TAX THE POOR

Friends, I don't want to be an alarmist, or a fear monger, or a Chicken Little, or a harbinger of gloom, but our country, this good ol' US of A ours, here, is in trouble. We are running out that most precious resource of all-- MONEY!

We could tax the rich out of existence, but we don't want to do that. We want lots of people to be rich. It's the poor people we're trying to get rid of. So let's tax the poor out of existence. Let's pass laws that put humongous taxes on the poor and pretty soon no one could afford to be poor anymore. (The Republicans have been using this plan for years.)

And if that doesn't work then we'll fine 'em for being poor. And if that doesn't work then we'll put 'em in jail and get all these poor people off the streets so the rich can get on with lootin' the banks and the S&Ls and pension plans and getting the contracts for re-building Handistan and Anacanapanistan, or whatever country we invade this week, the way Bob intended. And they'll be so many new jobs opening up for the middle class in accounting and prison guards and administration.

And the miracle of it is we'll pay for all of this with the taxes we put on the poor.