This particular idea arose from my personal objections to regressive taxation, Republicans constantly whinging that they pay too much tax and their offensive claims that government is stealing their money. I’ll pause here to give you a chance to voice your own expletives...
Ready? Good. This ad proposal is based on a scene from Monty Python’s Life of Brian. I loved this scene from the first time I saw it and I can think of no more fitting a way to frame a progressive pushback against Norquist’s nutters while making the case for progressive taxation. Here is the original scene:
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