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Old 09-17-2010, 04:30 PM
 
Location: Long Island (chief in S Farmingdale)
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Dude! Please tell me you trying to be funny and this is not how you write!
Take a look through his posting history....
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Old 09-17-2010, 04:35 PM
 
Location: Blankity-blank!
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Why don't all Americans open Swiss bank accounts? It's a good place to stash cash and the Swiss will not reveal the account owners.
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Old 09-17-2010, 04:58 PM
 
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What wouldn't be fair,someone paying less than you or someone paying more than you?
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And what if the guy at the top pays 50%?
And what about the guy that sweeps the floors,he only pay 18%?

The example you display doesnt sound fair as both sides arent paying the same.
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Old 09-17-2010, 08:28 PM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
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BULL! The only reason that group "uses their money to employ us" is they profit from our work. Damn bleeding heart NeoConfused
How well do the poor pay???
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Old 09-17-2010, 08:29 PM
 
Location: North Cackelacky....in the hills.
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The example you display doesnt sound fair as both sides arent paying the same.
But that is how our current system is...those who make more,pay more.

A large proportion of people pay NO federal income tax....
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Old 09-17-2010, 08:45 PM
 
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Class envy much?
Apparently McConnell has class envy - he thinks the poor have it better than the rich.
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Old 09-17-2010, 08:58 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Where are all the cons who are always excoriating the Obamas for their "lavish" lifestyle? What do they think about McConnell's sudden case of empathy for the uber-wealthy.
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Old 09-17-2010, 08:58 PM
 
Location: The Greater Houston Metro Area
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Dude! Please tell me you trying to be funny and this is not how you write!
Well, he did spell marijuana correctly.
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Old 09-17-2010, 09:02 PM
 
Location: The Greater Houston Metro Area
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A lot, if not most, of the GOP supporters desperately want to feel they are among those few the Repubs actually represent. The reality is, they are not, they are looked at just as undeserving as the rest.
Yes, but the rich get them to vote against their own best interest. I noticed a couple of posters here that are doing it. They do not realize how they are laughed at behind their backs.
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Old 09-17-2010, 09:04 PM
 
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Both political parties were unanimous in extending unemployment to the people out of work.
Um, you must have missed (or selectively ignored) the republican filibuster blocking unemployment benefits to 1.2 million Americans this last June.
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