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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:23 AM Original message |
If you want decent care for Vets, you have to PAY MORE TAXES |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. So tell that to all the rich billionaires and corporations that |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. Tell them to quit shipping our taxes to corporate globalists |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. THANK YOU |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 02:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Skittles, will you adopt me? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 03:26 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. I do most of my posting in the middle of the night, denali girl |
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Suziq (953 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 08:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. I Agree |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. Yes, "These are OUR veterans", "These are OUR roads and schools" |
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mchill (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. I can tell you |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Welcome to DU |
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spag68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. Hey there |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. I'm on SSDI, but I vote YES when there's a mil levy increase... |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. OR-- we have to stop blowing up our tax dollars in an illegal, unjust and immoral war. really is |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. finally, a voice of reason |
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Thevenin (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. Taxes are "Our" Commons |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Welcome to DU. |
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Thevenin (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Thanks |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 02:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. We're a cantankerous bunch - |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 02:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Cantankerous |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. Before we talk about paying more tax... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That is what happens when you put in charge |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Hard to believe electing govt-haters will improve govt services |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 01:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Yep hard to beleive |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 01:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. 1980 - Reagan wins - Hostages released on Inaug Day - Anybody smell a skunk? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 02:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Oh definitely |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
63. bingo |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Thank you! |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. That's just silly |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. pay what you used to |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I'd Come Out Ahead |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. Or get rid of the assholes who waste your taxes on shit you don't want |
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bentley (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 01:25 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Don't forget the bridge to no where, the rain forest in Iowa, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Welcome to DU |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
17. First of all, there are BILLIONS being thrown away in graft and/or |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
20. Or, the dollars could be spent properly |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
25. Yeah, right. |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
59. Great post! eom |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
27. Where I live, I pay no sales tax. None. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 02:06 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. As a Medic I saw that all the time |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I love that term.... "the hired help"... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 02:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You see it anywhere actually where there is money |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 02:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Your post pushed me over the edge. -- Recommended! |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 02:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Well said! |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 07:18 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Taxpayers do allocate |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. It's not a dodge ... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Be insulted, then |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I was replying to your OP, not your philosophical overview ... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Most people seemed to get that it was philosophical all along |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. The last refuge of one who cannot defend his position ... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I've defended my position throughout |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. You defended your words ... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:17 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Ay yay yay |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. I would like to see that put into law, a separate page on our |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
40. Do you seriously mean to imply that throwing more money at it solves management problems? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. You damn skippy |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. Hear, hear! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
48. that's not entirely true |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
50. Taxes are our dues to be members of this society. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
54. Or you could just cut spending for other programs |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-21-07 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
55. 400 billion dollars on an illegal, immoral war |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
58. Actually there are two options, raise taxes, |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
60. ummm... we pay a lot of taxes but the money is mismanaged |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
61. I agree in principle, |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-22-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
62. Yup and if you wage war taxes should not go down.. |
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