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Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 11469
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 04:37 pm: | 
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I believe we need more people like David Brooks to bridge the polarization that is paralyzing our political society. |
Denny Conn
Senior Member
Username: Denny
Post Number: 7375
Registered: 01-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 07:12 pm: |
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+1 to David Brooks. Most conservatives I know hate him. |
Dan Listermann
Senior Member
Username: Listermann
Post Number: 7028
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 07:44 pm: |
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It sounds all wonderful and that, but it could be argued that the smaller the government, the more control over taxation, which again sounds great, but in today's rabid anti any tax climate, it is the reason that the roads and schools are in such bad shape. Demagoguing against taxes is just too easy. |
Mike Huss
Senior Member
Username: Mikhu
Post Number: 2239
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 - 11:52 pm: |
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OMG Dan you are such a hoot! Yeah...it's the anti-tax climate that's the reason that our roads and schools are in such bad shape. It couldn't have anything to do with the money that gets diverted from the highway fund for pet projects or the money that is supposed to be for the schools that gets sent to the teachers union coffers instead, could it?
It's out of control spending, not anti tax. They just spend it all on stuff that it's not intended for. |
Dan Listermann
Senior Member
Username: Listermann
Post Number: 7031
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 10:22 pm: |
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No, Mike, it is attitudes like Bob's that can only view tax as armed robbery.
Ever drive on German roads? |
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