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dawg

(10,610 posts)
22. Some people can't really understand a problem until they face it themselves.
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 11:24 AM
Dec 2011

It's sad that it's that way, but it really does seem to be the truth.

K&R me b zola Dec 2011 #1
What is your definition of "well to do?" NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #2
I know, but I don't think he's mentioning the million specifics? Merely a GENERAL CONCEPT that Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #5
I retired from an auto factory so I am not rich NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #11
Nope. You and I are the people we DO NOT mention regarding having to pay more taxes Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #12
Property taxes are local, not nation wide issues, Don Bluenorthwest Dec 2011 #13
Don't agree about this not being a federal issue NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #19
I know, Don. People are living on the edge. Right wingers have destroyed this country. Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #25
I'm a Marxist. Tax the 1% at a 99% rate socialist_n_TN Dec 2011 #35
You don't think I would be against that do ya? NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #37
They may not be directly a federal tax issue hootinholler Dec 2011 #28
That much of an increase is unconscionable. dawg Dec 2011 #20
$1200 is what the taxes on our home were when we moved in 22 years ago NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #21
Some people can't really understand a problem until they face it themselves. dawg Dec 2011 #22
And how much of that was attributable to the housing bubble? mmonk Dec 2011 #23
Most of it is attributable to our factories closing up NNN0LHI Dec 2011 #24
I was asking because home re-evaluations mmonk Dec 2011 #27
I haven't noticed that argument. mmonk Dec 2011 #6
The problem is that property tax is now the major form of wealth tax eridani Dec 2011 #26
You have a house? abelenkpe Dec 2011 #29
k&r unapatriciated Dec 2011 #3
I AGREE!!! And you're right. Opposers don't argue their position straight up. nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #4
apparently, it's alright here to call someone defending the President 'morally bankrupt' bigtree Dec 2011 #7
That was not me and I don't condone that approach. mmonk Dec 2011 #10
If I as a gay man decided I could speak to all people based on the words of a few Bluenorthwest Dec 2011 #15
I see bigtree Dec 2011 #17
No sir, I must disagree. dawg Dec 2011 #8
Why do you hate UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #9
hehehe SammyWinstonJack Dec 2011 #16
I'm a proud liberal leftie... ananda Dec 2011 #14
They do have that glazed over look. mmonk Dec 2011 #18
++ Those ideas are only extreme when viewed from an extreme point of view. DirkGently Dec 2011 #30
Exactly. mmonk Dec 2011 #33
purists don't accomplish much. MjolnirTime Dec 2011 #31
define "purist". nt tomp Dec 2011 #34
be careful, or some idiot will call you a PURIST Skittles Dec 2011 #32
I don't see too many people accusing others around here of being WI_DEM Dec 2011 #36
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