No spite, just tired of the same crap - stand for something or fall for everything.

Right now as I am guessing you're a non smoker you find nothing wrong with others being taxed until it hits your pocket and rest assured it's a coming then it will be important

to you

First of all that comment was not about you! Dont be so sensitive. LOL

Second of all, dont be so assured of your cognitive abilities.
I am against taxing one group for any purpose.
I think the tax should have been across the board.
SCHIP is a good cause and should be payed for by all.
I bet it could have been funded simply by doing away with or reducing the tax deductions given to married couples and those with children!

I am only sensitive when it comes to you Fanta and I am sure of my cognitive abilties we are in agreement - I am against taxing anyone group

I truly don't believe that after they take out the administrative fees, the this fee, the that fee, that other fee, any remaining money from tax dollars will make it to this cause. but that's just my opinion -

That's new! Fanta is against of taxing any group for any purpose?

Aren't you supporting the taxing of the rich? Or you do not recognize them as a group? Or are we taxing them without any purpose?

I defend taxing them based upon the fact that they use more of the services taxes pay for!

Feldercarb...!!!

The rich already PAY more per capita then the rest of us.

DO THE MATH.

The vast majority of people that use tax derived services PAY NO TAX AT ALL as they have no TAXABLE income.

No Welfare is less than 1 % of our total budget!

How many people living under a bridge call the fire department, or use city water, garbage service, etc.

Although they do live under a paved bridge, I dont think that really counts.

How many people living under a bridge call the fire department, or use city water, garbage service, etc.

Although they do live under a paved bridge, I dont think that really counts.

Oh but it does count ...that bridge cost million of tax payers doollars to build..........


but I guess what you are saying is ..that anyone not on welfare is what you consider "rich"

That is taxing a particular group, based on the characteristic of that group. The characteristic that differentiates the rich is that they are above the level that you define.

The characteristic that defines fat as a group, is their fat percentage above certain level.

The characteristic that defines soda drinkers as a group, is their choice of drink.

This contradicts your statement above, of not supporting taxing any groups.

What-ever,
Im taxing the rich!

Face it, Amnesty for illegal aliens is costing us all grievously. there is a start to our financial problems.

those that get a arger piece of the pie should pay more for that piece of pie

if you do not want a socialist society

than do not expect a socialist tax system

Taxing "fat people" by their weight is a bad idea. Some have health issues that they can't or don't have control over (as in thyroid conditions, elephantitus, intestinal problems).

A junk food tax..... nobody would probably even notice a penny here and a penny there, but where would it stop, like the sin taxes, they have gotten out of control when the tax costs more than the product!

Why can't they stop government spending instead, where the real problem is? It's all just a smoke screen to keep us at each other so they can pick our pockets to fund their own agendas, like wars nobody wants, and bigger government!

Now over $600,000,000,000 spent on war in Iraq alone........ that would fund a lot of health care and education! Maybe even allow a few dollars to remain for our SSI we have paid into and are about to lose from their negligence!

Then of course there is Afganastan, the cost of funding the Patriot Act "policies" (and all the agencies that sprang up to control us and lessen our liberties), the outragous retirement benefits of government officials (who are mostly wealthy anyway), the bailouts, need I continue?

What are they thinking? Sometimes the cost is greater than the risk.

I say we take away their checkbook and control, limit governments authority to "act on our behalf" without a vote, and let us have a say in what we are willing to fund and what we are not!

Government is an out of control child with a T-Rex (we the people) on a leash. Perhaps someday we (the T-Rex) will wake up from our stupor and say we've had enough and (as another member has stated previously) "eat the rich" little brat!

Stay out of our homes, our liberties and our lives! Do the job you were hired and swore an oath to do, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OR YOU'RE FIRED WASHINGTON!