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...country in the whole wide world,” one suicide bomber joke, and two ridiculous quotes from the fake Michael Moore (“I love America and that’s why it needs to be destroyed!” and “We are gonna abolish July Fourth!”).The plot? Michael Malone decides to abolish the Fourth of July, but before he can do so, three ghosts (George Washington, General Patton, and JFK) appear to him in Dickens-like fashion to “Teach him the true meaning of patriotism...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Conservative Comedy: When the GOP Gets Laughs | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...party of sorts in Zucker's new movie, An American Carol. Hollywood's first brazenly right-wing comedy, it borrows Dickens' A Christmas Carol narrative to tell the story of left-wing activist and documentarian Michael Malone, whose disdain for his country runs so deep, he's campaigning to abolish the Fourth of July. An obvious jab at lefty filmmaker Michael Moore, Malone's character is played by Kevin Farley, brother of the late comic Chris Farley. The actor shares Moore's blocky build but not his politics: in real life, Farley is a Republican. So are the actors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood Conservatives | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...proposals? He would end Bush's tax cuts for families making more than $250,000 and raise the capital-gains tax rate to 25% from 15%. He wants yearly tax credits of $500 for individuals and $1,000 for families. He would make Bush's tax cuts permanent, abolish the alternative minimum tax and reduce the corporate tax rate to 25% from 35%. He may be open to the possibility of a higher Social Security payroll tax. SPENDING The next President will inherit a record budget deficit, estimated at $482 billion. What are the candidates' positions on the federal budget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Voter's Guide to the Economy | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...simple answer to our tax-system chaos is to abolish the IRS and adopt the FairTax. If everyone who stays in America pays for America, there would be no reason to fund bloated federal bureaucracies to pursue tax scofflaws. Every person would pay 23% on every new car, suit, pair of shoes, radio and home. In return, individuals and companies would pay no income tax. With no disincentives for earning more, investment would boom. The stronger dollar would also deflate the price of oil, killing two birds with one stone. John P. Kuchta Jr., Virginia Beach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 6/12/2008 | See Source »

...simple answer to our tax-system chaos is to abolish the IRS and adopt the Fair Tax. If everyone "who stays in America pays for America," there would be no reason to fund bloated federal bureaucracies to pursue tax scofflaws. Every person would pay 23% on every new car, suit, pair of shoes, radio or home. In return, individuals and companies would pay no income tax. With no disincentives to earning more, investment would boom. The stronger dollar would also deflate the price of oil, killing two birds with one stone. John P. Kuchta Jr., VIRGINIA BEACH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Will China Respond? | 6/11/2008 | See Source »

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