Pay Up

Sure, many people voted for the Dear Leader in 2000 - not enough to elect him, but enough to get him installed by five dimwitted justices. But voting for Bush in 2004? Please - if you couldn't tell by then that he is a bloodthirsty petulant child who wrecks everything he touches, then you're mind-bendingly stupid. And because you're so stupid, we in the Reality Based Community have something for you.

A bill.

Let's do the math shall we? We'll leave aside Bush's less expensive but equally spectacular fuckups - Katrina, the environment (may eventually wind up costing more than the war, granted), the country's infrastructure, science left to rot, wasting money listening to our conversations and torturing Pakistani cabdrivers, and on and on.  Let's forget just for now the fact that hundreds of thousands have died and millions have been made homeless.  Let's just do the dollars spent on Iraq.

So 59,054,087 of you voted for Commander Codpiece and the Dark Lord in 2004.  The Iraq War will cost $1 trillion, and that's a "conservative" estimate.  My math says each of you owes the Reality Based Community $16,933.63.  Sure, you might argue that, unless you're rich, your tax dollars have already paid part of your share.  But remember - you're so stupid we're charging you for it. Pay up.  We take Visa, American Express, and Diners Club.  No personal checks.  Not from a Bush voter.

Comments

[tata]

Wait. Who gets that money? If it's the Treasury, I bet they load and re-loot.

[somejusticeplease]

how about jail time instead?

[Kvatch]

No personal checks. Not from a Bush voter.

Considering where the dollar is headed these days...I'll take gold bullion or black pepper.

[actor212]

Now hold on thar, son! That there is what you call a "double tax", a tax ON a tax, like a sales tax or the fact that you tax muh deevidends!

[liberal white boy]

I am guilt free with two proud votes against the idiot. Each time one of our news pundits suggests that Gore is too heavy to run for President the hair stands up on the back of my head. If only six years ago Gore did what we elected him to do so much of this lunacy could have been avoided.

[Chuck]

The bush voters of 2000 are fools.

The bush voters of 2004 are idiots. They are the ones to NEVER BE FORGIVEN. Send all of those able to get to the polls unassisted to Iraq or Afghanistan. Send all of those that couldn't to bushlandia and build a huge thick wall around them.

I have no use for any of them. THEY ARE NOT MY FELLOW CITIZENS. THEY ARE THE ENEMY of this country and its people.

[Midwestern Gent]

Along with their checks, the numbskulls should include a note of apology, to be tucked into a prosthetic limb purchased for a wounded soldier with these funds.

[tony deacon]

nobody voted for him , we all just assume someone , somewhere did.
They didn't either.
I think the term is "bloodless coup" ,
and the country has never been the same since.
Al Gore IS President of the USA !
[of course , Saddam Hussein is president of Iraq , Aristede is President of Haiti ,etc etc]

[jjrousseau5]

The Larges Robbery in History of the Taxpayer's Treasury is not over yet. Bush and his band of criminal Fascist's have 17 months to go. Watch em!

[someguy]

I'd rather see the ENTIRE government fraud investigated for crimes past and present, and have the perpetrators pay us back every penny, with interest. Problem is, to do this, you'd have to elect a whole new government, and one from outside the current "leadership" in Washington.

[Comandante Agi]

Wait. Who gets that money?

Heh - once they get their paws on that $1 trillion they'll double down it for Operation Iranian Freedom. Bring on the Guns of August!

[Rikicad]

Republicans & Democrates both are the same crooked, spinless, and bought and paid for. The real enemy of the American people are in Washington. Time for a new Party. We have 2 cowards that were afraid to fight in Vietnam wrecking Havoc on the world Bush & Cheeny

[abraham]

Ping by way of Raw Story!

Abraham - The Hypocalypse!

[SAP]

Sweet! I need a new car.