Only In America

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Only in America ---Top Ten

10) Only in America  could the rich people who pay 86% of all income taxes be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people who don't pay any income taxes at all.

9) Only in America  could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a trillion dollars more than it has per year for total spending of $7 million PER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough money.   Paris Hilton?

8) Only in America  could people demand the government investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company (Marathon Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes (Nike).  Need to pay the BIG stars.

7) Only in America  could you need to present a driver's license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote or receive a welfare check if you are an illegal.

6) Only in America  could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as "extremists."

5) Only in America  would we make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while we discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just become American citizens.

4) Only in America  can we have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.

3) Only in America could we have had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee, BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.

2) Only in America  could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when we have a black President, a black Attorney General, and roughly 18% of the federal workforce is black. 12% of the population is black.  33% of welfare recipients are black.

1) Only in America  could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000 a plate campaign fund raising event.