Dude, Where's My Country_ - Michael Moore [69]
Perhaps the genius move in this most recent tax cut is how you were able to tell the American public, “We’re helping families with children who will receive immediate relief.” The only problem was, you and the Republicans saw to it that the bill excluded 12 million children whose parents make between $10,000 and $26,000 a year—including one million children in military families. Those who needed the money the most were the ones who got the shaft. But, after all, how much did those low-income people contribute to the Bush campaign? Lesson learned: If you want to get, you better give.
With so many millionaires getting back so many millions, thanks to George W., the IRS has an actual form just for them . . .
But, hey, I got ME, ME, ME a tax cut! Now, what will I do with it? According to you, George, I will voluntarily recycle it into our economy and it will trickle down to the less fortunate, resulting in more jobs and better wages for them.
And that is exactly what I am going to do. I am going to put my entire tax cut toward something that will benefit those who got left behind, those who work hard and have nothing to show for it, those who are sent to fight your wars and die. I have an idea that I think will go a long way to making America a better place, to building a better future for our children, to insuring that the planet we inhabit gets a fighting chance to make it to the twenty-second century.
How will I spend my tax cut?
George, I’m going to spend it all to get rid of you!
That’s right. Every last dime from my tax cut is going to trickle down on your pointy little head in the hopes that, come election night, you will join the ranks of the unemployed and be sent packing back to the ranch. I will give the maximum legal amount to the candidate who has the best chance of defeating you. I will give the maximum legal amount to any congressional candidate who has a chance of helping to take back the House or Senate from the Republicans. I will write check after check after check after check until there is no more of my tax cut left to spend. I will ask the readers of this book to send me their ideas on how to best spend my tax cut, including which candidates in their area would be the best to support. I have established a Web site, www.SpendMikesTaxCut.com, and I will ask people to visit it and help me spend the thousands of dollars you have given me to toss you out of office. I will ask others who can do without their tax cuts to join me and use their bonus money to get our country back from those who seek to undermine all that we have stood for.
I hope you understand that none of this is personal and that I am still grateful to you for giving me this gift. It will be money well spent.
Yours,
Michael Moore
CHAPTER
9
A Liberal Paradise
THERE IS A COUNTRY I would like to tell you about. It is a country like no other on the planet. Many of you, I am certain, would love to live there.
It is a very, very liberal, liberated, and free-thinking country.
Its people hate the thought of going to war. The vast majority of its men have never served in any kind of military and they aren’t rushing to sign up now. They abhor guns and support any and all efforts to restrict the usage of personal firearms.
Its citizens are strong supporters of labor unions and workers’ rights. They believe that corporations are up to no good and should not be trusted.
The majority of its residents strongly believe in equal rights for women and oppose any attempt by the government or religious groups who would seek to control their reproductive organs.
In overwhelming numbers, the people of this country I speak of believe that gay and lesbian people should have the same opportunities