V on September 28, 2011, 05:46:11 AM
He said,  "Jew" :Joos what a tool.
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: crazy canuck on September 28, 2011, 09:21:21 AM
Can a Jew tax be far off?  First billionares then Jews.  Where is Hans when one needs an interpretation of what all this means.
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: Malthus on September 28, 2011, 09:24:26 AM
If I get to be a billionaire, I'll gladly pay the Jew tax rate.  ;)
Title: Re: Obama: Billionaires should pay the "Jew" tax rate.
Post by: fhdz on September 28, 2011, 11:26:19 AM
 :lol: :lol: