Stephen King's Scariest Story Yet: Raise Taxes On The Rich 'For F**k's Sake' April 30, 2012

We think he's still grouchy because the ending to Pet Sematary sucked so bad.

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But we digress. In a Daily Beast article today, entitled "Tax Me: For F@%&'s Sake", Mr. King tries to make the case that rich people, such as himself, should pay a higher tax rate.

And who are we to disagree with the man who spent a significant portion of Tommyknockers railing against nuclear energy?

And if a guy who once called Jesus a "tramp", can't be trusted to recommend sound fiscal policy, who can be trusted?

Although we thought that his character in Sons of Anarchy was pretty cool.

In the Beast article, King mentions that he is paying 28% of his income in taxes. From that springboard, he makes the leap to the following question: "How come I'm not paying 50?"

To that, we answer in the form of a question: What are you doing with that 22% differential, Mr. King? What are you doing with that money? Are you investing it? Have you used any of it purchase anything (like a house)? Do you hire people to do research for an upcoming book?

Keep in mind: All of those things stimulate the economy. If the government took it from you, then the stimulative effect would be greatly reduced, if not eliminated.

So.... What do you do with that extra income that you earned and Uncle Sam so generously lets you keep, Mr. King?

Answer that.

And then explain why you think that "Misery Chastain" is a believable name.

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