Can we roll back the GWB years? That would be a HUGE start in the right direction. If we could un-fvck Iraq, that would also be good.
That's nice. You're taking personal credit for the fact that I'm "free"?
Just so we can be clear on this, you've suckled at the teat of the American taxpayer for the past 28 years and are now pissed that someone has to pay for the milk?
This 100%. What's interesting is that most of the "moderates" on here either used to be Republicans, or would have agreed with Republican fiscal theory in the mid 1990s. Those were the days of cutting government waste, (somewhat) reasonable cuts to programs like welfare, trimming back our military and allowing the additional revenue generated by the Clinton tax increases in 1993 to close the budget deficit.
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Must spread rep.Just so we can be clear on this, you've suckled at the teat of the American taxpayer for the past 28 years and are now pissed that someone has to pay for the milk?
Dude, you just took my whipping boy role. That being said, when I was in that higher tax rate group I had the same opinions as you. When I stepped back to look at it when no longer in that range, it's pretty clear that we (anyone making less than $1mm/year ) see no benefit from lower taxes.I knew I shouldn't have posted in this thread!
Oh yeah, they're coming for you. You remember the bankers pushing the whole "contracts are sacred" when it comes to a non-recourse loan on a house they didn't bother doing any underwriting on? They don't consider your retiree benefits to be sacred. They'll have GFF at a Wal-Mart greeting people until he bleeds out, and then they'll send his family a bill for every unit of blood Wal-Clinic's assistant licensed junior nurse associate tried to put into him.
What's worse is they are often the ones who have given the least, if anything.
War mongering GOP'ers hypocritical? How long has this been going on?
I had given up on thinking that anyone could ever change anyone else's mind in this day in age. Props to you for keeping an open mind.
If Romney gets the nomination, and the Democrats are too stupid to put together the most obvious attack ad in the world, they deserve to lose and Satan can complete his plan and wreak chaos on the planet for 4-8 years, as far as I'm concerned:
Me too...coming up on 22 years personally in uniform next month. You owe me bitches...so I am entitled to some righteous indignation. Someone get me a beer.
Owe you??? You get some cushy job, a fat pension, and an overpaid salary and you expect us to owe you? More like you owe us taxpayers, BIG TIME, and it's time that you stop ripping us off to the tune of billions of dollars per year. Your health care (funded by the US taxpayer) is far better than what the ordinary McDonalds worker gets, and you get to retire after 20 years. Seriously? Talk about sucking the American taxpayer dry, you guys have been scamming us for years now and it's time that you give something back. Enough with the overpaid salaries, enough with the overly generous health care plans, I mean, hell, what private sector job actually pays for HOUSING!??!? It's time that you start contributing to American society and stop raping us taxpayers blind. We're Taxed Enough Already!!
My dental sucks, too. At least my medical is on;y $1280 a month for me + family. My employer covers HALF of my coverage, otherwise it would be about $1500 a month.
Dental insurance always sucks balls.
Wow...I WAS kidding aound, btw. Sarcasm font was on and all...but screw you Dante, and the horse you rode in on. Overpaid Right. Thats why my wife had to go on WIC for both our kids. Ripping off taxpayers? Yeah right. I personally rip off taxpayers every day. Try the contractors hired by the Pentagon, and the lack of oversight afforded by lowest bidder contracts. Overly generous health care plans? Are you expected to willingly go into harms way in the course of your job? Are you deployed and away from your family in austere, hostile environments for months and years at at time? My daughter is 5, and I have been away for 3 of her birthdays and Xmases. Time that I start contributing to society? Eat a dick. What have YOU done to make this country a better place? What have YOU doen for anyone other than yourself? Fat pension my ass...thats why we struggle to find work after retirement and end up bagging groceries at the Commisary for tips. I could go on and on...I certainly hope you were kidding around and trying to be funny, and if you were I retract my comments, but if you were anywhere near serious, go **** yourself.
I know Dante meant it as an analogy but I fear it is more of a a preview. Unions are a more natural target as they tend to vote Democrat but how long do you think it will be before the anti government types turn on military personnel? It will be just another thing the most selfish amongst us don't want to pay for. Hell, they already don't want to pay for 9/11 responders.Wow...I WAS kidding aound, btw. Sarcasm font was on and all...but screw you Dante, and the horse you rode in on. Overpaid Right. Thats why my wife had to go on WIC for both our kids. Ripping off taxpayers? Yeah right. I personally rip off taxpayers every day. Try the contractors hired by the Pentagon, and the lack of oversight afforded by lowest bidder contracts. Overly generous health care plans? Are you expected to willingly go into harms way in the course of your job? Are you deployed and away from your family in austere, hostile environments for months and years at at time? My daughter is 5, and I have been away for 3 of her birthdays and Xmases. Time that I start contributing to society? Eat a dick. What have YOU done to make this country a better place? What have YOU doen for anyone other than yourself? Fat pension my ass...thats why we struggle to find work after retirement and end up bagging groceries at the Commisary for tips. I could go on and on...I certainly hope you were kidding around and trying to be funny, and if you were I retract my comments, but if you were anywhere near serious, go **** yourself.
JohnE said:
dante said:
You might want to get that sarcasm font calibrated, appears it doesn't convert well between XP and Win7. Think "school teacher" instead of "you", and change "for housing" to "for summers off". Now read it again.
