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.
Darn tooting!
Lynn Lee Why must you assume anyone making more than $500,000 a year did it through illegal sources. Drug dealers don’t pay taxes, nor do pimps. Honest people working hard and making big money is how the American dream came about. My dad was a humble factory worker and worked his way up to manage production. He mortgaged our paid for home and with the help of small business loans and a like minded partner opened a very successful wire manufacturing plant. He and my mother’s favorite song was The Impossible Dream. He sold his portion and retired a millionaire at 55. I still remember my mom writing a check to pay their taxes with five kids at home, two in college to IRS for over $300,000. Through bad investments, years later they died as poor as they began but they never cheated or did anything illegal to be rich.
It is sad that so many do not appreciate the American dream. I told my kids you can be anything you want if you are willing to work hard for it. Why shouldn’t someone who by the fruits of their labors have a few luxuries. They worked for it, NOT the government. Or to have the government take the bulk of it to give to people that won’t work? I’m not saying all are like that. I’m all for helping when someone is down and out and needs help, but for so many it is a way of life. While they drive better cars eat better food, have more tattoos and piercings and jewelry than a hard working American because that American is over taxed to pay for their sorry$#%&!@*luxuries.
People wake up,these stupid professors are teaching your kids,the dumbest$#%&!@*! SMH
That’s never going to happen liberals are all talk no action
Where does he find these lunatics? Oh yes. College campuses.
BEAUTIFUL, but DUMB AS A STUMP !
Sorry Tucker, I see her point. She may be wealthy, but CLEARLY she is talking about trillions of dollars that they could tax and not be hurt one bit. We conservative’s need to get our heads out of the muck and realize there are people out there that have a herd of lawyers that can find ways for the 1% to continue in there greed.
Liberal professor aka moron. If you’re paying money for higher learning, for you or your children, to a liberal run institution get out now!
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!