Sunday, September 9, 2007

Read My Lips, No New Taxes

The transcript of Usama bin Laden's latest commentary on the U.S. political landscape contains this nugget:

And the reeling of many of you under the burden of interest-related debts, insane taxes and real estate mortgages.

There are no taxes in Islam, but rather there is a limited Zakat [tithe] totaling only 2.5%.

Not only do you get 72 virgins, but no deadweight loss, either.

His tax-cutting views are interesting, given that the remainder of his prating leans socialist.