Rick Barber made a lot of stir with his inflammatory ad — including gather your armies.  This is the typical right wing crap — the stuff on right wing talk radio ad nauseum, day after day.    Stuff like impeach [Obama], eliminate the IRS, etc.

Wednesday, Barber was interviewed by Chris Matthews on Hardball who gave Barber the opportunity to explain what he meant.  Barber not only was not articulate, having no idea what he actually believes, or does not want to reveal it.    He did indicate he wants to eliminate the IRS and replace it with a value added tax — a consumption tax, but couldn’t say how high.  His ad suggesting impeaching the President but denied it as a metaphor when interviewed. In fact, suggesting everything was a “metaphor” and suggesting Matthews didn’t know what a metaphor was.   Barber’s consumption tax is the most regressive form of taxation and hurts the poor more than anybody else.  There is already consumptions taxes in the form of sales taxes in most states, but apparently wants them repealed.

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People like Barber have a narrative that the government is the problem. Reduce taxes is the mantra.  He fails to realize it is capitalism, big business, tax loopholes, corruption of Congress, and lack of free elections which are problems.  His nonsense plays into the hands of the rich and the powerful and he is not one of them.  Yet, many equally ignorant people — Tea Baggers to name just one group — believe this nonsense, and another reason …

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