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Old 10-17-2008, 07:21 AM
 
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...we do it everyday. The very act of taxation spreads the wealth- to other people, corporations, other countries.

Under a Neocon Republican administration, the wealth is spread to big business, Wall Street, defense contractors and the richest Americans.

Under a Democratic administration, the wealth is spread to people, in the form of education, social services and research.

If I have to pay taxes, and neither candidate (unlike Paul) has any intent to really shrink government and taxes), I'll take my chance with the people. I'm tired of 'spreading the wealth' to Haliburton and Wall Street.
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Old 10-17-2008, 07:23 AM
 
Location: Wilmington, NC
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don't forget, democrats support spreading the wealth to foreign military dictatorships and republicans seem to like nation building.
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Old 10-17-2008, 07:26 AM
 
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don't forget, democrats support spreading the wealth to foreign military dictatorships and republicans seem to like nation building.
Aren't those 2 sides of the same coin?
Keeping Saddam Hussein in office seemed to have been a bipartisan effort, by the way.
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Old 10-17-2008, 07:29 AM
 
Location: Wilmington, NC
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at least when hussein was in office, there were no terrorists in iraq.

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Aren't those 2 sides of the same coin?
Keeping Saddam Hussein in office seemed to have been a bipartisan effort, by the way.
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Old 10-17-2008, 07:30 AM
 
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at least when hussein was in office, there were no terrorists in iraq.
They never got there until we did.
Hey, where's Bin Laden again?
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Old 10-17-2008, 07:33 AM
 
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...we do it everyday. The very act of taxation spreads the wealth- to other people, corporations, other countries.

Under a Neocon Republican administration, the wealth is spread to big business, Wall Street, defense contractors and the richest Americans.

Under a Democratic administration, the wealth is spread to people, in the form of education, social services and research.

If I have to pay taxes, and neither candidate (unlike Paul) has any intent to really shrink government and taxes), I'll take my chance with the people. I'm tired of 'spreading the wealth' to Haliburton and Wall Street.
You keep twisting it that hard and you are likely to pop its head off. Cut it up anyway you like it, Obama supports socialism. While we have aspects of socialism in our nation and it should be cut out, taking the position of "well, billy did it" is nothing short of an excuse of the facts.

Just admit it, you want socialism, you like the idea of using the government to get money. It is a safe way to steal money from the people without ever having to be responsible for it. Admit it, Obama did.
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Old 10-17-2008, 07:34 AM
 
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don't forget, democrats support spreading the wealth to foreign military dictatorships and republicans seem to like nation building.
Surely you jest, or is this just another indication that the Republicans have entered Bizzaro World.
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Old 10-17-2008, 07:44 AM
 
Location: Charlotte
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Cut it up anyway you like it, Obama supports socialism. While we have aspects of socialism in our nation and it should be cut out, taking the position of "well, billy did it" is nothing short of an excuse of the facts.

Just admit it, you want socialism, you like the idea of using the government to get money. It is a safe way to steal money from the people without ever having to be responsible for it. Admit it, Obama did.
"We put those contributions there so as to give the contributors a legal, moral, and political right to collect their pensions and their unemployment benefits. With those taxes in there, no damn politician can ever scrap my social security program." - President Roosevelt

What Socialism programs do you suggest we eliminate? Schools, Fire, Social Security.....
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Old 10-17-2008, 07:48 AM
 
Location: Wilmington, NC
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I'm sorry, did you disagree with something I said?

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Surely you jest, or is this just another indication that the Republicans have entered Bizzaro World.
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Old 10-17-2008, 07:48 AM
 
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You keep twisting it that hard and you are likely to pop its head off. Cut it up anyway you like it, Obama supports socialism. While we have aspects of socialism in our nation and it should be cut out, taking the position of "well, billy did it" is nothing short of an excuse of the facts.

Just admit it, you want socialism, you like the idea of using the government to get money. It is a safe way to steal money from the people without ever having to be responsible for it. Admit it, Obama did.
I hate the idea of using the government to get money. In fact, if you look at my past posts, you'll see that I am a Paul supporter. I was a Goldwater style Republican- small government and personal freedoms. We pay too many taxes, I agree. But in THIS election, you have the choice of using your tax dollars to bailout Wall Street, defense contractors, corporations, NAFTA or use your tax dollars to fund education, research and small businesses. Given those two choices, I pick Obama.
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