Nice: Mick Jagger
For sticking up for Margaret Thatcher and for revealing that he is a “closet conservative.”
Naughty: NYC Voters
For electing tax-hike proponent Bill DeBlasio.
Nice: Jimmy Hoffa Jr.
For his op-ed in The Wall Street Journal noting that Obamacare “will destroy the very health and well-being of our members along with millions of other hardworking Americans.”
Naughty: President Obama
#selfie
Nice: Jon Stewart
For doing a better job at pointing out the failure of Obamacare than any professional journalist.
Naughty: Lobbyist David French
While lobbying for an Internet tax, called the Constitution an outdated “18th century document.”
Nice: Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood
For ripping apart Obamacare in front of 16 million people during their performance at the Country Music Awards.
Naughty: Kathleen Sebelius
Among other things, telling Congress that “The website never crashed.”
Nice: Bono
For praising Ireland’s comparatively low tax rates: “Tax competitiveness has taken our country out of poverty.”
Naughty: Dick Durbin
For sullying the good name of Joe McCarthy.
Nice: Kansas Governor Sam Brownback
For his push to make Kansas tax rates as flat as the state.
Naughty: Whoever thought this was a good idea
Nice: Phil Mickelson
Fore pointing out that California’s hostile tax code is driving people out of the state.
Naughty: Liberal Billionaire Tom Steyer
For proving the Democrats only want conservative money out of politics.
Nice: Farmers in Brittany, France
For burning their crops in a Boston Tea Party-like tax revolt.
Naughty: SEC
For stalling privacy legislation that would prevent them from snooping in your emails.
Nice: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott
For sweeping to victory in opposition to the carbon tax.
Naughty: NSA
They know why.
Nice: Shaq
For endorsing Chris Christie for governor of New Jersey.
Naughty: National Retail Federation
For funding Dick Durbin’s effort to tax the Internet.
Nice: Ashton Kutcher
“I believe that opportunity looks a lot like work.”
Naughty: Katy Perry
For pushing Obamacare on her fans.
Nice: The Robertson Family
Because America.
Naughty: Virginia Speaker Bill Howell
For shepherding Gov. Bob McDonnell’s massive tax increase through the General Assembly.
Nice: Ezra Klein
For urging Democrats to take tax hikes off the table.
Naughty: Governor Bob McDonnell
For pulling out all the stops to pass the largest tax increase in Virginia history, thereby squandering Republican control of the Commonwealth.
Nice: WWII Honor Flight Vets
Naughty: Lois Lerner
For bringing the charm of the NSA to the IRS.
Nice: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
For making Marion Berry’s crack habit look temperate.
Naughty: President Obama
Nice: Mindy Kaling
For being “very pro-gun.”
Naughty: Jay Carney
He’ll have to refer you to Santa’s elves for the answer.
Nice: Bill Clinton
For calling out President Obama on his broken promise that “if you like your healthcare plan, you can keep your healthcare plan. Period.”
Naughty: President Obama
Nice: Texas Public Policy Foundation
For exporting the Texas criminal justice reform model to other states.
Naughty: Peter the Great
For introducing the Beard Tax in 1705.
Nice: Libek and Fiscal Coalition of Serbia
For their “Defend Your Wallet” campaign and for organizing Serbia’s first-ever taxpayer rally.
Naughty: President Obama
Nice: Tea Party Italia
For spearheading the Italian tax pledge.
Naughty: Sydney Leathers
For helping DeBlasio get elected as NYC mayor.
Nice: Colorado Voters
For overwhelmingly rejecting a tax hike on “the rich” in order to fund teachers unions.
Naughty: President Obama
Nice: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder
For signing Right-to-Work into law in Michigan.
Naughty: Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley
For taxing snow (rain tax).
Nice: NC Speaker Thom Tillis, Senate President Phil Berger, and Governor Pat McCrory
For enacting the most significant tax reform in decades in North Carolina.
Naughty: President Obama