Comment of the Day: Hand Doctor Michael Brown and Tax Cuts

We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it’s time we paid some damn attention to them.

So we’ll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day’s work. Maybe two comments, even.

This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involving wit, clarity and whatever else we feel like at the moment.

We reported on the divorce settlement between TV-ad star Michael Brown and his latest wife, which included — despite him having declared bankruptcy five years ago — her getting a Lamborghini, a Mercedes 550, Hummer, Escalade, limousine and a Maserati.

The brought out what Fox News would no doubt call the “class warfare” in one reader.

Jello23 wrote:

…and these are the folks who need a tax break, according to our state and federal Republicans.
These are the people who supposedly can’t afford a 2,3, 5% tax increase.
So we cut, cut, cut from my kids band program. And my neighbor’s salary. And lay-off a teacher’s aide.

Perfect sense.