‘Who is paying Neal Boortz?‘
Published: August 14, 2008
Either Neal Boortz thinks all his listeners are really, really stupid or he has finally lost his marbles.
Back in 2004, I had proposed that since this country is not designed for $4 gasoline (I actually did say four dollars), we need to start slowly increasing the tax on gasoline and use the money to support a public transportation system.
Now that we have $4 a gallon gas, how and why are Boortz and that two-legged dog of a talk show host, Dennis Miller, out supporting the big oil?
The Republicans have never had a shortage of small time crooks to be their mouthpieces. From a convicted perjurer in Col. Oliver North to the convicted burglar in G. Gordon Liddy to drug abuser Rush Limbaugh to Dick Morris, who became famous for cavorting with prostitutes and now the new and improved Dennis Miller, it is hard to believe that someone would really take these clowns seriously, but here we are.
I hear these guys lamenting how the Big Oil is being portrayed as callous, as how to figure out the profit margins, and how Democrats are out to kill their business. Let me assure you that I am not voting for Obama or for McCain, I will only tell you the truth and let you make up your own mind about the presidential candidates and your talk show hosts.
I am sworn to protect this country against the enemies, foreign and domestic.
So who is paying Neal Boortz?
Mohammed N. Razavi
Daleville
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At the end of your post you say that you are “sworn to protect this country against the enemies, foreign and domestic.“ Yet, at the beginning, you state “we need to start slowly increasing the tax on gasoline….“
Our taxes are already an enemy of the free people of this country. Period.
Response to Mr. Razavi’s inquiry regarding Boortz’s income.
Several readings of your letter to the editor have yet to disclose the point you were trying to make? Perhaps I am just too dense.
Dennis Miller’s sesquipedalian comments typically delivered in superfluous, vituperative diatribes are entertaining. As an entertainer, I suspect that is his goal. As a man of his word he will often sit in an “unfriendly” arena and accept the challenge of contrasting opinions. Boortz, an entertainer as well, often dismantles the obfuscated statements of either the right or the left. While neither individual has left me wondering about the source of their income; each offers a steady diet of food for thought.
With regards to your name calling tirade against the republican mouthpieces I submit one can counter with a casual search beginning as recently as the “disclosed affair” back to “depending upon what the definition of “is” is”. Do you really feel safe throwing that stone? What was your point?
My point, my friend; be entertained or educated: the choice is yours.
B.P. Pacatte
Douglasville, Ga.
The only person that his lost his marbles is Mr. Razavi. I’m glad he has sworn to defend our country against all enemies, but he’s also done a good job of defending himself against developing listening and reading comprehension skills, as well as common sense.
Boortz is not on an oil company payroll. And he’s not “supporting” Big Oil. He is pointing out the fact that the oil companies have become expedient targets for politicians looking to grandstand in a futile attempt to make their constituents believe they are “doing something”.
The author mentions the plethora of Republican “small time crooks”. I don’t disagree with is assesment of the people he mentions but I don’t see how this is relevant his argument. An intelligent person doesn’t need to listen to a politician to understand the situation and draw their own conclusions. I have an amazing ability called “keeping my eyes open” that usually allows me to form my own opinions. Many people in this country should try it sometime.
Mr. Razavi mentions the concept of profit margins as if they are irrelevant. They are extremely relevant. Other industries have higher margins than oil companies, yet nobody is crying out for a windall profits tax on said industries.
While Mr. Razavi is patting himself on the back for predicting $4 gasoline, his tax increase proposal is just as asinine today as it would have been in 2004 when gas prices weren’t a problem. While I agree that we can’t drill our way out of this problem in the long term, we can’t tax our way out of it, either.
Instead of punishing the people who contribute to our society by raising their costs of living even more, we could fund Mr. Razavi’s public transportation improvements by cutting entitlements for the deadbeat leeches in our country. Or, folks like Mr. Razavi that believe we can tax our way to prosperity can always donate extra chunks of their salary to the government, whom we all know would put that money to its highest and best use.
You obviously don’t know Boortz. He’s the a FairTax supporter and opposes, as does most, those who state they swore to protect the country against enemies, foreign and domestic by raising taxes.
Public tranportation is a great idea, except for the hardest hit sector of the market, the building industry, whose pick-up trucks carry their offices to the job site each day. These are the guys paying $100.00+ to fill up their tank, their bull dozers, their gas powered generators that make America great.
No matter what you think, public transportation isn’t in their plan as it is for most of middle and lower income America. Eliminating your 40% Net Income theft of their money would be a much better idea.
If you swore an oath as you say, you should be held in contempt.
I’m a Boortz listener and I have a comment about the idea that was posed on Neal Boortz being paid by the oil companies. First, the idea of public transportation started declining years ago by Union members striking and putting people on the streets with no one being able to get to work. Secondly, we have in the part of the country that I work and live, one of the highest fuel taxes around, and it’s not accomplishing it’s goal. Why can’t we make public transportation a private entity? Why must we tax and spend? Obviously the letter to the editor was written by a non-producer and feels that it is the obligation of “others” to be responsible for “others”. It does seem that the writer of the letter hasn’t taken into account the Democratic Leadership - hailing from a convicted perjurer, impeached President - Bill Clinton (womanizer, rapist, etc.); the deranged, comedian turned politician - Al Franken; not to mention even the drug-abusing-now-running-for-President - Obama. I don’t believe BIG OIL is paying for Boortz, but I will tell you who they’re paying for: retired teachers, firefighters, policeman, and any other stock-holder with a mutual fund type retirement account. We cannot even see the needed funds for road improvements from the fuel tax - so why do you believe public transportation will be any better. Tell Mohammed to vote for Hussein and then we’ll be really in a state of financial depression with people waiting in lines for fuel and rationing just like the Carter administration.
It appears that you feel your obligation to protect and defend the Constitution is yours alone.
I too took an oath to support and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
I do; however, find that your logic is astonishing. More taxes for what? Research?
Last time I took notice, the taxes that are paid into the Social Security fund were misappropriated and going into the general fund, bankrupting the Social Security system as it stands today.
See, my outlook is this: The government (as it has grown like a cancer) is not nearly what the Constitution provides for. It no longer is a government of the people and for the people.
I feel that there should be less government, less taxes, and less intrusion into our lives already taxed beyond our ability to pay.
Bring Obama into this equation and we have not only taxes beyond imagination, but our retirement is a thing of history as well. Windfall profits taxes eating up every citizen’s mutual funds and 401k. That’s the ticket…
Mr. Razavi:
I assume your public transportation idea would be at the federal level. If you know anything about the Constitution of the United States, you should know that the federal government has no power to support a public transportation system. And, how are you sworn to defend our country against enemies, foreign and domestic?
I can tell you who is not paying Neal Boortz. That would be the tax payers. Because he earns a living. I know some Democrats have a hard time understanding that.
And you say you want to protect your country from all enemies? Not sure how you include someone who supports individual liberty, freedom, and personal responsibillity on that list. Maybe you missed that year of government education when we learned about the founding of this country on those principles. Maybe you should go back and read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
If you want to start protecting this country, why don’t you start by worrying about the following short list:
o Islamic terrorists (not to be confused with Muslims)
o Socialist politicians (otherwise often known as Democrats)
o Anyone trying to take your property (many local governments), take more of your rights, raise your taxes, or add more government wealth transfer programs.
Those are the true enemies of this country, both foreign and domestic.
That would be more productive than worrying about Liddy committing a crime before you were in diapers. And what does that have to do with what he says anyway? You know what lawyers say, if the facts and the law are not on your side, attack your enemy. That seems to be all you are doing. What a waste of hot air.
Eddie
Instead of asking who is paying Neal Boortz, maybe you should be asking who is paying off our Congress. Remember the US is not a major oil producer. As a result, the US oil companies (who you refer to as Big Oil), are only getting a small version of the profits of what could easily be referred to as BIG SAUDI. It seems more in the interest of the Democrats to keep oil prices high which is only helping OPEC and the Saudis much more than US Big Oil. So I would like to question, what is the true agenda of our democrats in Congress? I think the best bet here is to follow the money.
The rest of your diatribe is not even worthy of a response.
Advertisers are paying Neal Boortz. The more people who choose to listen to him, the more advertisers are willing to pay him. It’s a concept called capitalism and it works well.
I wonder who is paying Nancy Pelosi and Dick Durbin (among others) to intentionally harm working families by refusing to allow gasoline prices to come down.
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