Posted on 02/26/2012 1:05:13 PM PST by John Semmens
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner advised taxpayers to “quit complaining, taxes are what you pay for the privilege of being an American.”
“You know, there are places in the world where the government can take everything you have,” Geithner observed. “The fact that you get to keep anything here ought to inspire a greater appreciation for your own government’s forbearance.”
The Secretary warned those he called the “one-percenters,” that “government is the only thing preventing the other 99% from murdering you and looting your property. The protection we offer ought to be worth whatever it costs. Quibbling over the price of this protection may be an unwise course.”
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Since when is slavery a privilege?
So are we to assume that 49.5 of non tax paying citizens are not afforded the privileges extended to tax paying Americans?
Sheesh!
This coming from a guy who didn’t pay his and blamed it on a computer program
Says the tax-evader.
Didn't The Won actually say something to that effect a couple of years ago?
Something like "I'm the only one standing between you and the mobs."?
This is so rich from the guy who didn’t pay his taxes and blamed it on his inability to use Turbo Tax.
No. My privilege is of being an American born of 2 American citizens.
The Constitution and Bill of Rights PROTECTS us from people like you....although, we the people haven't been doing a very good job at keeping it that way.
Something evil is coming our way. We all know it, we all feel it.
In the end, it will be up to US, THE PEOPLE, to stop this evil.
Mind reading again, eh?
I see you have 3 in the bag...
As always, excellent. So close to what we see and hear we KNOW it is what they think...
Silly me! I thought the first lesson Timmy taught us were that taxes were what you evaded to become head of the treasury department.
Qui?
For the privilege of being an American?
I thought it was a RIGHT for any 3rd world rabble to enter the country according to his people.
Since we elected into office a tyrannical dictator wannabe, silly.
Make that 6 in the bag... ;) :)
“Since when is slavery a privilege?”
The Democrats have always been about slavery.
LOL, from turbo tax Timmy. Ya can’t make this stuff up,....oh wait, ya can’t not make this stuff up.
So is this puke faced a$$hole trying to impose his form of taxation by threat? Bring it on A hole.
Lock and load.
“The fact that you get to keep anything here ought to inspire a greater appreciation for your own government’s forbearance.”
Was that a threat?
Nope-—there are essential taxes which are Constitutional—but any taxes for their numerous unconstitutional programs are not legal by our Supreme Law of the Land. That we pay for Czars and bureaucracies is tyranny and an enslavement of the citizens—when We the People have the supreme right to private property and the products of our labors-—government has no right to tax that at all. NONE....it is unconstitutional and a Communist law-—to redistribute the wealth. It is antithetical to the ideas of the Constitutional Republic.
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Has this man completely lost his mind?
Does anyone have any idea what this man is talking about?
That is, what group of murderers is he talking about?
I don't know about you, but I don't know anyone who would go out and murder rich people like Gates of Microsoft if it wasn't for the federal government holding them back.
Well I guess that leaves you out, doesn’t it Timmy boy, you tax-cheating little pr!ck?
Keep paying taxes so *millions* of illegal aliens from Mexican can have more babies, choke off your hospitals, jails, schools and social services.
You stupid lazy Americans!
Shut the hell up and pay your taxes
“....We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.....”
Apparently, Tiny Timmy Turbo doesn’t realize the only thing standing between him and all of us is the rule of law, but it’s crumbling and what’s coming will be such a rude awakening for these stinkin’ little butt holes. These commie basturds need to go!!!!
I realize this is satire, but many Leftists moon bats do believe that citizens, particularly the Evil Rich, should happily fork over at least 50% of their income because the government is responsible for their success and safety.
It’s obvious when looking at the rich and famous, including Leftist politicians, their security is a result of paying body guards with guns to protect them. The rest of us are either armed or are sitting ducks.
No, the fact is, this is *exactly* what those in government think.
Glad I didn’t post right away. That one just about got me. :-)
You almost got me.. my blood pressure was rising.
I will feel better when he’s behind bars
What is sad is that I read this, it sounded like something someone in this administration would say, and then I almost just moved on to read the next post before I even realized it was satire...
My, how far we’ve come in three years.
It got me. It’s easy to believe Geithner would say something like that.
From the founding of the party two centuries ago, until this very day.
More like, does this mean we get to strip those not pay taxes of their citizenship?? I am all for it!
Yer gettin’ too good, John ... people who don’t recognize your name aren’t realizing this is satire.
I don't know for sure but Timmy doesn't look like one who served - nor does his panty-waste boss.
Only a few people know who he truly is. I can't wait for Sheriff Joes posse findings.
Turbo Timmy again proves himself worthy of derision in
this country as well as China. What a jerk....
This is why government continues to expand and grow, instead of reducing/limiting their spending/size of government, which results in constant demands for more taxes/money/control, passing more laws/regulations.
This is not difficult or complex to understand.
Not satire, see #37
Gee, this could have been a quote from King George the Third.
This guy and his Big-Government Leftist buddies have it backwards - "We the people" created the federal government. "We the people" are freemen, not slaves and the federal government is limited by the Constitution which "we the people" created. Mr. Geithner, welcome to America (maybe). In America, "We the people" are the masters under God and government is our servant. We're the employer, you're the employee.
"We the people" allow YOU to tax for the wages of the privilege of running a LIMITED government. Your first job has been mainly to protect the states from foreign invaders which you have failed miserably to do in the last 50 years. (We should have been fired you by now.)
The price we pay to be Americans is not between you and us but between us and our God who gave us our freedom to begin with. Freedom has a price and there are no guarantees. We have to work hard for our freedom especially because there are no guaranteed outcomes. Freedom is daunting and difficult and can be scary, but there's nothing better on earth, this side of Heaven. That's the price we and generations before us have paid to be Americans and many people have died to get here and pay that price because of their "yearning to breathe free."
What you're really saying Mr. Geithner, is government wants us to exchange the price we pay for the uncertainties of our freedom and instead pay government for taking away our freedom with its uncertainties.
"We the people" decline the invitation and are willing to fight you and yours to keep our freedom and cut the federal government down to it's Constitutional size where it can get back to the work WE hired it to do. We'll pay you REASONABLE, FLAT, ONE-TIME ONLY taxes as your wages for staying within your employment contract, THE CONSTITUTION.
"We the people" decline the invitation and are willing to fight you and yours to keep our freedom and cut the federal government down to it's Constitutional size where it can get back to the work WE hired it to do. And get your "entitlements" outta here
Privilege ? What an elitist @$$hole. So our God given freedoms are not rights but privileges subject to the whims of people like Timmy boy ! Kind of ironic, all Treasury secretaries before Timmy boy were kind of silent. Timmy need to STFU !
So Geithner’s not an American?
Mr. Geithner owes some $32,000 in back taxes. Which country will he be moving to?
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Has this man completely lost his mind?
Does anyone have any idea what this man is talking about?
That is, what group of murderers is he talking about?
I don't know about you, but I don't know anyone who would go out and murder rich people like Gates of Microsoft if it wasn't for the federal government holding them back.
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This is mirse. When I wrote my original message above, I didn't notice the word "satire" in the original story.
So: Is this story true, or is it just a joke that I fell for?
I was about to ask, "This sounds like a THREAT". rofl
This really shouldn’t be satire. I’ve talked to plenty of tax supporters who all but outright declare that they are little more than protection money.
Is paying no taxes if you earn a modest living also one of the privileges of being an American.
No wonder everyone across the world wants to come here—most pay no taxes on income and the perks are free.
Just a thought.
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