Canadian's
Version of David Letterman's Top 10. This is Canada 's Top Ten List
of America 's Stupidity.
Of course
we look like idiots … because we are …
10) Only
in America ... could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at
a $35,000.00 a plate campaign fund-raising event.
9) Only in
America ... could people claim that the government still
discriminates against black Americans when they have a black
President, a black Attorney General and roughly 20% of the federal
workforce is black while only 14% of the population is black. 40+%
of all federal entitlements goes to black Americans – 3X the rate
that go to whites, 5X the rate that go to
Hispanics!
8) Only in
America ... could they have had the two people most responsible for
our tax code, Timothy Geithner (the head of the Treasury Department)
and Charles Rangel (who once ran the Ways and Means Committee), BOTH
turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher
taxes.
7) Only in
America ... can they have terrorists kill people in the name of
Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims
might be harmed by the backlash.
6) Only in
America ... would they make people who want to legally become
American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay
tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege, while they discuss
letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just
'magically' become American citizens.
5) Only in
America ... could the people who believe in balancing the budget and
sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as
"extremists."
4) Only in
America ... could you need to present a driver's license to cash a
check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.
3) Only in
America ... could people demand the government investigate whether
oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went
up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company
(Marathon Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes
(Nike).
2) Only in
America ... could the government collect more tax dollars from the
people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a Trillion
dollars more than it has per year - for total spending of $7-Million
PER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough
money.
1) Only in
America ... could the rich people - who pay 86% of all income taxes
– be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people who don't
pay any income taxes at all.
Why do
they get it and Americans
don’t?
Version of David Letterman's Top 10. This is Canada 's Top Ten List
of America 's Stupidity.
Of course
we look like idiots … because we are …
10) Only
in America ... could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at
a $35,000.00 a plate campaign fund-raising event.
9) Only in
America ... could people claim that the government still
discriminates against black Americans when they have a black
President, a black Attorney General and roughly 20% of the federal
workforce is black while only 14% of the population is black. 40+%
of all federal entitlements goes to black Americans – 3X the rate
that go to whites, 5X the rate that go to
Hispanics!
8) Only in
America ... could they have had the two people most responsible for
our tax code, Timothy Geithner (the head of the Treasury Department)
and Charles Rangel (who once ran the Ways and Means Committee), BOTH
turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher
taxes.
7) Only in
America ... can they have terrorists kill people in the name of
Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims
might be harmed by the backlash.
6) Only in
America ... would they make people who want to legally become
American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay
tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege, while they discuss
letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just
'magically' become American citizens.
5) Only in
America ... could the people who believe in balancing the budget and
sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as
"extremists."
4) Only in
America ... could you need to present a driver's license to cash a
check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.
3) Only in
America ... could people demand the government investigate whether
oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went
up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company
(Marathon Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes
(Nike).
2) Only in
America ... could the government collect more tax dollars from the
people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a Trillion
dollars more than it has per year - for total spending of $7-Million
PER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough
money.
1) Only in
America ... could the rich people - who pay 86% of all income taxes
– be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people who don't
pay any income taxes at all.
Why do
they get it and Americans
don’t?