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brewens

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6. It's our money in more ways than just that. The 1% rake in much of our tax dollars. That's

Reply to CompanyFirstSergeant (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 7, 2016, 09:29 PM

Apr 2016

what they spend billions on lobbyists for. It's not just what they could have been taxed. You don't buy a government and tax system and come out with the short end of the stick. It's a lot like the ruling class taxing the peasants in the middle ages.

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We could use that money... CompanyFirstSergeant Apr 2016 #1

exactly, that's our money that should be used for us saturnsring Apr 2016 #2

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