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 The government is the administrator of whatever society it exists in. It is the brain of the body. You cant have a society without a government. And no one individual gets to cherry pick where their tax dollars are spent. That is unheard of and a recipe for social destruction. Individuals cherry pick where tax dollars are spent all the time. Read an appropriations bill some time. You'd be amazed where most of the money goes. |
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The point at the foundation of America was, that the property and rights can not be voted away. And yes, this isn't supposed to be a democracy (mob rule), this supposed to be a republic. We arn't going to go back to only letting white men with land have any rights. (Im not saying thats what you want to do). I mean that as a general statement. This was a good thing. Not in that only white men could vote. But in that only those having something to lose, could vote. White/Nonwhite was clearly against the spirit of freedom end equality. I know, I know, voting on how to split the fruit while done nothing to grow it, seems like a logical thing and a right, these days. While I will surely be trumped by the dumb-witted crowds for saying this, I will still be right in saying that until this is reversed, there will be no economy other than fakeonomy in USA. Im not sure how that was a good thing only allowing people who own land to vote. There are a variety of reasons why someone would not own property (besides being poor)and our predeccesors had good reasons for overturning that rule. For one thing, it overly favors the wealthy. For one thing, back then, the landowners were the only ones paying taxes. You are right that today voting should not be limited to land owners. I think however that it can be fairly said that voting should be limited to taxpayers. And if you want to give up your vote, you should be able to waive paying taxes. No, because they still live in this society. If a person doesn't wish to pay taxes to this society (that we all live in)then they can simply find another society to live in. We're not paying taxes to this society. We're funding the government. If my taxes were being spent locally and benefiting me directly, I wouldn't have a problem with paying them. As it is, my taxes mainly go to benefit programs that have nothing to do with me. The government is the administrator of whatever society it exists in. It is the brain of the body. You cant have a society without a government. And no one individual gets to cherry pick where their tax dollars are spent. That is unheard of and a recipe for social destruction. You go man! You've remained silent for way too long! 
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The people who I love. My friends and neighbors. The good people out there that couldn't defend themselves......NOT some dirty b@stard political tyrants who are looking to get away with seriously cornholing a small segment of the populace and get away with it scott free. While I am not questioning your patriotism, nor do I desire to lessen the meaning of your service, it would seem to me that your love ones, friends and neighbors did not send you out to foreign countries to fight. You may have assumed that, true, most young people do. Plus, it is the usual cheer. The usual banner. However, people and loved ones do not ask us to go kill someone else somewhere else. |
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my mom asked me to go kill a couple of Iraqis. so I enlisted on my 30th birthday and went to Desert Storm
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The government is the administrator of whatever society it exists in. It is the brain of the body. You cant have a society without a government. And no one individual gets to cherry pick where their tax dollars are spent. That is unheard of and a recipe for social destruction. Individuals cherry pick where tax dollars are spent all the time. Read an appropriations bill some time. You'd be amazed where most of the money goes. Perhaps to a VERY limited extent but not to the drastic extent that you are proposing. We would be living in a tribal society again if we did things that way. People have paid taxes ever since the first societies rose above a tribal level.
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Why the title? Dont you vote? The mere ability to vote does not confer representation by the government. Sure it does! No, it absolutely does not. You vote for someone because they say what they'll do...then they just go ahead and do whatever they want to anyway. The entire system is corrupt and if you don't know it, you're not living in the real world. There are the select few that are relatives, friends or contributors that get the deal that they wanted from their representatives, but it ain't us, the common man, getting representation. |
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I smoke and I'm not angry about the cig. tax that starts tomorrow.
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I do too
I'm aggravated about it. I don't think they should base revenue on such a small population base but all the pissing and moaning won't change it so I'm looking for a cheaper alternative |
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Thank you Wiley and Nogames for having a civil discussion with me. Both of you responded in a mature fashion. It was very interesting
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I smoke and I'm not angry about the cig. tax that starts tomorrow. don't remind me 
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I do too I'm aggravated about it. I don't think they should base revenue on such a small population base but all the pissing and moaning won't change it so I'm looking for a cheaper alternative Let us know when you find a cheaper alternative. I think they have made sure we won't find any, sadly. |
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I don't mind a tax hike...but 158%???
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I don't mind a tax hike...but 158%??? be glad you don't roll your own...unrolled tobbacco is jumping 2,153% (not a typo) I am not kidding. It is absolutely criminal and unjustifiable. For the people who say it is for our health. Put that same tax on every fast food meal, candy bar or soda...they would change thier tune and see it from my perspective. |
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Cheaper to smoke weed.
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I don't mind a tax hike...but 158%??? be glad you don't roll your own...unrolled tobbacco is jumping 2,153% (not a typo) I am not kidding. It is absolutely criminal and unjustifiable. For the people who say it is for our health. Put that same tax on every fast food meal, candy bar or soda...they would change thier tune and see it from my perspective. I do. my 1 lb bag (normally $10) is going to $25 |
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As long as we're using those unaccountable electronic voting machines, you can count on getting politicians who refuse to do the bidding of their constituents.
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I don't mind a tax hike...but 158%??? be glad you don't roll your own...unrolled tobbacco is jumping 2,153% (not a typo) I am not kidding. It is absolutely criminal and unjustifiable. For the people who say it is for our health. Put that same tax on every fast food meal, candy bar or soda...they would change thier tune and see it from my perspective. I do. my 1 lb bag (normally $10) is going to $25 no honey...the $10 bag of tobbacco had a $1.06 tax now the $10 bag of tobbacco will have $25.78 tacked onto it. |
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The only alternative I have heard so far is to buy at an indian reservation.
I agree, it is unfair and discriminatory how they just singled us out, like Krupa said, if you are going to tax why just single out a minority, because some personally disagree with the action? I say tax people who wear sandals and socks, socks with shorts, people who still wear spandex, if they picked us out of the blue, pick those and other groups as well. |
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i am not a smoker but i think smokers rights have been trampled on because of the PC times we live in...i.e. smoking bans be seeing you
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