Right.org has a slew of videos about the recent bailouts.  The site is of course opposed to the bailouts.  They are accepting submissions of anti-bailout videos for a $27,599 prize.  You can also calculate your share of the government bailout.

I hope everybody has had a chance to see the Sham-WOW commercial.  It’s become one of my personal favorites.  I think it’s Vincent the pitch man that really does it.  Here are two clips, first is the original commercial for the Sham-WOW, followed by somebody’s investigative look at the commercial (not the best, but at least he’s trying).  Whenever I see somebody like this on TV, I always make sure my wallet is safe.  Can’t trust ‘em. If anybody has tried the Sham-WOW I’d love to know if it actually works. Of course I’d love to test the product myself, but I don’t want to spend the money.

Check out the sock puppet from pets.com begging for his share.  At least he didn’t arrive in a private jet.

Here’s a look at Reason Magazine’s take on the bailouts.  Times like this need a good dose of libertarian humor.

http://reason.tv/video/show/590.html

 

The topic of how best to tax the rich has been debated for… a long time. The rich always complain about being the ones to bear the financial burden of everyone else, and the poor get angry at the fact that the rich are getting fat tax breaks while still buying their yachts and gold-plated toilets.

Enter Scott Adams. Don’t know him? Perhaps you know him better by what he does. He’s a cartoonist. He draws Dilbert.

But besides being a hilariously funny guy, he’s got some great ideas from time to time on how to make our country better. His newest ideas is about how to tax the rich.

What if the government could give something of value to the rich in return for paying higher taxes? It would have to be something that didn’t cost the government or its citizens any real money. How about extra rights?

I smell a deal.

For example, let’s say the super rich are granted the right to use the carpool lane even if no one else is in the car. They’d need special stickers on their cars so they didn’t get pulled over. It wouldn’t clog the car pool lane because there are so few super rich people, and half of them have chauffeurs, so they use the carpool lane already. Society wouldn’t notice the difference.

Let’s also say the super rich are exempt from jury duty. Realistically, they probably get out of serving now if they want, but it saves them the hassle of making up an excuse. Throw that extra right on the list. No one would notice.

Maybe we could also let the super rich name new streets and government buildings. They could name them after themselves, or use it as an opportunity for revenge, e.g. Carlisaputz Avenue. It wouldn’t cost the poor anything, and it might make life more interesting.

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