{"id":23019,"date":"2011-09-20T07:33:46","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T12:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=23019"},"modified":"2011-09-20T09:44:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T14:44:49","slug":"chanting-points-memo-we-have-to-tax-you-to-prosperity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=23019","title":{"rendered":"Chanting Points Memo: “We Have<\/i> To Tax You To Prosperity!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was an uncanny coincidence – if <\/em>you assume that leftybloggers operate as independent agents, and why, oh, why would one assume that every one of them, from Daily Kos down through Penigma, takes their chanting points from Media Matters for America just because they’ve all been chanting them not merely in unison but in strict top-down sequence for almost a decade now, after all? – to watch the leftyblogs and leftytweeps all chanting the same basic thing almost simultaneously yesterday.<\/p>\n

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Leftytweep Chris Shields – a semi-frequent kicktoy in this space – twote yesterday:<\/p>\n

@ChrisShields There wouldn’t be a need to tax the rich to create jobs if the rich were actually creating jobs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gosh – why would “the rich” – let’s broaden that out to “entrepreneurs”, “job creators” and “business” – not be throwing caution to the winds and creating jobs with gay abandon?<\/p>\n