Bill O’Reilly Threatens To Quit If Higher Taxes For Millionaires Are Enacted

[JaneQPublic]

Just an added benefit, I'd say. From Newshounds:

http://www.newshounds.us/2011/09/20/bill_oreilly_threatens_to_quit_if_higher_taxes_for_millionaires_are_enacted.php


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Guess what, America? Bill O’Reilly plans to take his marbles and go home if we don’t play by his rules. Apparently, looking out for the folks has its price and it’s a steep one. Never mind that a large majority of Americans (i.e. “the folks”) want tax increases on the wealthy. If O’Reilly doesn’t get his way, he’s going to quit his job and stop making investments. Way to show your love for your country, O’Reilly!

O’Reilly said in his Talking Points segment that opens each show that he wants the federal government to get more money, but just not from him. “If you tax achievement, some of the achievers are going to pack it in,” he said, suggesting the money should come from people who are poorer - an idea he has previously floated. “My corporations employ scores of people. They depend on me to do what I do so they can make a nice salary. If Barack Obama begins taxing me more than 50%, which is very possible, I don’t know how much longer I’m going to do this. I like my job but there comes a point when taxation becomes oppressive. Is the country really entitled to half a person’s income?”

In fact, PolitiFact reports that during the Eisenhower administration, the top tax rate was about 90% for workers earning the equivalent of $1.6 million for an individual and $3.2 million for a couple. Someone making the 1954 equivalent of $373,650 in today's money would have paid a tax rate of 72 percent back then. I’m guessing O’Reilly is a lot closer to earnings of $1.6 million than $373,650.

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http://www.newshounds.us/2011/09/20/bill_oreilly_threatens_to_quit_if_higher_taxes_for_millionaires_are_enacted.php

[tanyev]

1. Woo-hoo! Everybody wins!

[RKP5637]

2. Good!!! n/t

[librechik]

3. best reason yet to do it

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Higher Taxes For Millionaires, please!

[MerryBlooms]

5. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. n/t

[Jakes Progress]

6. Too easy. Too easy.

[Newest Reality]

7. Wow. Two

for the price of one!

Sounds like a deal.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

8. Could we get that in writing? nt

[NNN0LHI]

9. He promised to quit if no WMDs were found in Iraq too

What ever happened with that?

Don

[rurallib]

13. O'Reilly never keeps his promises.

[JaneQPublic]

28. Hey, right-wingers love to sign pledges...

...How about drafting one for Bill?

[rurallib]

31. we could call it promise-keepers.

:evilgrin:

[NewJeffCT]

103. In his world, though

the few old WMDs they did find were justification for the invasion and also for him not quitting. (Didn't they find a few old stashes of WMD that were either already known about or so degraded due to age as to be unusable?)

[drm604]

10. Let me get this straight.

He's threatening his opponents by saying that if they get what they want, he'll stop haranguing them. If this some kind of weird triple reverse psychology?

By the way Bill. Nobody is talking about taking half of you or anyone else's income. Paranoid much?

[Wait Wut]

11. If he doesn't quit...

...which he won't...FOX should fire him. Wouldn't want his bullshit damaging FOX's "integrity", would they?

[Vincardog]

12. Can we get that in writing?

[Brigid]

95. You beat me to it!

:rofl:

[Rambis]

14. Raygun did it 11 times come on the Obama!

"Ronald Reagan was never afraid to raise taxes," historian Douglas Brinkley, who edited Reagan's diaries, told NPR. "He knew that it was necessary at times. And so there's a false mythology out there about Reagan as this conservative president who came in and just cut taxes and trimmed federal spending in a dramatic way. It didn't happen that way. It's false."

It's important to note that Reagan's tax increases did not wipe out the effects of that initial tax cut. But they did eat up about half of it. And as Peter Beinart points out, the 1983 payroll tax hike went to pay for Social Security and Medicare. ("Reagan raised taxes to pay for government-run health care," Beinart writes.) Reagan also raised the gas tax and signed the largest corporate tax increase in history, an act Joshua Green writes would be "utterly unimaginable for any conservative to support today."

[jimlup]

15. Awesome! I hope he does!

[Parker CA]

16. PASS THIS BILL!

[dtexdem]

17. Promises, promises!

Hey, quite aside from being a good idea on its own, this is an excellent reason for the tax hikes to be enacted.

[graywarrior]

18. Like we give a shit

[sinkingfeeling]

19. Here's the petition from 'The Ed Show' to 'Raise O'Reilly's Taxes'.

http://ed.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/19/7846695-petition-to-raise-bill-oreillys-taxes

[Blue Owl]

20. Please do.

n/t

[Dulcinea]

21. Can he take Hannity with him?

I truly despise that piece of shite.

[11 Bravo]

22. Like I needed another reason to support that!

[EC]

23. That should help get it passed

real quick.

[arbusto_baboso]

24. What a ridiculous crock of shit.

As if a higher rate has EVER stopped anyone from trying to become (or remain) a millionaire?!?!?!?! Of course not. Stop talking shit, Bill.

[SnakeEyes]

45. But I dont think that's what is being said.

Doesn't our income tax rates only increase on the money earned above each level? So like only the money above $250K is taxed at the rate for $250K and above.

So potentially they could work until they reach the amount where the government would take the percentage people here are asking for and then just call it a year. People bring up the old 90% top bracket. Was said, including by Raygun, that hollywood actors used to pass on making more than a couple movies in the same year because of the 90% tax that would fall on that income. When you're rich you can afford to do it.

[arbusto_baboso]

53. Either way, it proves my point.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

63. "and then just call it a year"

Bullshit.


And even if it wasn't bullshit, so what? Someone else would step in and fill the void.

Let them go Gault. Someone else will do their job.

[Goblinmonger]

25. Don't let the door hit you in the ass. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. one less loud mouth

[RebelOne]

27. Oh, happy days!! Let's hope it happens. n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

29. How do you stop making investments?

If you have money, it's invested. In cash, bonds, stocks, gold, beanie babies, motorcycles, whatever. You cannot "not invest". You can only decide how to invest.

If Bill O should quit, how oh how will we find enough crap to fill that time slot? Pleeeeeze, Bill, don't leave us.

[WhiteTara]

30. Now if Limpballs would follow suit, we might have a chance. n/t

[Edweird]

32. Win/Win

[BobbyBoring]

33. What the fuck has he achieved?

Other than filling simple minds with pure bull shit?

[Fla Dem]

97. My thought exactly. Other than being a talking wind bag on TV...oh wait

he created a whole lot of hot air!!:woohoo:

[Major Hogwash]

34. He's lucky we don't tax him per lie that he tells, or else he would go in the red.

Seriously have you ever seen him talk with a straight face to the camera and ever tell the truth?

"Fuck it, we'll do it live."

Well, other than that time, I mean.

:rofl:

[RegieRocker]

35. He is a liar.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

36. He'll quit America and go back to Hell?

[Drale]

37. DO IT, DO IT NOW!!!!

RAISE THOSE TAXES!!!!

[Snotcicles]

38. Good, for what they pay him they could put a thousand more qualified people to work. nt

[Yavin4]

39. So, He's Going "Gault"?

How will we ever function as a society without Bill's unique talents and genius?

[sabrina 1]

40. So, let's tax non-achievers, like Bill!

I can't think of a better reason to raise taxes than this.

[The Backlash Cometh]

41. He's making it too easy.

[Marrah_G]

42. That's a win win !!!

[pokerfan]

43. Like we need another reason... nt

[City Lights]

44. Quit threatening and do it already, Billo!

Just do it!

[TheKentuckian]

46. That is some nice bonus.

[Ezlivin]

47. Fuck it! We'll do it live!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j2YDq6FkVE&list=FL0iNVrnYCGkTP4duqdeCiRA&index=73

And the background info: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5tVxi6iCXM

[Hepburn]

48. Now there's a fuckin' loss...

...NOT!

[OHdem10]

49. Good.

[and-justice-for-all]

50. Bonus...nt

[Initech]

51. Hey it's a win-win for everybody!

[in_cog_ni_to]

52. PLEASE G-d. Let it be true. n/t

[Blasphemer]

54. "Achievers" are going to pack it in, eh?

Sure, Bill. Let's see, $40 million vs. $38 million vs. 0. Somehow, I doubt 0 will win out. O'Reilly is far too greedy and egocentric to quit over whatever difference a higher tax percentage is. It's a pittance to him. Quitting, on the other hand, guarantees a big donut hole. I wonder what his excuse will be when he doesn't pack it in. Will it be his patriotic duty to not quit? Will God have come to him in a revelation? Whatever it is, you can be sure, Bill-O will still be raking in big bucks.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

55. Where do I sign up?

wonderful news

[MadMaddie]

56. Fingers crossed that the law passes

and then bah bah O'Leilly....

[blue neen]

57. We could only get that lucky!

Oh please, Congress. Pass the bill. Right f*ing now!

[indepat]

58. Well O'Lielly, you can cry me an effin' river

:patriot:

[Hoosier Daddy]

59. Is this supposed to be a deterrent???

:rofl:

[DirkGently]

60. He can pack in his "achieving" any time he wants. Best ad for a tax hike yet.

[Vogon_Glory]

61. If You Take Your Faux News Faux-Patriotism One Half-Step Further, Bill

If you take your Faux News faux-patriotism one half-step further, Bill, and expatriate yourself and your household to some offshore place where you can evade paying US taxes, pick a low-lying tropical island where the highest elevation is no more than 20 to 30 feet above sea level, so you can demonstrate your disbelief in global warming.

:evilgrin:

[gateley]

62. Is this a THREAT?

:rofl:

[disillusioned73]

64. Git-er-done!!

win-win :beer:

[louslobbs]

65. LOL! n/t

Lou

[fishwax]

66. woohoo! -- if only

[Liberal In Texas]

67. Frank Burns' stupider brother put in an out for himself...50% rate.

Which of course is absurd in today's political climate. And of course his lemming followers will actually think that that is what is proposed.

Please, Billo. Do the country a favor and quit.

[Octafish]

68. For this reason alone, raise the rates.

And while we're at it, nationalize the banks and energy sector and get Bill a passport and visa to Devil's Island.

[fasttense]

69. Good, let him quit. There are 15 million people out there who could do a better

job and who could easily replace him.

[ck4829]

70. Good, most of these 'achievers' aren't achievers at all. They're just there to reap the benefits

[SpiralHawk]

71. Typical greedy chickenhawk Republicon

What an unmitigated a-hole.

[HappyMe]

72. I saw this on The Ed Show last night.

lol! So tax HIS ass 50% then. I don't see the bad. BO gone, his creepy sheeple rendered helpless with grief, money in the coffers.


Unfortunately he won't quit. He needs/wants to get richer.

[Mad_Dem_X]

73. Ya promise, Bill?

I won't hold my breath.

[OnionPatch]

74. That would make two very good things for America!

I hope it happens! We can use one less bloviating, rightwing propagandist on the MSM.

[buddysmellgood]

75. He's a poster child for the overpaid.

[snooper2]

76. Oh, Bill's making a lot more than 1.9, more like 20

He was making 9 million a year in 2006 just from Fox alone...

Add to that all the book sales, the radio show when he had it, speaking engagements...

[CanonRay]

77. So being a paid asshole is "achievement"

more incentive to tax the rich until they bleed green.

[edbermac]

78. Bill won't quit, he's gonna have a shitload of alimony to pay.

http://m.gawker.com/5834808/how-bill-oreilly-tried-to-get-his-wifes-boyfriend-investigated-by-the-cops

[lumberjack_jeff]

79. Unfortunately for us, he's greedy and a liar. n/t

[Swede]

80. He's going Galt?

:rofl:

[chemenger]

81. O’Reilly ... an achiever???

I've always thought of him as a grossly overpaid, bloated bloviator ... never as an achiever.

[chervilant]

110. hmm...

A MENDACIOUS, sex-addicted, grossly overpaid, bloated bloviator.

[rhett o rick]

82. WIN-WIN. "O'Reilly can get 'cheneyed'". nm

[SixthSense]

83. greener pastures

for useless blowhards?

don' let the door hit ya

[quakerboy]

84. That would create jobs

See, If we do things that are good for the country, the effect will snowball.

[hobbit709]

85. Put your money where your mouth is Bill-O

[sakabatou]

86. UPDATE: He dropped his threat (unfortunately)

Monday night (9/19/11), Bill O'Reilly threatened to quit working and investing if higher taxes on the wealthy go up. That got quite a bit of notice - as of this writing my post has gotten more than 163,000 page views - plus I've seen a lot of comments and tweets that were not exactly broken up at the prospect. Tuesday night (9/20/11), O'Reilly continued harping on the tax issue, but somehow, he didn't mention a word about quitting.

Once again, O'Reilly's Talking Points commentary that opens each show was devoted to the prospect of higher taxes for the wealthy. Once again, O'Reilly ignored the fact that a large majority of "the folks" (you know, the ones O'Reilly always claims to be looking out for) are in favor of tax hikes for the wealthy as he complained, "The rich are already taxed enough."

But unlike the night before, he didn't say a word about quitting.

http://www.newshounds.us/2011/09/21/bill_oreilly_drops_his_threat_of_quitting_if_his_taxes_go_up.php#more

[Uncle Joe]

87. That would be some delicious frosting on the cake.

Thanks for the thread, JaneQPublic.:party:

[Cigar11]

88. If only it was TRUE!

[mod mom]

89. Thanks, Bill for helping to motivate the base into action!

[AlbertCat]

90. He has no intention of quitting.

But it is sadly amusing and out right pitiful how he thinks his actions affect everything.... except of course the murder of abortion doctors.

[kestrel91316]

91. Can we have your solemn promise on that, Billo??

[bongbong]

92. O'Liely

> “My corporations employ scores of people."

He is talking about the huge legal staff he keeps around to settle sexual harassment cases and work on his pending divorce.

[joanbarnes]

93. There could be no greater outcome!

[aggiesal]

94. Bye! Don't let the door hit you on your way out ... n/t

[iamthebandfanman]

96. wow, and i thought i wanted it before... n/t

[LaPera]

98. "Lawerence O’Donnell demolishes O’Reilly’s tax lies" - WATCH: Video from MSNBC

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/odonnell-demolishes-oreillys-tax-lies/

[SammyWinstonJack]

99. What a Whiner!

:nopity:

[Doc Holliday]

100. Suuuuuuure he will!

No one likes a tease.

This guy is so full of shit that he squeaches when he walks.

[DesertDiamond]

101. Now *that* is what is meant by killiing two birds with one stone! LOL!

[yellowcanine]

102. Could we get a notorized statement to that effect?

[dmosh42]

104. Time to pay your fair share, Scumbag!

[marias23]

105. I don't believe it but...

But on the off chance he is telling the truth I will support the Dems even more.

[peace frog]

106. Oh yes, PLEASE QUIT, Bill. Break my heart. Uh huh.

Oh sure, I'll cry when you leave. Absolutely, see the tears in my eyes? They're real, honest. BUH BYE. AM-SCRAY already.

[Yavapai]

107. OH NO!!! I must now sell all my shares in Falafel, INC.

Also, how many private investigators will he have to downsize in the investigation of Maureen's cop boyfriend?

How will we live without FOX's "The Falafel Factor"???

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

108. Alas. The idiot will probably keep his jog.

[Kerrytravelers]

109. He couldn't stand not having the spotlight.

Unfortunately.

[Jack Rabbit]

111. You mean he's paid for what he does?

That is outrageous. Murdoch is such a putz.

[DRoseDARs]

112. Oh dear, what EVER shall he do with all that free time? I bet falafel and loofahs will be involved.

Fucking Christ, just GO already. Go ahead and take you ball, hell take MINE too, just fucking leave. And take your asshole friends with you too.

[abelenkpe]

113. Sweet! Please raise taxes. nt

[Fire Walk With Me]

114. I need higher taxes for millionaires RIGHT FUCKING NOW.

[droidamus2]

115. what a bunch of crap

Yeah, OReilly you will end up just like a lot of the high paid athletes and entertainers do when they are no longer the big thing and making the big bucks. These people get used to the high income lifestyle and figure it will always be there. Of course, they forget about the fact that once that high level of income stops what seemed so easy to maintain all of a sudden becomes a huge financial burden. They quickly become overextended and their little financial house of cards collapses leaving them no better than the rest of us worker bees. Good luck with that O'Reilly!

[Historic NY]

116. Raise the damn taxes now!

[a2liberal]

117. Kick! (n/t)

[katty]

118. Just QUIT already!! good riddance!