Posted on 11/18/2002 7:26:58 AM PST by Jack Black
Oddly, so did the Founders....
Why do you even care if The Free State Project happens? What threat are they to you?
It'd work. That's what they're afraid of.
I know no tax payers that are happy about the money going to the UN. Opps I forgot Ted Turner but I don't know him or Maurice Strong personally.
Are you and all your friends happy with the way the government has chosen to spend your tax money? Do you know where it all goes? Did they ask you the tax payer?
If you know please give me a break down on where all our money goes and how much is going into the UN. How do I stop paying for abortions around the world? How do I stop funding pathetic art through the National Endowment of Artist Funds that offends my faith? Do I just take all of the causes and calculate which ones I support then the ones I don't and only pay on the ones I wish to at tax time?
MCD
Please name the fringe party candidate, who has won the presidency, in the past 100 years.
President Bush didn't go AWOL. Your " facts " all come from DU, do they ? Please check the FR archieves, as I can't be bothered to explain this old bit of propaganda to you.
Do I just take all of the causes and calculate which ones I support then the ones I don't and only pay on the ones I wish to at tax time?
To date, you have only one check-off box that wishes to know whether you're interested in spending a few bucks on the presidential election. My guess is that a lot of folks say 'no'- even though it has no effect on their taxes.
Imagine if you (or any taxpayer) had a check box for say:
$3Mill to Study Soft Shelled Turtle mating in the everglades.
$500 Big Ones to keep Hawaiian sugar farmers competitive.
$20Bill to influence voters in various state intitiatives seeking to decriminalize drug usage. Etc.
Again, just another guess, but I'm thinking a lot of 'noes'.
Now, do you care to keep ignoring the fact that Jefferson almost got us into the French Revolution, or not ? How about the facts that he was personally irresponsible, a wastrel and a spendthrift, profligate to the nth degree, where money was concerned, and thou he wrote that " ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL , he didn't live by that that position.
Actually, never mind, facts, unless cherrypicked and rearranged, to fit your own delusions, don't matter one white to you.
No, we defend indentured servitude.
And you are in fact, a liar.
Dept of Education was founded under Carter.
The one room school house got us from Agriculutre to Creators of the Industrial Revolution and through World War II.
Compare that record to todays publik skools.
Private schools are good enough for me.
Sorry, it was outlawed along with the other forms of slavery by the Thirteenth Amendment.
Really? ROFL!
That's nice. Have you actually tried to make it a cause for voting your representative and Senators out of office, or do you merely expect your representatives to read your mind?
Are you and all your friends happy with the way the government has chosen to spend your tax money?
Nope. But a majority are either actually happy with how the money is spent, or sufficiently apathetic about how the money is spent, and the two attitudes are sufficiently alike that it's an effective endorsement of how our tax money is spent.
Did they ask you the tax payer?
Yup. November 5th, 2002, was the last time the question was asked.
If you know please give me a break down on where all our money goes and how much is going into the UN.
You really want me to do this? If so, I bill at $200 an hour, with an 80-hour minimum. I do not do YOUR civics homework for free.
How do I stop paying for abortions around the world?
Pay attention--Bush took care of that issue right after he took office.
How do I stop funding pathetic art through the National Endowment of Artist Funds that offends my faith?
Gosh, how about throwing out the SOB who voted for it, and keep throwing out future pro-NEA SOBs until your representative gets the hint?
Do I just take all of the causes and calculate which ones I support then the ones I don't and only pay on the ones I wish to at tax time?
Nope, our system doesn't work that way, and it never did, either.
Look, if you're too lazy to try to get your fellow citizens to vote someone out of office on these issues, then you're too lazy to work on the Free State Project.
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