Rock you can't bring your Socialist ass into this predominantly conservative forum and talk taxes. These dumbasses all think they pay too much the way it is. They have no concept of the services they are provided for their tax dollar.
"DakotaT" wrote:
I'll take my freedom over any sort of 'service' the government thinks it 'provides' 100% of the time.
"Formo" wrote:
You realize of course, the military that protects you and provides you that freedom is first and foremost on the list of services. Next would be your infrastrutcture you enjoy on a daily basis. Are you eating rice and parsley for dinner every night or grubs. Americans really need a big dose of STFU you spoiled bastards; which includes our poor, who live like kings compared to the third world. You suppose anyone south of the equator would have a lactose intolerance? Formo, do you suppose your tea bag party is about to get it's ass handed it in 2012?
"DakotaT" wrote:
Funny you mention the military. When the government decides to pay them the same wages that the senators and representatives make, then you have a point. I never condoned 0% taxes. I condone LOWER taxes. The taxes I would condone would be the money that would go to roads, military, and your general public protection (police/firefighters/etc).
I'm a tea partier because I believe in their views in principle. Same reason I am a Republican. Not because I like one guy over another.. But because I read both parties (DFL/GOP) 'constitutions' and agreed far more with the GOP's rather than the DFL's.
Contrary to what you all think, I don't blindly vote GOP just because what I stated above.. As you know, just because a guy's got the GOP letter by his name on the ballot doesn't mean he adheres to the same principles I do (McCain is a prime example). If I run across a name on the ballot that I don't recognize (I try to do as much research in my local primaries as possible to avoid that), I simply don't vote on that position.
Sad thing is.. people don't read up on the major political parties platforms and just assume that because one or a few guys in said party vote one way, that they all do. Or they get their political platforms from slanted sources instead of a unbiased one. I'm not saying that's you or anyone else here. But when I'm lumped into a category before I even had a chance show my cards on whatever subject at hand, it gets old and fast.
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