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Bill O’Reilly Threatens To Retire If His Taxes Go Up – Again!

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on July 17, 2012 · Flag

Bill O’Reilly is very disturbed about President Obama’s plan to raise his taxes. It's all part of his job of looking out for you, of course. Tonight, he told former Obama advisor Austan Goolsbee that he's "looking at" a tax rate of 60% and if that happens, he’ll retire. You may recall O’Reilly made the same threat last September. He also repeated his threat to quit investing “at the level I am now” if his capital gains taxes rise to 40% and to move his money to the Cayman Islands and/or Switzerland.

“The President wants social justice, redistributing the wealth from the few to the many, correct?” O’Reilly said to Goolsbee.

Goolsbee, not surprisingly, disagreed.

O’Reilly continued,

He’s rolling the dice on the economy because his vision could very well fail. And if all of these things got passed, the economy could just collapse because the achievers basically saying, ‘I’m not going to invest any more money.’ I certainly would not invest at the level that I am now. With a 40% hit on anything that I make, I’m just pulling it back. I’m puttin’ it in the Caymans, I’m puttin’ it in Switzerland, I’m puttin’ it some place else. I’m not puttin’ it in here.

…You take the cap off the payroll tax, Social Security, my taxes go up another 5%. It’s really insane to do that to people who have earned their money.”

I believe that’s the real rub for O’Reilly – that he thinks he has earned his money while higher taxes will go to welfare queens loafing on his dime. He really ought to take a look at the working poor: people who work full time but still struggle to meet basic needs. In 2010, the share of working families classified as low income, i.e. earning less than 200 percent of the official poverty threshold, reached 31%. That's a third of working families. While O'Reilly and his fellow Foxies continually whine about paying an unfair proportion of taxes, they always seem to overlook how they earn a disproportionate share of the income.

O’Reilly complained now, “5% are handling 65% of the tax burden.” He added, “I’m looking at 60%, Professor, and I’m not gonna do it. I’ll retire.”

If that’s how you feel about your country, Bill - that you’d rather quit working and move your piles of money to some offshore haven rather than chip in a few dollars more, even when so many of your fellow citizens are struggling just to get by – well, go right ahead.

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Jan Hall commented 2012-07-18 22:37:09 -0400 · Flag
How Mommie & Daddie must have panicked when little Billy threatened to hold his breath till he turned blue back in the 1950s.
Joseph West commented 2012-07-18 14:34:57 -0400 · Flag
Of course, O’Reilly WON’T retire if his taxes go up. In fact, he’ll deny he ever claimed to retire when challenged on the matter. AND, he’ll claim that any video showing a threat to retire was merely doctored by his vast horde of “enemies.”
Aria Prescott commented 2012-07-18 14:33:38 -0400 · Flag
Dear Bill:

First of all, explain to me how you retiring is a threat to anyone. Your fans will move on, and everyone else would actually like that.

Second, your idle threats are getting old- if you’re gonna leave the country, do it. If you’re gonna stop investing or paying your taxes, do it. Shit or get off the pot.
Thx4 Fish commented 2012-07-18 12:22:17 -0400 · Flag
The 1% of Americans who watch Fox do so in order to feel a sense of acceptance for their selfish, narcisistic, paranoid and anti-social view of the world. I’m sure they get a warm feeling inside whenever Bill-O throws his “I’m Gonna Quit” tantrum because that’s exactly how they feel. They’d rather not make any money than have some undeserving government or person get any of their loot. Their selfishness does not allow them to see how the infrastructure of our country has aided them in the pursuit of the money they love more than people.
Anne-claire Souza commented 2012-07-18 11:14:11 -0400 · Flag
As per usual Bile asking the questions and then answering his own questions by overtalking the guest and interrupting rudely across the lines,shouting and fuming and acting like he knows what he is talking about.Republican talking points Billo’s way
truman commented 2012-07-18 09:07:36 -0400 · Flag
If Bildo made good on his threat to retire:
1. Nursing homes would have to find a new TV program to use a a nightlight.
2. Unemployable ass-kissers like D-List Dennis Miller would go on food stamps.
3. Someone would have to giveaway a warehouse full of crappy The Factor merchandise.
doors17 commented 2012-07-18 06:58:14 -0400 · Flag
Suuure he will. Just like he said he would apologize for being an idiot if the Affordable Health Care Act would be upheld by the Supeme Court, and Oxylard said he would move to Costa Rica, and let’s not forget that oldie but goodie, that Sean would agree to be waterboarded.
Antoinette commented 2012-07-18 02:09:13 -0400 · Flag
Billy can’t afford to retire now. He has child support and alimony to the ex.








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