Apparently, Terry Jeffrey and his CNSNews.com subordinates are getting paid so well by the Media Research Center that it can blithely mock those less able to absorb the tax increase that would have occurred without a deal to continue the payroll tax reduction.
A Dec. 22 CNS article by Susan Jones, published before House Republicans caved on their demand for a full-year extension and accepted the Senate’s deal for a two-month extension, carries the headline “‘Waa, No Pizza Night’: Sad Stories Roll In at Request of Obama White House.”
Why is “Waa, No Pizza Night” in quotes? We don’t know — nobody in the article is quoted as saying it. Perhaps Jones was quoting a fellow CNS employee.
The only reference to “pizza night” comes from this quote: “Our cable internet bill is $49 per month. If we lose this payroll tax cut then we will have to give up either (our) internet access or possibly our ‘Friday Family Pizza’ night. Either way, we will lose something that brings us together as a family.” Funny, we thought that the conservatives at CNS were all about bringing families together.
If Jeffrey, Jones and their CNS co-workers are so flush with cash that they look down their noses at those less fortunate (and less beneficient of a tax-exempt organization) than them, maybe they can throw a little cash our way.