Maher: We Have Lots of Socialism, Taxing the Rich and Are Still ‘Failing the Poor’

During his closing monologue on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that there already is a lot of socialism and taxation of the rich in the U.S., but it’s not really helping.

Maher began by saying, “I paid, to the government, if you add in state tax, local, sales, property, fees, Obamacare, probably almost 60% of what I earned. That’s a lot, and I still wouldn’t mind, if Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) would stop saying the rich don’t pay taxes.”

He then joked, “And while I’m sure the super rich, with their army of accountants and corporate loopholes, get away with murder, us regular rich people pay a shit-ton of taxes, and who stands up and gives us a pat on the back? Nobody, that’s who.”

He then said, “The top 10% pays 72% of all federal income taxes, and the bottom half, 3%. The Democratic