Fox News Host Just Destroyed Liberal Guest With Seven-Word Question She Can’t Answer
Amid widespread civil unrest concentrated within college communities across the nation, one group of university students is making a bold demand for three specific – and costly – federal benefits.
Keely Mullen, who serves as the Million Student March’s national organizer, spoke to Fox Business Network’s Neil Cavuto regarding the group’s list of demands.
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“Um, well, so the movement, the Million Student march is a movement for a more equitable and fair system of education,” Mullen insisted, “as opposed to the really corporate model we have now.”
She went on to list the three demands: “Free public college, cancellation of student debt and a $15 an hour minimum wage for people who work on the campus.”
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Cavuto immediately steered the conversation toward how Mullen envisioned such a plan might be funded:
And how’s that going to be paid?
The guest took a pregnant pause before suggesting that she did not understand the question. Finally pressed to name a source for the incalculable new revenue stream needed to enact her utopian dream, Mullen acknowledged that she is anxious to see America’s greedy rich have their wealth confiscated.
“Um, the one percent of people in society,” she said, “that are hoarding the wealth and really sort of causing a catastrophe that students are facing. I mean we have a relationship now where one percent of the population owns more wealth than the 99 percent combined.”
Cavuto pointed out that the nation’s top earners have already seen their tax rate jump twice in recent years, as well as a deep cut in the deductions they are allowed to declare.
“How much more do you think they should pay?” he asked.
“Um,” she responded, “I think enough until we have a system where not 1 in 2 American families are threatened with poverty.”
Cavuto explained that the “one-percent hoarders” are “smart people,” asking her “who’s going to pay for all this stuff you want” when the wealthy leave the U.S.
“There’s always going to be a one percent in the U.S.,” she reassured him.
When Mullen began citing the world’s wealthiest citizens to further her narrative, Cavuto got her back on track.
“Are we talking about 85 billionaires,” he asked, “or are you extending this to the one percent or whomever who earn a little bit north of $250,000? At what level, Keely, do you start saying, ‘You’ve got to pay a hell of a lot more than you’re paying right now in taxes?’”
She said she supports a tax rate of at least 90 percent on those in the top tax bracket, suggesting her own peers would gladly give all but a dime of every dollar they earn to the federal government.
“I dare say,” Cavuto shot back, “unless you’re high as a kite, you wouldn’t volunteer to pay 90 percent.” http://www.westernjournalism.com/watch-fox-news-host-just-destroyed-liberal-guest-with-seven-word-question-she-cant-answer/
Keely Mullen, who serves as the Million Student March’s national organizer, spoke to Fox Business Network’s Neil Cavuto regarding the group’s list of demands.
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“Um, well, so the movement, the Million Student march is a movement for a more equitable and fair system of education,” Mullen insisted, “as opposed to the really corporate model we have now.”
She went on to list the three demands: “Free public college, cancellation of student debt and a $15 an hour minimum wage for people who work on the campus.”
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Cavuto immediately steered the conversation toward how Mullen envisioned such a plan might be funded:
And how’s that going to be paid?
The guest took a pregnant pause before suggesting that she did not understand the question. Finally pressed to name a source for the incalculable new revenue stream needed to enact her utopian dream, Mullen acknowledged that she is anxious to see America’s greedy rich have their wealth confiscated.
“Um, the one percent of people in society,” she said, “that are hoarding the wealth and really sort of causing a catastrophe that students are facing. I mean we have a relationship now where one percent of the population owns more wealth than the 99 percent combined.”
Cavuto pointed out that the nation’s top earners have already seen their tax rate jump twice in recent years, as well as a deep cut in the deductions they are allowed to declare.
“How much more do you think they should pay?” he asked.
“Um,” she responded, “I think enough until we have a system where not 1 in 2 American families are threatened with poverty.”
Cavuto explained that the “one-percent hoarders” are “smart people,” asking her “who’s going to pay for all this stuff you want” when the wealthy leave the U.S.
“There’s always going to be a one percent in the U.S.,” she reassured him.
When Mullen began citing the world’s wealthiest citizens to further her narrative, Cavuto got her back on track.
“Are we talking about 85 billionaires,” he asked, “or are you extending this to the one percent or whomever who earn a little bit north of $250,000? At what level, Keely, do you start saying, ‘You’ve got to pay a hell of a lot more than you’re paying right now in taxes?’”
She said she supports a tax rate of at least 90 percent on those in the top tax bracket, suggesting her own peers would gladly give all but a dime of every dollar they earn to the federal government.
“I dare say,” Cavuto shot back, “unless you’re high as a kite, you wouldn’t volunteer to pay 90 percent.” http://www.westernjournalism.com/watch-fox-news-host-just-destroyed-liberal-guest-with-seven-word-question-she-cant-answer/
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This spokes person is an idiot. There is no way anyone is going to meet her demands and no one is going to tolerate a 90%+ tax rate on any level of income. She's living in an academia induced socialist fantasy world that won't survive the real world.
This spokes person is an idiot.
Which is why Fox chose her of all people … to be interviewed!
Such an interview might better be conducted by a neutral party with honestly formulated, objective questions.
Some years back, a conservative interviewer set up a rather gullible, not-so-smart black woman and got her to rave on a subsequently conservative-media run video, about her "OBAMAPHONE".
THERE NEVER WAS AN "OBAMAPHONE … the phones in question came as the result of the George W. Bush Administration!
Educate yourselves before you pile on in a set up.
Be smarter than the individual "destroyed" … by design … by Fox.
… if you can set aside your need to feed your ignorance and prejudices and stereotypes.
As for over-taxed rich people …
Learn the realities … the wealthy don't need the cheerleaders of an uniformed segment of middle class malcontents looking for scapegoats to "validate" their fact-less views.
Further …
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Overview
The federal income tax is designed to be progressive — tax rates increase in steps as income rises. For decades this helped restrain disparities in income and helped provide revenue to make public services available to all Americans. Today the system has badly eroded — many multi-millionaires and billionaires pay a lower tax rate than average American families.
Ironically, this has happened while the gap between the wealthy and everyone else has grown wider than ever. The extremely rich aren’t only earning and owning more — many are also passing wealth to their heirs tax free, creating a new American aristocracy with vast fortunes.
How the rich avoid paying taxes — and what to do about it
Keely Mullen, who serves as the Million Student March’s national organizer
Fox news is powerful! They infiltrated a college student organization and elected an idiot the organization's NATIONAL ORGANIZER just so they could interview her for a couple minutes in the middle of the day.
A Mac, your comment about the taxes somewhere up above, the long copy/paste one, is so full of holes, wish I had the energy or desire to point them out, but I'm sure you could if you wanted to do so. No offense, just telling it like it is.
Heck..... it looks like you're right above me, at least for right now.
A Mac, your comment about the taxes somewhere up above, the long copy/paste one, is so full of holes, wish I had the energy or desire to point them out,
Six,
Just go one-at-a-time at your convenience … then I'll respond.
In the interim …
A new study finding an "unfair," rich-poor balance in state and local taxes has been getting big traction on the Web this week.
The study , from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, found that "virtually every state's tax system is fundamentally unfair, taking a much greater share of income from low- and middle-income families than from wealthy families." It added that state and local tax systems are "indirectly contributing to growing income inequality by taxing low- and middle-income households at significantly higher rates than wealthy taxpayers."
In other words, it said the tax systems are "upside down," with the poor paying more and the rich paying less. Overall, the poorest 20 percent of Americans paid an average of 10.9 percent of their income in state and local taxes and the middle 20 percent of Americans paid 9.4 percent. The top 1 percent, meanwhile, pay only 5.4 percent of their income to state and local taxes.
More copy and paste … think of it as my desire to bring information to the discussion.
@A-Macarthur :
Mac, you never posted a source for your comment with all the bullet points , I am interested to know where that info came from.
Mac, you never posted a source for your comment with all the bullet points , I am interested to know where that info came from.
Jerry,
http://www.americansfortaxfairness.org/tax-fairness-briefing-booklet/fact-sheet-taxing-wealthy-americans/
Here is where my main response on this seed was supposed to be.
Makes you fear for the future.
I'm not willing to give 90%.
Neither am I willing to forgive their student loans. I had to pay mine, my daughter had to pay hers. Free rides are only for illegal aliens and refugees.
Lol! Sad but true.
Is she the "brains" behind the Hillary campaign?
Typical self-entitled liberal college student of this generation. Vacuous and clutching. She will never succeed as long as she spends her efforts looking for handouts. Good questions from Cavuto. She should ask for a refund on her tuition.
You mean to tell me there are a million student marchers, and this was the best they could come up with? Egads, sending out resumes and applying for jobs is really going to be a blast for these no-brainers...
My heart really sank when I read this:
"Cavuto pointed out that the nation’s top earners have already seen their tax rate jump twice in recent years, as well as a deep cut in the deductions they are allowed to declare."
Twice in recent years?! Cracking down on tax evasion?! My goodness, those poor, persecuted billionaires. Do they have a GoFundMe site I can donate to, to help them keep up the good fight?
Obeying the law is not tax evasion, Robin.
Tax laws are made, then the über wealthy find ways around them, and deductions end up needing to be further clarified to keep their original intent paramount. Those poor billionaires - so persecuted!
Free Tuition, Forgiveness for student loan debt and $15 an hour campus minimum wage!
Sounds like a great plan for American students!