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5. I know a surgical nurse with the same attitude. His dream is a "flat/fair". He thinks all his

Reply to CountAllVotes (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 24, 2014, 11:22 PM

Jul 2014

problems are taxes. Never mind the drinking and gambling problem dude! He keeps his job somehow though.

Those guys like that idea, obviously because they imagine they will be paying less, but would that be the case? The reality is that despite this fantasy that we can starve government by restricting what they collect, if someone pays less, someone else will pay more. Congessman survive by pork. That ain't gonna happen.

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Why does no one talk about how much the top 1% make off the rest of us taxpayers? [View all] brewens Jul 2014 OP

A "friend" was questioning me the other day ... CountAllVotes Jul 2014 #1

This idea occurred to me years ago when a conservative friend was working for Microsoft. brewens Jul 2014 #2

Frankly, I just don't get it CountAllVotes Jul 2014 #4

I know a surgical nurse with the same attitude. His dream is a "flat/fair". He thinks all his brewens Jul 2014 #5

Well that $1,000,000 house has taxes on it CountAllVotes Jul 2014 #6

Because they only want to talk about what they pay in taxes... kentuck Jul 2014 #3