Donald Rumsfeld Wants To See Flat Tax Before He Dies. Others Want To See Him In Jail.
You’d think someone who has been in the public eye and the world of politics this long would be smarter than this. But, it is Donald Rumsfeld we are talking about after all.
On Monday morning, the 83-year-old former Secretary of Defense and primary architect of the disastrous Iraq War had some thoughts on income taxes. In a series of tweets, he complained about filing taxes, stating it was complicated and that it would be better if we just instituted a flat tax. (Conservatives favorite thing of all favorite things.)
First, we saw Rummy trying to make a funny by bringing up one of his infamous wartime quotes.
Over half a century of filing my taxes and I know I do not know if I have done so correctly. It remains a known unknown. #TaxDay
— Donald Rumsfeld (@RumsfeldOffice) April 18, 2016
I see what you did there, Donny Boy. Hardy har har. Now, go fuck yourself.
He then posted a letter he sent on tax day, revealing that he is still a major league asshole in his old age.
Hope springs eternal – after writing the IRS on #TaxDay for decades, I am still waiting for a response. pic.twitter.com/1xvv0rNOhO
— Donald Rumsfeld (@RumsfeldOffice) April 18, 2016
Finally, he whined about how he’s going to die before we see a flat tax in the United States.
At 83, I am close to losing hope that I will live to see a flat tax.
— Donald Rumsfeld (@RumsfeldOffice) April 18, 2016
Well, it was the last tweet that set people off, as they complained in kind, letting Rumsfeld know that they were losing hope that he’d be brought to justice for starting an illegal war that destabilized an entire region.
.@RumsfeldOffice at least you got to start your own war!
— Ben Geier (@ben_geier) April 18, 2016
At 69, I will never lose hope @RumsfeldOffice that you will be prosecuted for aiding & abetting the #CriminalIraqWar.
— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) April 18, 2016
.@RumsfeldOffice – you go to war with the tax structure you have, not the tax structure you want. (PS you are a very bad person)
— jeff rotkoff (@jrotkoff) April 18, 2016
.@RumsfeldOffice at 18, I am close to losing hope that I will live to see you prosecuted for war crimes
— 100% literal garbage (@badtweets4u) April 18, 2016
@RumsfeldOffice I’m losing hope that you will ever express remorse about destroying a country & killing a few hundred thousand people
— Joe (@NewsConnoisseur) April 18, 2016
Sadly I long ago lost hope that any American officials would stand trial for ordering torture. https://t.co/R90nUpyisw
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 18, 2016
Donald Rumsfeld, a very bad person who is blissfully oblivious to the damage he’s caused in his lifetime and seems to think the worst thing of all is having his accountant do his taxes.
I could of sworn I’d heard that ol’ Rummy had cheated Death, and was, in fact, undead! ‘Won’t live to see a flat tax’, the NERVE of that creepy zombie!