Ronny Chieng (performing a bit)

Kids, don't get in that guy's van! Don't do it! So while it may look to the untrained eye that a news organization is sponsoring a grassroots partisan tax revolt, it would be a very narrow reading.

Kids, don't get in that guy's van! Don't do it! So while it may look to the untrained eye that a news organization is sponsoring a grassroots partisan tax revolt, it would be a very narrow reading.

I don't know if you understand what sponsorship means. You may not be paying for the honor, but when you put your network's initials in front of the words Tea Party, as in FNC Tax Day Tea Parties, it implies, if not direct sponsorship, a certain amount of ownership. For instance, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Or the Buick Invitational. Or Larry Flint's Hustler Club. By the way, great neighbors.

I don't know if you understand what sponsorship means. You may not be paying for the honor, but when you put your network's initials in front of the words Tea Party, as in FNC Tax Day Tea Parties, it implies, if not direct sponsorship, a certain amount of ownership. For instance, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. Or the Buick Invitational. Or Larry Flint's Hustler Club. By the way, great neighbors.

One block down to the right. This afternoon, President Bush signed into law the extension of his tax cut package, a $70 billion giveback, despite a deficit that stands around $300 trillion. Here to provide some insight is our resident expert, John Hodgman. John, thank you so much for being here.

One block down to the right. This afternoon, President Bush signed into law the extension of his tax cut package, a $70 billion giveback, despite a deficit that stands around $300 trillion. Here to provide some insight is our resident expert, John Hodgman. John, thank you so much for being here.

I guess the issue is a lot of people are upset, not so much at the tax cut, but who the tax cut appears to be aimed at.

I guess the issue is a lot of people are upset, not so much at the tax cut, but who the tax cut appears to be aimed at.

The way you've explained the tax cuts, it really doesn't seem very fair.

The way you've explained the tax cuts, it really doesn't seem very fair.

Well, I suppose not.

Well, I suppose not.

I actually, I never knew that.

I actually, I never knew that.

John, what is the economic justification for extending the tax cuts?

John, what is the economic justification for extending the tax cuts?

It may be true in theory, but it does seem in recent years that the gap between rich and poor... No, no, between the citizens and Morlocks, I think. The gap between citizens and Morlocks has widened under these programs.

It may be true in theory, but it does seem in recent years that the gap between rich and poor... No, no, between the citizens and Morlocks, I think. The gap between citizens and Morlocks has widened under these programs.

I know the... You're saying that he could be visited by more than three ghosts?

I know the... You're saying that he could be visited by more than three ghosts?