Bill Maher Says Nearly 60% of His Income Goes to Taxes, Calls Out ‘Rich Don’t Pay’ Narrative

Bill Maher trampled on the tax the rich talking points: I paid ‘almost 60% of what I earn’

Comedian Bill Maher trampled on the tax the rich talking points with a fact check on federal income taxes: “… us regular rich people pay a sh*t ton of taxes!” Often overlooked by the celebrity-set, living in secluded splendor while supporting the likes of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I), New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D), are the realities of economics. That was precisely what Maher presented on Fri…

Bill Maher says nearly 60% of his income goes to taxes, calls out ‘rich don’t pay’ narrative

Even for liberal HBO host Bill Maher, the math behind Tax Day no longer adds up.Maher took to his platform on "Real Time" to sound the alarm on a staggering personal tax burden that he says claims the majority of his earnings, sparking a wider debate on whether the American government is simply "incompetent and corrupt" despite a $5 trillion revenue stream."Last week was Tax Day… I paid to the government, if you add in state tax, local, sales, p…

It's the Economy, Stupid! Bill Maher Discovers the Rich Pay A LOT of Taxes

It's the Economy, Stupid! Bill Maher Discovers the Rich Pay A LOT of Taxes The typically arrogant liberal comedian Bill Maher finally took the red pill and realized that much of the socialist bloviating against the bourgeoisie on the issue of taxes is a load of bunk.  Welcome to real life, Bill! Maher stipulated during the April 24 edition of Real Time that he “wouldn’t mind” the almost 60 percent of his earnings he pays to the government “if B…

Bill Maher′s latest spiel: income inequality in America

Here we have Bill Maher kvetching about people who say that the rich don’t pay taxes, and about “progressives” who say that multimillionaires and billionaires should be taxed much more heavily. In this tirade against “progressives,” Maher also argues that the U.S., despite the plaints of Bernie Sanders and his ilk, already has a lot of socialism, including Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, unemployment compensation, and so on. His point is a …