Stephen King tells rich people upset over tax increases: 'Tough s**t'

Wealthy Americans adverse to paying higher taxes may have found a new enemy in famous novelist Stephen King, who lashed out at his fellow high income earners Monday afternoon for complaining about a possible increase in their rates.

In a brutally candid and colorful op-ed column for The Daily Beast, King was relentless in his criticism of rich people upset over tax increases and Republican figures who defend them.

"Tough shit for you guys, because I’m not tired of talking about it," King said. "I’ve known rich people, and why not, since I’m one of them? The majority would rather douse their dicks with lighter fluid, strike a match, and dance around singing 'Disco Inferno' than pay one more cent in taxes to Uncle Sugar."

"Here’s another crock of fresh bullshit delivered by the right wing of the Republican Party (which has become, so far as I can see, the only wing of the Republican Party): the richer rich people get, the more jobs they create. Really? I have a total payroll of about 60 people, most of them working for the two radio stations I own in Bangor, Maine. If I hit the movie jackpot—as I have, from time to time—and own a piece of a film that grosses $200 million, what am I going to do with it? Buy another radio station? I don’t think so, since I’m losing my shirt on the ones I own already. But suppose I did, and hired on an additional dozen folks. Good for them. Whoopee-ding for the rest of the economy."

King, who praised Warren Buffett several times through his op-ed for pushing for the rich to pay higher taxes, showed no signs of running out of stinging analogies for those on the right.

The Buffett Rule is a tax plan that would apply a minimum tax rate of 30 percent on individuals making more than a million dollars a year. The rule has however drawn some criticism from the left for potentially locking in the Bush tax cuts.

King joins Buffett, Bill Gates, and Russell Simmons among a list of wealthy, well known Americans to push for higher taxes on the rich.