Congressman Wants YouTube Video Covered Up

Hugh Pickens writes "Wisconsin Republicans claim that no one else can republish a video of United States Representative Sean Duffy (R-WI) complaining about how he is 'struggling' to get by on his $174,000 salary without their permission, even though they originally released the video on YouTube for the whole world to see. Now the GOP is trying to take legal action to stop anyone else from republishing the video. The tape caused a stir for Duffy, a first-term conservative best known for his past as a reality TV show star on MTV's The Real World after Democrats flagged the comments about his taxpayer-funded salary, which is nearly three times the median income in Wisconsin, and criticisms began to flow Duffy's way. Here's a one-minute clip, excerpted from roughly 45 minutes of video of the public Duffy townhall, that the Polk County GOP doesn't want anyone to see."

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Re:Ah, the Republican Party ...

[danbert8]

Wow, where the hell did you get your sources? Or is that what sitting around watching CNN will teach you? I assure you GE pays taxes. I assure you GE employees pay taxes. The fact that they didn't pay any FEDERAL, CORPORATE taxes was COMPLETELY LEGAL under current tax laws.

I assure you that Social Security is a HUGE liability, and there is nothing but IOUs in the "trust fund". Social Security can be nothing but a drain in the long term as it is a forced Ponzi scheme and the average age of the population is increasing. I know I am sure not expecting to get anything out of it.

Look up something called the Laffer Curve in your vast amounts of spare time and examine the effects of tax rates. Rich people don't have to look for places to throw money when the government doesn't take it by force. And in no way are you looking at the right graphs. What you are looking at is the economic output vs REVENUE. Yes, as people make more money, the government takes more. It has nothing to do with the rate. If increasing the rate on the rich is the best thing we can do, than why don't we just tax them on 100% of their wages? Then they wouldn't be rich you say? Well what if the government taxes everybody at 100% and then gave them enough money to live on? Sound a bit communist to anyone?

Grow up and get a job!