Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Attacking "Citizens United"

We can begin with a short and sweet change to the IRS Code:
Advertising for any purpose, other than the promotion of the sale of a product or promoting the business entity itself, shall not be deductible for tax purposes. In any proceeding which questions the deduction of any advertising, the taxpayer shall prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that the sole purpose of any such advertising was to promote the sale of a product or to promote the business entity itself.
Comments?

4 comments:

Marc said...

Too understandable. They're gonna have to add a lot of language to make it hard to interpret, and to provide a loophole or two for special circumstances. Congress cant make unambiguous laws, now.

Anonymous said...

It won't happen. The republicans will day that we should not be raising taxes during a recession. The democrats will not want the pay cut.

@Marc don't forget a bill like that will have to take 200 pages minimum and include a rider to enrich a corporation in some way.

Yogi said...

I was actually hoping that we could simply pass a law that says that, for the purposes of the first amendment, the word person shall mean a live human being.

Comrade Misfit said...

Yogi, such a law would not survive this court. That is why I think the way to attack it is through the tax law.

Once one of those conservatives leave the bench, all bets are off. I suspect that Citizens United will be one of the first ones to be overruled.