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Manu-Koelbren User ID: 1312616 Spain 01/09/2013 11:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I love it when people try to make you believe that most tax money goes to these things. Or that it is not state and local taxes that actually pay for most of them. Unbelievable. True. Banned as usual. It is far easier to be a weakling than to be a Real Man. Were the Earth less harsh or the circumstances of life less austere, man would destroy himself before the shrine of the languid goddess. Only Real Men can with safety destroy the tangled forests and wilderness of Earth and make from them gardens, but will those who inherit the gardens be Real Men? The law decrees that they must be, or the wilderness will reclaim its own. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1365674 United States 01/09/2013 11:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I consider myself a Patriot and I dont mind paying taxes for the things mentions in that "meme." Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17552394 HOWEVER.. I DO NOT support the gross misspending of my taxes on everything EXCEPT the things mentioned.. Because its pretty fucking obvious OUR money is not spend ^^^ there!! FUCKERS How is the infrastructure in your area people? I know damn well that the "gas" tax that is supposed to go to infrastructure hasn't been seen in my area. About 3 months ago the DOT put in a culvert just down the road from my house. This is a paved road. So, they put it in and filled in the gap with gravel. Every couple weeks they would lay some more gravel down and bring the plow to even it out. This went on for months. All of the money they spent maintaining that little gravel patch (5-10 ft) they could have paved it many, many times over. It's like a bunch of monkeys are in charge. A highschool kid could have done a better job managing. |
TDJ User ID: 26423286 United States 01/09/2013 11:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Feds spend more money than anyone and don't produce anything. They simply steal other peoples property and give to countries that hate us and bums who refuse to produce anything. If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already. Bob Marley The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809) Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. Bruce Lee |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 7843669 United States 01/09/2013 11:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thomas Jefferson letter to Joseph Milligan 1816 Category: Taxation To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it. [link to patriotpost.us] |
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TidesofTruth User ID: 1838356 United States 01/10/2013 12:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Historic Definition of Who the Patriots Were! The Boston Tea Party The Patriots were determined to prevent the tea on these ships from being landed on American soil, because if it were, a tax would be due upon it. Parliament had passed a new law, the Tea Act of 1773, which kept a small tax of three pence on all English tea brought into the American colonies. This shipment of tea was from the East India Company, and it would be consigned, or sold, only to seven Boston merchants selected by the East India Company. They were all loyal to the British government. Tea was imported regularly to the American Colonies starting in the early 1720s. By the 1760s, colonists were consuming 1.2 million pounds of tea a year. Both men and women had come to enjoy it as an everyday beverage, although it was most popular among the ladies of cosmopolitan communities such as Boston. England soon realized that it could make more money on the tea trade by imposing new taxes. This made English tea very expensive. In response to the increase in the price of English tea, colonists began smuggling cheaper tea from Holland. While Parliament knew about the smuggling, it had a hard time enforcing the law. There were not enough customs officials in the colonies, and the nooks and crannies of the American coastline made it easy to find ways to smuggle goods into the colonies. In 1767 Parliament responded to smuggling by passing the Indemnity Act. This repealed the duty on tea and made English the same price as Dutch tea. This pleased both the English East India Company and law-abiding colonial merchants. However, Parliament also passed the Townshend Acts in 1767, which once again put a tax on tea. The colonists protested against the taxes for many reasons. They believed that Britain was unfairly using the taxes to help pay for British troops sent to America during the French and Indian War (1754-1763). Perhaps most importantly, they felt that Parliament did not have the right to tax them because the American colonies had no representative in Parliament. The colonists believed that only taxes they were able to vote on were legal. The Sons of Liberty, a group of colonists organized to protest English rule, warned merchants, artisans, and others that more unjust laws would follow. Colonists began to boycott British goods to protest taxes. As tea was the most common and widely used of the newly taxed items, attention was focused on the tea tax. The anti-British movement and the boycott of British goods were successful. In the spring of 1770, Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts and the duties on all items except tea [link to www.oldsouthmeetinghouse.org] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 25392795 Canada 01/10/2013 01:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" slogan used by so many people in America. Are those supporters ... patriots or only ignorants? So many definition of 'patriot' word ... easy to get confused. So many wars so many victims so much destruction worldwide and still 'support our troops' sticker is very popular. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 31842963 Australia 01/10/2013 01:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I consider myself a Patriot and I dont mind paying taxes for the things mentions in that "meme." Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17552394 HOWEVER.. I DO NOT support the gross misspending of my taxes on everything EXCEPT the things mentioned.. Because its pretty fucking obvious OUR money is not spend ^^^ there!! FUCKERS Its mostly on the military right? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 4428411 United States 01/10/2013 06:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" slogan used by so many people in America. Are those supporters ... patriots or only ignorants? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25392795 So many definition of 'patriot' word ... easy to get confused. So many wars so many victims so much destruction worldwide and still 'support our troops' sticker is very popular. The whole idea behind the "support our troops" slogan is that it isn't their fault that they are committing such unpatriotic actions--It is the government's fault, which with intensity commands them to do disgusting things else their lives and family's lives will be forfeit. You can be patriotic and support the people of your country, while knowing that we are in fact under the control of a brutal regime. They will monitor us, strip us of our free speech, disarm us. They will sexually assault us when we wish to travel. They will shoot our dogs, who are simply trying to protect us, when they break into our homes. I'm not sure what being patriotic is, anymore. It certainly isn't something that is seen often. It would probably be the rare person who stands up for America and against the establishment without fear for their lives and without hiding behind a computer screen. Those people have long since perished, I'm afraid. |
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CtYankee User ID: 30129105 United States 01/10/2013 06:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I consider myself a Patriot and I dont mind paying taxes for the things mentions in that "meme." Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17552394 HOWEVER.. I DO NOT support the gross misspending of my taxes on everything EXCEPT the things mentioned.. Because its pretty fucking obvious OUR money is not spend ^^^ there!! FUCKERS How is the infrastructure in your area people? I know damn well that the "gas" tax that is supposed to go to infrastructure hasn't been seen in my area. About 3 months ago the DOT put in a culvert just down the road from my house. This is a paved road. So, they put it in and filled in the gap with gravel. Every couple weeks they would lay some more gravel down and bring the plow to even it out. This went on for months. All of the money they spent maintaining that little gravel patch (5-10 ft) they could have paved it many, many times over. It's like a bunch of monkeys are in charge. A highschool kid could have done a better job managing. In Ct it is called "job security" There is a 3' stream with a "Bridge" over it down the road....it is collapsing....so instead of just doing what me and my neighbors would call "fix it right"....they come in about every 4 months....block off the road and "repair" it. This has gone on for as long as I can remember......more than 10 years......job security!! CtYankee "If at first you don't succeed, erase all evidence that you tried." -anonymous -Spouting a fountain of nonsense since 1972- Never met anyone important enough to lie to..... |
IssueX User ID: 14348632 United States 01/10/2013 07:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I consider myself a Patriot and I dont mind paying taxes for the things mentions in that "meme." Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17552394 HOWEVER.. I DO NOT support the gross misspending of my taxes on everything EXCEPT the things mentioned.. Because its pretty fucking obvious OUR money is not spend ^^^ there!! FUCKERS How is the infrastructure in your area people? I know damn well that the "gas" tax that is supposed to go to infrastructure hasn't been seen in my area. About 3 months ago the DOT put in a culvert just down the road from my house. This is a paved road. So, they put it in and filled in the gap with gravel. Every couple weeks they would lay some more gravel down and bring the plow to even it out. This went on for months. All of the money they spent maintaining that little gravel patch (5-10 ft) they could have paved it many, many times over. It's like a bunch of monkeys are in charge. A highschool kid could have done a better job managing. In Ct it is called "job security" There is a 3' stream with a "Bridge" over it down the road....it is collapsing....so instead of just doing what me and my neighbors would call "fix it right"....they come in about every 4 months....block off the road and "repair" it. This has gone on for as long as I can remember......more than 10 years......job security!! haha, so true. In CT every summer the roads are blocked for the patchwork "repair" - i.e. slapping down new asphalt over the holes, keeping the DeTomaso boys busy . By winter the ice starts tearing apart the blacktop and it's potholes as usual I was so shocked when I first went to Canada. Despite the ice and snow the roads were perfect - and concrete. Roads built to last, what's that? |
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CtYankee User ID: 30129105 United States 01/10/2013 08:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I consider myself a Patriot and I dont mind paying taxes for the things mentions in that "meme." Quoting: Anonymous Coward 17552394 HOWEVER.. I DO NOT support the gross misspending of my taxes on everything EXCEPT the things mentioned.. Because its pretty fucking obvious OUR money is not spend ^^^ there!! FUCKERS How is the infrastructure in your area people? I know damn well that the "gas" tax that is supposed to go to infrastructure hasn't been seen in my area. About 3 months ago the DOT put in a culvert just down the road from my house. This is a paved road. So, they put it in and filled in the gap with gravel. Every couple weeks they would lay some more gravel down and bring the plow to even it out. This went on for months. All of the money they spent maintaining that little gravel patch (5-10 ft) they could have paved it many, many times over. It's like a bunch of monkeys are in charge. A highschool kid could have done a better job managing. In Ct it is called "job security" There is a 3' stream with a "Bridge" over it down the road....it is collapsing....so instead of just doing what me and my neighbors would call "fix it right"....they come in about every 4 months....block off the road and "repair" it. This has gone on for as long as I can remember......more than 10 years......job security!! haha, so true. In CT every summer the roads are blocked for the patchwork "repair" - i.e. slapping down new asphalt over the holes, keeping the DeTomaso boys busy . By winter the ice starts tearing apart the blacktop and it's potholes as usual I was so shocked when I first went to Canada. Despite the ice and snow the roads were perfect - and concrete. Roads built to last, what's that? A lot of very old road in Iowa I have traveled on are concrete and in much better shape than any "new" asphalt road CtYankee "If at first you don't succeed, erase all evidence that you tried." -anonymous -Spouting a fountain of nonsense since 1972- Never met anyone important enough to lie to..... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 31215292 United States 01/10/2013 09:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don;t have a problem paying for infrastructure and support services that enhance commerce and help generate said taxes. I have a problem with waste and political profiteering. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18124636 Most all infrastructure has been paid for by the gas tax - that is, if they didn't steal it for something else. There's no need for guilt about anything. |