Stephen King, Wealthy Author And Maine/Florida Resident, On Taxing The Rich

"Let me tell ya something. In Maine last November, three candidates ran. The tea party candidate won by one percent. The guy's a 'minority' governor, and you know what? He's a stone brain.

"And I thought to myself, 'Well that's all right---I'm a snowbird. I'm gonna go to Florida and things will be better in Florida. And on the way down here I heard about this guy in Wisconsin. His name was Walker and apparently he wanted to stop collective bargaining. That's supposed to balance the budget, that's supposed to be the magic bullet. So you've got LePage in Maine, Walker in Wisconsin and Scott in Florida. It's Larry, Curly and Moe. […]

"As a rich person I pay 28 percent tax. What I want to ask you is, why am I not paying fifty? Why is everybody in my bracket not paying fifty? The Republicans will tell you---from John Boehner to Mitch McConnell to Rick Scott---that we can't do that because if we tax guys like me there won’t be any jobs. It's bull! It's total bull! […]

"If you like the weekend, thank a union guy. If you like a 40-hour week, thank a union guy. If you like a day's honest pay for a day's honest work, thank a union guy."