In a fitting topic for the income tax filing deadline, Tucker Carlson roasted a California politics professor on Tucker Carlson Tonight last evening for claiming wealthy Americans are not paying their “fair share” in income taxes.
Caroline Heldman, an assistant professor of politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles, argued for radically hiking taxes on taxpayers in the top one percent of income, those earning $470,000 and higher.
She based her argument in part on the fact that wealthy individuals paid as much as 90 percent in taxes during the presidencies of Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy.
Find out how Carlson countered her argument and revealed her for the socialist ideologue she is on the next page.
Does she not realize the top 1% have options? Like whether they should even continue to work or not? Or perhaps move operations to other countries? Or close shop and hit the nearest beach? If you take their incentive away, or tax them at 80%, who in their right mind would continue to work? Why would they? Why should they leave their families for 40, 50, 60, 70 or 80 plus hours a week to retain a measly 20% of what they produce? Can anyone tell me why they would consider doing that? Seriously? That’s called socialism. It’s why it fails. The producers say screw it…I’m done. That’s the point you run out of other people’s money. That’s where Venezuela is today. You kill income and incentive, you destroy the economic stability and strength of a country.
Again proving liberalism is s mental disorder.
Let’s see, government gives to murder babies, but bleeding hearts like this so called professor are against the death penalty for murders, rapist & child molesters. How bout this, you get 1 appeal(within year of convection) then you die, please bring back public hanging or some sort of real painful death instead of paying to keep these scumbags alive & sticking a needle in their arm and letting them die a “peaceful” death
Billie Thomas Not true. 2005 taxes were leaked illegally and that’s not what they showd.
I live in California. It’s run by fruitcakes. Berkeley is a cesspool.
No not Me.
It’s like all the claims liberals make about how wonderful other country’s health care, education and tax systems are, yet none of those liberals ever move to the countries to enjoy all the benefits they claim are available.
I agree. No one that received the death penalty should still be stoning their 29-25-30 years later. Appeal in a timely fashion, then serve out the sentence!
She began by saying the top one percent making 470,000 or more. I can’t imagine the top one percent of this country falls into the category of 470k.
100 percent!