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Originally posted by endisnighe
reply to post by evil incarnate
Tax funded infrastructure?
What the hell are you talking about?
So the government built the internet now?
The government placed all those cables and phone lines? The government set up the servers, YES THE ONES THEY USE TO TRACK EVERYTHING, maybe.
Wow, to some people the government taxation provides everything nowadays. Hell without taxes my labor would not exist. Without taxes my job would not exist. Without taxes food would not exist.
Get a frelling different argument, that one is as idiotic as they come.
Originally posted by 12GaugePermissionSlip
reply to post by 547000
I don't think conservatives have a problem with charity. I think they have a problem with a system that robs from Peter to pay Paul.
That is BS and I can prove it. Since you equate paying taxes with charity, I pose this; If conservatives don't have a problem with charity, why not think of taxes as giving to charity? Your next line answers this question, "I think they have a problem with a system that robs from Peter to pay Paul." You consider it to be robbery to pay taxes, or in the context of the question, charity. You shouldn't be forced to do so, is the belief. You are only forced when you don't do it voluntarily, ergo: you don't want to give to charity voluntarily, because you have a problem with giving to charity.
I find it funny how you can make one statement and follow it up with a contradiction.
Originally posted by 12GaugePermissionSlip
The study's authors also concluded that conservatives have less tolerance for ambiguity, a trait they say is exemplified when George Bush says things like, "Look, my job isn't to try to nuance. My job is to tell people what I think," and "I'm the decider." Those who think the world is highly dangerous and those with the greatest fear of death are the most likely to be conservative.