Democrat Al Franken’s tax troubles

NewsBusters is a conservative news and comedy website. Their newest NewBusted episode includes the excerpt below. See right panel of this blog and click on the video to watch this 2-3 minute comedy YouTube video.

“Al Franken is still dealing with his tax problems. He is still trying to make up for his failure to pay income taxes in 17 different states.

“When contacted Franken said, ‘Hey, I am a Democrat. I don’t pay taxes, I raise them.'

“When asked to comment in Franken’s tax problem, Barack Obama said, ‘What’s the big deal, if Franken didn’t pay taxes in 17 states, it means he must have paid them in the other 40.’”

- - - NewsBusted, Episode 170

In case you don't know who Al Franken is, he is a liberal author and talk show host who is running for U.S. Senator in Minnesota. If Jesse Ventura could become governor, then I guess anything could happen in the land of (f)lakes.