is this a freeper email?

[shanti]

my sister sent this to me (she's not up on politics, btw). it sounds fishy, but what do you think, du'ers?


Windfall Tax on Retirement Income
Adding a tax to your retirement is simply another way of saying to the American people, you're so darn stupid that we're going to keep doing this until we drain every cent from you. That's what the Speaker of the House is saying. Read below...............

Nancy Pelosi wants a Windfall Tax on Retirement Income. In other words tax what you have made by investing toward your retirement.
This woman is a nut case! You aren't going to believe this.

Madam speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to put a Windfall Tax on all stock market profits (including Retirement fund, 401K and Mutual Funds! Alas, it is true - all to help the 12 Million Illegal Immigrants and other unemployed Minorities!

This woman is frightening.
She quotes...' We need to work toward the goal of equalizing income, (didn't Marx say something like this), in our country and at the same time limiting the amount the rich can invest.' ( I am not rich, are you)

When asked how these new tax dollars would be spent, she replied:
'We need to raise the standard of living of our poor, unemployed and minorities. For example, we have an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in our country who need our help along with millions of unemployed minorities. Stock market windfall profits taxes could go a long way to guarantee these people the standard of living they would like to have as 'Americans'.' (Read that quote again and again and let it sink in. Lower your retirement, give it to others who have not worked as you have for it.

Send it on to your friends. I just did!! This lady is out of her mind

[EOTE]

1. Yes, it is a freeper email. And it's been thoroughly debunked.

Google can be very helpful for this type of crap.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/pelosi.asp

[MiniMe]

2. Snopes is your friend

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/pelosi.asp

False

[treestar]

3. They throw in "to help the illegal immigrants"

Like how would that be? Even the proposed amnesty, the illegals would have had to find five grand for a filing fee.

Freepers are so full of hatred.

[Caoimhe]

4. Sadly the idiots who share this crapola

are too dense to check it out, and once shown they were sent something false, don't ever bother to re-send a correction. Lies spread faster than the truth. I hadn't seen this one, but it reeks of puke regurge.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

5. She forgot the part about where Pelosi wants to funnel all that tax revenue to the terrorists

:crazy:

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Sure sounds like it

It hits all the right wing hot buttons.

Let's see . . . Taxes, Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, egalitarianism, Karl Marx, the poor, illegal immigrants . . . did the letter miss anybody?

[unpossibles]

7. they forgot to throw in "homosexuals" nt

[Jack Rabbit]

8. OK, you got one

I can't see how you can fit gays into this one. It would be too much of a stretch even for these propagandists.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

9. If this is about capital gains, it's bullcrap

The vast majority of middle class people would be lucky to be paying only capital gains on their retirement funds. 401ks and IRAs are taxed at the ordinary income rate. Capital gains don't even enter into it.