The Crystal Ball is getting scary...

[softball]

Originally Posted by andreajmata

Whoa, wait. 33% of Americans don't pay ANY TAXES AT ALL. - We've had one, and *everyone* agrees that there should be another, "Economic Stimulus Package. Those 33% of Americans - ya know, the ones that pay no taxes, and already get EIC - they benefit from that. That's free money! Oh wait. No it isn't. It's MY money. Me, - yeah... with NO debt, No credit cards, and a "middle class" income. I'm certainly not living beyond my means. Why the fuck to *they* get to redistribute *MY* wealth?

The idiots in adjustable rate mortgages should have done more research before buying a house. The assholes that conned those po' ignant' people should be strung up by their petards, but they're too busy floating away on their golden parachutes, courtesy of the bailout that *I'm* going to end up paying for.

Oh, and my war? Nope - I'm a card carrying Libertarian and I said THEN that we had no business in Iraq.

If you pay for it, it is your war.

[miz_wright]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

If you pay for it, it is your war.

Sad part is that because I pay my taxes, I am being forced to pay in support for a war I opposed, by candidates I didn't elect.

I'm pretty sure you know that half the country voted against Bush and his warmongering cronism approaches to pretty much everything. So it's a little ridiculous to tar us all with that brush.

I strongly believe that I should be able to choose the initiatives I would like my financial support to be thrown behind - sadly, as the US is established as a representative republic, I am not provided that option. So the best I can do is work at the grassroots level to make changes *I* believe in until the allegedly elected "officials" are aligned with me. Sadly, that's not really all that likely to happen.