This could almost be parody except, sadly, it's not.
Eric Cantor of Virginia, the Republican Whip in the House, said yesterday that taxing rich people would be bad for poor people.
Cantor's GOP is lining up to defend the well-heeled from having to pay slightly more taxes, with fewer deductions, under the president's tax plan.
But the real reason this is bad? It will hurt charities, for poor people!
Got that? Yep, rich people will only give to charity in order to get larger tax deductions. Not because they believe in Christian values like helping the less fortunate. Not because they're good, caring, or altruistic people. Not because they know that helping build a stronger society ultimately helps themselves. Nope. It's all about those precious tax deductions. If they don't get them, apparently none of their wealth will "trickle down" to the less fortunate. In other words, as a friend of mine once said, the Republican Party is the "I've got mine so f*** you" party. And Eric Cantor, in his intellectually and morally bankrupt worldview, epitomizes that attitude.
