Matt Damon Rips Debt Deal, Republicans, Tea Party (video)

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/02/matt-damon-rips-debt-deal_n_916618.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

Matt Damon went on a populist hitting streak on Saturday, giving voice to progressive frustration simmering in the nation.

Damon, as has been previously reported, spoke at the Save Our Schools March, and afterward, ripped both a reporter who challenged the notion of motivated teachers and a cameraman who insisted 10% of teachers are bad at their jobs. He also took to task Republicans, the Tea Party and what he called the lack of shared sacrifice in both the economy and the just-passed debt ceiling bill.

"I'm so disgusted," he told a reporter about the protracted negotiations. "I mean, no, I don't know what you do in the face of that kind of intransigence. So, my heart does go out to the President. He is dealing with a lot."

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"The wealthy are paying less than they paid at ay time else, certainly in my lifetime, and probably in the last century," Damon said. "I don't know what we were paying in the roaring 20's; it's criminal that so little is asked of people who are getting so much. I don't mind paying more. I really don't mind paying more taxes. I'd rather pay for taxes than cut 'Reading is Fundamental' or Head Start or some of these programs that are really helping kids. This is the greatest country in the world; is it really that much worse if you pay 6% more in taxes? Give me a break. Look at what you get for it: you get to be American."

[Mimosa]

1. Damon's rich.

And smart, decent and unselfish. The Good Shepherd and Green Zone are superb movies, too.

[Forkboy]

2. K&R

[KittyWampus]

3. Damon seems really well spoken.

[Riley18]

4. Matt Damon - product of k-12 public school. Where are the rest of the rich???

[Bryn]

5. Matt Damon

:loveya:

[hootinholler]

6. K&R with my thanks. n/t

[applegrove]

7. He's very brave. Hollywood has been mostly silenced.