Boortz referred to estate tax proponents as "followers of Karl Marx"

[Judi Lynn]

Boortz referred to estate tax proponents as "followers of Karl Marx"


During the September 19 edition of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, right-wing radio host Neal Boortz attacked defenders of a federal estate tax, stating, "s much as it disturbs the followers of Karl Marx, yes, I want the death tax over with." When co-host Alan Colmes responded, "I'm a Marxist now, I see," Boortz responded, "I want it all gone," holding up a copy of the book he co-wrote with Rep. John Linder (R-GA), The FairTax Book (ReganBooks, August 2005). The book relies on several deceptive claims to advocate replacing the federal tax system with a national retail sales tax, as Media Matters for America has documented.

In addition to Colmes, others whom Boortz would presumably deem "followers of Karl Marx" for their support of the estate tax include President Theodore Roosevelt (who proposed the first estate tax in a 1906 address to Congress) and steel mogul Andrew Carnegie (who wrote the following about inheritance taxes in his book The Gospel of Wealth: "Of all forms of taxation, this seems the wisest").
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http://mediamatters.org/items/200509200005

[Fenris]

1. Huh. Funny. I fully support the estate tax, and I dislike Marx.

In general, that is.

[gratuitous]

2. Oooh, Commies! Booga booga booga!

They really ARE out of ideas, aren't they?

[CottonBear]

3. He call Cynthia McKinney "the cutest little communist in Congress."

Boortz is a major league asshole. He only cares about money and power. He loves to him himself babble on.

[Mikimouse]

4. Well, if Boor(tz) knew his ass from a hole in the ground...

He would realize the absurdity of that statement. The estate tax is probably more in line with Emile Durkheim's approach to private property than Marx's. Boor(tz) is a nothing.

[acmejack]

6. You don't think he has actually read Marx, do you?

Another loud mouthed know nothing dipshit. Ah, invective, how I love it!

[Mikimouse]

7. No, but I will take any opportunity to trash that fool...

I had to put up with my students using him and Limpdick as references in papers for three years, even after I told the students specifically that these were not acceptable references for research papers.

[K-W]

5. Thats what current US political discourse needs, more red-baiting!

takin it back to the old school

[NoAmericanTaliban]

8. I'd rather be a Marxist than a Nazi

that is how I respond when the right associates you with socialist, commies, marxist, etc. If they want to lump me with other groups - I return the favor by lumping them with nazi, fascist, stalinist, idi amin, etc.

[killbotfactory]

9. Better Dead than Red (republican)

Boortz is an asshole

[blm]

10. Boortz is a ROYALIST - follower of King George.

If it was up to morons like Boortz, this nation's anthem would be God Save the Queen.

[calimary]

11. I am NOT a follower of Karl Marx. I am a follower of GROUCHO Marx.

Get it straight, boortz.