The sales tax on a box of tampons represents a much larger percentage of a $40,000/year salary than a $400,000/year salary. And taxing capital gains at a lower rate than labor strikes me as almost criminally wrongheaded. Is it fair that you or I pay 25 or 30 percent of our wages in taxes while some hedge fund manager pays 15 percent because all his income is from stock sales or stock dividends or the yield on his personal bond portfolio?

I’m also going to stop. I’ve got to check on my indoor mushroom garden.

One of the main reasons that people seem to hold that opinion (in my opinion) is that they see other “immoral” and “illogical” practices working along side SSE. For instance, W lowered the tax rates. However, he managed to raise more tax dollars than in any combined eight years in US history. Where he went wrong was in the spending. He started wars and cut other programs. Supply Side Economics does not tell you how to spend your tax money. It just argues that if you leave more money in the hands of the capitalists, their profits will grow and you will be collecting on a much larger pile of money. Again, the bankruptcy that we are experiencing is from the government living beyond its means. A trend that has recently been accelerated.

Hey, people. Do LG and I know how to party or what? I’m going to end here lest I have orange cats beset upon me.

The total comments here, as of 6:00 p.m. ET, are roughly 9 percent of the total comments in Virus’ liveblog. That seems about right.

This is poorly-written and too long, but if you don’t want to feel alone, then check out this. The first couple of sentences should suffice:

http://www.theinsanityreport.com/home/index.php/2009/07/07/random-thoughts/putting-the-michael-jackson-coverage-and-attention-into-perspective/

Again, same deal here:

http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/07/07/michael-jackson-freak-show-rip/

And now, in a final, Gen-X/Y ironic flourish: