Bite Sized Wisdom: Chris Rock

Monday, October 31, 2005

Bite Sized Wisdom: Chris Rock

By Rob on October 31, 2005 at 08:11 am

The messed up thing about taxes is you don’t ‘pay’ taxes. The government TAKES them. You get your check and money is GONE! It was not an option! That ain’t a payment, that’s a JACK! I been TAX JACKED!…[The] worst part about it, we pay taxes for [stuff] we don’t even use….Why are black people paying Social Security? I won’t get the money till I’m 65….Meanwhile, the average black man dies at 54. Hypertension, high blood pressure, police….I used to work at McDonald’s making minimum wage….I would get $200 a week and they would take out $50 in taxes. That’s a lot of money if you only making $200….What do you get with that $50? All the free street light in the world. As far as I am concerned, give everybody a candle. Just give me back my $50.

-- Chris Rock

Comments

He always seems to put it into perspective.

My favorite Chrisism was. We were so poor when I was a kid that if I did not wake up with a boner in the morning my little sister didn’t have anything to play with all day.

richard on October 31, 2005 at 09:11 am

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Say Anything - North Dakota’s Most Popular P on October 31, 2005 at 10:10 am

"The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take the people’s money quietly and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.”
- Thomas Sowell

Steve L. on October 31, 2005 at 12:11 pm

[...] The Wisdom of Chris Rock Sometimes Chris Rock nails it. By way of Rob at Say AnythingThe messed up thing about taxes is you don’t ‘pay’ taxes. The government TAKES them. You get your check and money is GONE! It was not an option! That ain’t a payment, that’s a JACK! I been TAX JACKED!…[The] worst part about it, we pay taxes for [stuff] we don’t even use….Why are black people paying Social Security? I won’t get the money till I’m 65….Meanwhile, the average black man dies at 54. Hypertension, high blood pressure, police….I used to work at McDonald’s making minimum wage….I would get $200 a week and they would take out $50 in taxes. That’s a lot of money if you only making $200….What do you get with that $50? All the free street light in the world. As far as I am concerned, give everybody a candle. Just give me back my $50.– Chris Rock Mr. Rock should take a look at the Fair Tax. [...]

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