Only in America...

A good friend sent me this top ten list of "Only in America" which I publish below:

1. Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $40,000 a plate campaign fund raising event.

2. Only in America could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when we have a black president, a black Attorney General and roughly 18% of the federal workforce is black while only 12% of the population is black.

3. Only in America could we have had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Tim Geithner, Treasury Secretary, and Charlie Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.

4. Only in America can we have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.

5. Only in America would we make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for this privilege while we discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally simply become American citizens.

6. Only in America could the people who believe in balancing the budget and adhering to the country's Constitution be thought of as "extremists."

7. Only in America must you need a driver's license to cash a check or purchase alcohol, but not to vote.

8. Only in America can people demand the government investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas increases when the return on equity invested in many oil companies is less than half of Nike, a company making running shoes.

9. Only in America can the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a trillion dollars more than it has per year and complain that it does not have nearly enough money.

10. Only in America can rich people who pay 86% of all income taxes be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people who pay no income tax whatsoever.