Halloween Party

My boss had his annual Halloween Party on Saturday night, and my co-worker and I decided to go as Barack Obama and Joe Biden... we were too cheap to spend money on a costume... and too lazy to think of a creative costume anyway... so, we slapped on some suits and off we went...

We actually did get a little creative by adding handwritten stickers all over our suits (and one each on our forehead)... here's the rundown of the stickers:

Barack

I Love Homos and Terrorists (on the forehead)

Franklin Raines is My Cousin

We People Have Lots of Cousins

I Love Louis Farrakhan

But Not as Much as I Love Karl Marx

Joe

I'm from Scranton (on the forehead... side note... this obvious clue line to achieve instant recognition about who I was supposed to be had little if any effect... I kept getting asked, "Are you Al Gore?" Look, just because I'm liberal, wearing a suit, have a lovely full head of hair, and am horribly overweight doesn't make me Al Gore...)

1929: The Year FDR Invented the Television

Colin Powell: Clearly Not Patriotic

God Hates Liberals

But Not as Much as Jesus Hates Poor People

Well, my boss lives in the fancy part of town (fancy is relative... Easton, PA, and really PA as a whole, don't so much have any fancy parts), so many of his guests from the neighborhood were of the Republican persuasion... so, our costumes sparked a lot of controversy, and some great drunken conversations... I'll share some of the highlights...

First, we talked about socialism and redistribution of wealth... I took their legs out from under them by agreeing completely that the tax rates under Jimmy Carter for top earners were repressive, unfair, and unwise, as a 70% tax rate makes people just want to quit working... but then I asked them if they think the top 1% of earners constitute the "liberal elite" or if they think the top 1% typically votes Republican... needless to say, they eagerly agreed that nearly all of the top 1% are a part of the George Soros "liberal elite" (editor's note: the idea that the top earners vote Democrat is one of the most absurd lies that large amounts of sheep, er, people have ever believed and repeated)... I then asked, if the top earners are the ones who will be affected by this evil commie plot to redistribute wealth, but these same top earners support the liberal platform and seemingly have no problem with returning to the 39.6% rate we had under Slick Willie, then why in the f**k are Republicans who fall outside of the top tax bracket so upset about it? Seriously, this makes no sense... of course, the truth is that a HUGE majority of top earners vote Republican because they want to keep their cash... and these same top earners have done a magnificent job of manipulating stupid people into voting outside of their own interests by pumping up the talking points of "socialism" and "wealth redistribution"...

I'll share my favorite conversation before I sign off... I met a "small" business owner at the party (I say "small" because almost as soon as he claimed that title, he started bragging about all of his multi-million dollar government contracts) who had his panties in a bunch about the small business tax increase... it was a very funny back and forth... for the first 15 minutes I just listened to him rant about how with higher taxes, he'll lose his motivation to work hard, he'll have to lay people off, he'll create tax shelters and move his assets overseas, and eventually be forced to close up shop... he was eloquent, and passionate... I mean, the guy really believed what he was saying... I then asked if he knew about the Laffer Curve, which tries to predict the exact percentage at which taxation will decrease productivity and therefore tax revenue... he was well aware, as the Laffer Curve is the basis for "supply side" or "trickle down" economic theory... so, then I asked him if his business was able to grow and prosper prior to the 2001 tax cuts... and if he had to lay people off or create tax shelters or shut his business down when the tax rate was 39.6%... and then we talked about the overall economic growth when the rate was 39.6%, and how there is absolutely no evidence that 39.6% falls on the wrong side of the Laffer Curve... he looked sick to his stomach when he couldn't disagree with anything I said... my Lord, how the Republicans hate logic, reasoning, and facts...