Posted by
Always To The Right on Saturday, November 21, 2009 5:32:26 PM
Centuries ago, at the beginning of the Obama Administration, we were
told that the “obscene” bonuses of AIG executives should be taxed away,
with special taxes that amounted to bills of attainder. This is not the
first time we’ve seen specific industries targeted with massive taxes
because they were deemed immoral. The outstanding example is the
tobacco industry, which the government uses as a trained vampire,
sending it forth to suck tax revenue from the lungs of smokers. Big Oil
gets soaked with a lot of taxes, too, justified in part by the
merciless profiteering and environmental disdain of its chief
executives. Of course, Big Tobacco and Big Oil still make money, but
the government makes more from their products than they do.
It’s time to tap the last untouched golden vein in the American economic bloodstream. Let’s tax the crap out of Hollywood.
Hollywood actors are generally outspoken
in support of “social justice,” so they shouldn’t mind picking up the
tab. Will Ferrell, recently named Hollywood’s most overpaid actor by Forbes, is an aggressive advocate
of socialized medicine – but strangely enough, he hasn’t used any of
his millions to buy insurance for the poor. We can change that with
some carefully targeted taxes. After pulling in $20 million a pop for a
string of lousy movies, Ferrell is Salvation Army kettle full of
undeserved loot just waiting to be rolled into the soup kitchens.