NCGOP Political Quiz of the Day

For all our political junkie friends, the NCGOP has pulled together a political quiz to test your knowledge of what’s going on this election cycle. Our quiz revolves around one central question:

What do Comedian Al Franken and Larry Kissell have in common?

Q. What do comedian Al Franken and Larry Kissell have in common?

a) They are both running for federal office
b) They are both liberal
c) They have both saved thousands of dollars by not paying employee benefits and taxes
d) All of the above

A. d) All of the above – Al Franken is running for U.S. Senate in Minnesota and Larry Kissell is running for Congress in North Carolina. Both are liberals, and despite their populist rhetoric, they both have saved thousands of dollars by not paying benefits on their employees and certain taxes. When confronted, Franken admitted that he failed to pay thousands of dollars in income taxes and he also admitted not paying thousands of dollars in worker’s compensation premiums (required under the law). When confronted, Larry Kissell admitted not having paid even a penny of the thousands of dollars in payroll taxes owed on the workers in his campaign – nor has he ever paid worker’s compensation.

Q. What do comedian Al Franken and Larry Kissell have in common?

a) They are willing to fix their tax problems
b) They have apologized for not following the law
c) They have paid the back taxes they owe
d) None of the above

A. d) None of the above – Although Al Franken’s actions are reprehensible and fly in the face of his “pro-worker” rhetoric, he has apologized for not paying and said he would pay all the taxes and worker’s compensation he owes. Kissell on the other hand said he would change his practice of not paying taxes on his workers in July, but continued to maintain that offloading thousands of dollars in taxes on his workers was the way they really wanted it.

Q. What do comedian Al Franken and Larry Kissell have in common?

a) They are both properly paying their campaign employees
b) Their campaign employees are eligible for unemployment and disability benefits
c) Their campaign employees are receiving health care benefits
d) None of the above

A. d) None of the above – Al Franken has been quick with the class warfare and populist rhetoric – and slow to correct his tax issues and problems with worker’s compensation. Franken does treat his campaign workers appropriately, by classifying them as employees. Larry Kissell has misclassified his campaign workers as “consultants” so he can offload thousands of dollars in payroll taxes. By doing this, Kissell – who is also quick with class warfare and populist rhetoric – is denying his employees the ability to file for unemployment benefits, disability benefits, or health care benefits.