Give The Boss A (Tax) Break. He’s A Working Class Hero!

Oh, it's must be grand to be a rich liberal - where you can advocate for the little man from your ivory towers, never having to actually mingle with them. One example of such a liberal fool is Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen recently ranted and raved at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, for cutting down on certain programs as it was going to hurt the workers. Never mind that Christie was cutting to stop the spending rot and save the state - no, that was overlooked by The Boss. So, you would think that Mr Springsteen would be at the top of the list for paying all his taxes, without trying to screw the 'workers' - right? If you thought that, then give yourself a stiff kick up the bazooka because you're way too gullible. No, it seems like The Boss only likes to spew vile at people trying to do their jobs efficiently - and especially if they're Republicans - whilst he tries to con those same 'workers' he stood up for recently. Like most liberal elites, they only like to appear to care about the little man when it suits them. The rest of the time they're ducking and diving to avoid paying their fair share of the tax bill - which would help fund those same programs which he was ranting about. Get The Boss a cork - no, make that two! I think Mr Springsteen needs a healthy dose of STFU and pay your taxes please.

Bruce Springsteen built his reputation on being a rock star of the people. He’s not one of these Bono-types who claim to be in touch with the common man while touring the globe on a private jet, swilling champagne and eating beluga caviar off the backs of rare Siberian tigers. No, man, The Boss gets it.


Or so he’d like us to believe.

Recently Springsteen decided to lend his support to working class warriors from his home state by criticizing Gov. Chris Christie and his budget plans for the state of New Jersey:

In a letter to his hometown newspaper, legendary rocker and Garden State icon Bruce Springsteen laments its recent report about how the state was slashing programs that help its poorest citizens while sparing more affluent residents from the budget axe.

“The article is one of the few that highlights the contradictions between a policy of large tax cuts, on the one hand, and cuts in services to those in the most dire conditions, on the other,” Springsteen writes to the editors of the Asbury Park Press. “The cuts are eating away at the lower edges of the middle class, not just those already classified as in poverty, and are likely to continue to get worse over the next few years.”

Good, old Springsteen. Always looking out for the blue collar crowd.


And himself.

Because as it turns out, Mr. Springsteen has been exploiting a few loopholes the New Jersey tax laws for quite some time now.

According to a report by Fox News’ Barbara Nevins Taylor:

Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen have been making hit music for years and its no surprise that they’ve earned enough money to buy big mansions with acres of property, but what might surprise you is the huge tax breaks they, and others, are getting.

It turns out, as far as New Jersey tax collectors are concerned, that they are farmers.

Almost a million acres in New Jersey are certified as farmland. Owners who own at least five acres, practice some kind of agriculture, or manage the trees on their property and sell $500 worth of goods a year qualify for a significant tax break.

They do have to pay the full taxes on their homes, and non-farm property.

Through a trust, Bruce Springsteen owns more than 200 acres in Colts Neck. The taxes for his house and three acres are more than $138,000. But because of the farm tax break, the tax bill on a little more than 200 additional acres is less than $5,000. Town officials say he has horses and an organic farmer working some of the land. A lawyer for the trust had no comment.

So, let me see if I’ve got this right. Chris Christie is a heartless scumbag for proposing cuts to the state’s general assistance programs, but Springsteen is a champion of the common man for, uh, criticizing Christie while not paying his fair share of taxes — taxes that could have been used to support those very programs? Now, are we sure Bruce was really Born In The USA? Because this story is reminding me a whole lot of a certain Irishman I know.

But there’s one final irony and one parting, hypocritical shot to this story that’s just too juicy to leave out.

As it turns out, Christie is a huge Springsteen fan. He even requested that Bruce and his E Street Band play at his inauguration. Not surprisingly, the group was unavailable and Christie was forced to settle for a cover band after being told:

. . . the E Street Band didn’t want to get involved in state politics.

Nope, no politics here. Just a healthy dose of good, old fashioned self-interest.


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