Jerry Springer Rages On Fox News, Says Rich Should Pay More Taxes (VIDEO)

Jerry Springer gave Sean Hannity and guest Bill Cunningham a verbal lashing for their criticism of President Obama's tax policies on Hannity's program on Wednesday.

Springer ripped into Hannity after the Fox News host described President Obama's trip to Martha's Vineyard as a high-class vacation. Hannity had asked, "What kind of message does this send to the Americans that are out there struggling?"

When he turned to Springer and Cunningham for commentary, Springer blasted the sincerity of Hannity and Cunningham's concern for the unemployed, saying, "You wouldn't have fought so hard to stop giving us a stimulus that was necessary when people were unemployed."

Springer—a registered Democrat who was also the former mayor of Cincinnati and has often mulled running for public office again—insisted that wealthy Americans should pay more taxes to improve the quality of life in America. He charged that they didn't want people like themselves and "people that are lucky enough to make an awful lot of money to pay a little bit more in taxes so that everyone in America could have health insurance, so that we have a stimulus program that works.”

When Hannity suggested that Springer write a check to the White House, Springer challenged both to join him. Hannity refused, calmly responding, "Because I'm overtaxed now."

The discussion escalated into a shouting match when Cunningham accused President Obama of making the economy worse. When Cunningham said that federal spending comes out of private citizens' pockets, Springer slammed his fist on the table and shouted "It should! Don't you love this country?" The question incensed Cunningham, who retorted, "I think I love it more than you do!"

Springer even tried to draw Hannity's crew into the debate, "You're overtaxed? Why don't you talk to the people running these cameras?"

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Comments

[notsotupelohoney]

02:56 PM on 09/06/2011

I can't watch the whole thing. The right-wing nauseates me.

[Lobo72]

12:51 PM on 09/06/2011

What always baffles me is why Repugs always have enough money for war and "defense" but when it comes to helping our own people and industries, it's wasted money. This was the same problem FDR had with the GOP back in the 1930s. Also, why are Tea Party members so zealous for preserving a plutocracy that couldn't care less about the middle class and the poor? They just can't see they're being played like an old blue grass fiddle.

[kraki]

07:13 PM on 08/23/2011

Dear Libs,

1.) You expect others to pay for what you think is important (welfare etc).
2.) To the degree (amount) you deem 'needed'. How much?

Are these fair statements?

Q1 : What percentage of low-income people are gaming the system (taking what they do NOT deserve), in your opinion?
Q2 :When does a Tax Law become a Loop Hole? Your criteria please.
Q3 : When have dems shown restraint on spending? (Link to example please)

Thank You,
Kraki

[kitsune361]

01:20 PM on 08/24/2011

I'm pretty middle of the road, but I'll bite at Q2: By strict definition, ALL tax breaks are "loop hole[s]". IMHO, Questions 1 & 2 should be somewhat reversed, what percent of "people" (as defined by recent SCOTUS cases) are gaming the tax system?

With question 3, when have republicans showed restraint in spending recently? I'm sure you have some links to back that up.

Now my rhetorical question, if you give people a system, who DOESN'T try and game the system? It's human nature (especially in the US) to try and game the system. Young mothers have a dozen kids to keep getting increasing amounts of welfare, and large corporations hire armies of tax attorneys to pay no, or worse, "negative tax". Republicans try and cut programs for poor people who'll never vote for them to give handouts to the industries that pay for their campaigns, and democrats try to give something to everyone, wither they want it or not, in hopes of garnering more votes.

[kraki]

03:26 PM on 08/24/2011

Thank you for the response.

You are saying you would get rid of the "Home Mortgage Deduction Loophole"? (asking, in context)

I agree 100% with you last paragraph. Oddly, most wouldn't touch those questions.

[euromarkusx]

10:19 AM on 08/23/2011

Hannity ONLY flies on PRIVATE JETS.

What a total hypocrite hack.

[Dick Stone]

04:05 AM on 08/23/2011

Be our guest Jerry, pay all you want, don't even take any deductions, but the rest of us pay far too much already. If mine tax rates go any higher, I will just quit earning, and will just get me a sign and stand on the corner, saying will work for food.

[Adam Whitley]

12:47 PM on 09/06/2011

Cock Rock,

Really? What about rugged individualism and personal responsibility? Raising taxes a few percentage points isn't going to change anything. Penis Boulder, you should realize that tax rates are at their lowest point in over half a century. Stop whining.

Love to hear back from you, Wang Pebble.

//AW

[notsotupelohoney]

01:23 PM on 09/06/2011

OMG! Fanned and faved! Wang Pebble, hahahahhahahahahaha!

[Lobo72]

12:53 PM on 09/06/2011

Spoken like a real dick.

[Sheilah Kring]

01:41 AM on 08/23/2011

They bring up that Obama played golf 3x more than Bush... but they ignore that Bush batted around balls of yarn and played with sticks 100% more than Obama.

[Arthur Spooner]

12:14 AM on 08/23/2011

Sean owes President Obama for giving him a reason to crawl out of his hole every day.

[SailorVgirl13]

11:18 PM on 08/22/2011

Hannity and that other guy are such condescending pricks. GO JERRY!!!

[Hectrev1]

01:17 AM on 08/23/2011

A prime example of how much FOX is a joke, they had to after Comedy Central because they didn't have the what it takes to go after a legit news organization like CBS, they were the classic bully which Sean Hannity is in real life. Its pretty pathetic that the Catholic Church kicked him out of the Seminary when he studied for the priesthood. For most people being kicked out of Catholic Seminary is a compliment when you look at what they kept in seminary.

[Kelly L White]

10:58 PM on 08/22/2011

"It should! Don't you love this country?" The question incensed Cunningham, who retorted, "I think I love it more than you do!"

Supposed patriotic superiority. Although, how ANYONE can accurately weigh and judge another person's love of anything is beyond me... This is the perfect fall back argument for people who are LOSING the argument- smarmy, snide, mealy mouthed people. "I love it more than you do!!"

I call Manure on this one.

[Beastie]

10:55 PM on 08/22/2011

Never fails. Call the Republicans on something and they throw at you that a Democrat was involved...YET...they do not see this as an admission that the action was wrong for America. Two cases in point here. 1) Cunningham finishes Springer's statement creating jobs with "cut taxes" to which Springer says the tax cuts have been there for 8 or 10 years without lowering unemployment to which Cunningham shouts in "Well Obama continued those tax cuts." 2) Springer points out we have a huge debt because of the unfunded war in Iraq, to which Cunningham shouts in "Hillary Clinton voted for that war." In each case, Cunningham, which was it? Was the policy right and proper or were the Democrats complicite in a wrong policy? You can't have it both ways. Try to remember what you just supported before you switch to blaming it on the other party.

[mage]

09:45 PM on 08/22/2011

Murdoch=Hannity, O'Reiley, Palin, Beck= You lie!! Fox News is a joke..And all it's reporters are nothing but mouthpieces for Murdoch, the biggest crook of all.

[AnitaMan]

02:26 AM on 08/23/2011

Fox News...a good balance of 1/2 truths & 1/2 lies

[cuardai]

05:47 AM on 08/23/2011

Umm, more like 0.0000001% truth...

[mage]

09:35 PM on 08/22/2011

Fox is one big joke after Murdoch's scandal..And all the reporters at Fox, or should I call them Republican promoters, have lost credibility..They are nothing but pushers for the Tea Party..They push Tea..

[mage]

09:31 PM on 08/22/2011

Springer is a hero..Hannity , one big, zero!!

[ashabot]

08:43 PM on 08/22/2011

Jerry Springer is a brilliant man and Republicans Hannity and whatshisname are CLOWNS. Pathetic clowns who are yelling and dancing as Rome falls. Their screaming and lying is meaningless. It changes nothing. The Republicans have gutted America and has long since moved their factories and manufacturing to other countries where a new clamoring crowd of hungry peasants will do their bidding. Pathetic. I love Springer. If he ran for Senator, I'd vote for him in a SECOND.

[beerbagger]

08:34 PM on 08/22/2011

We're in serious trouble... people think that politicians can fix this with money. The only money that they have any understanding of are the checks written out to them.

It would be interesting to see how much total campaign money is raised for all of the 2012 elections and how that stacks up.