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So what do you think the purpose of taxation is?

Lee — 10/17/2008 11:51:38 PM (archived)

Are taxes a political weapon and means to reward certain groups for loyalty and punishment for other groups for not supporting politicians, or are taxes nothing more than a means for financing government?

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The Left's destruction of "Joe the Plumber" begins. - TB - 10/16/2008 6:53:56 PM
- I'm 4 BOB the BUILDER!!!!!! - carl - 10/18/2008 1:45:17 PM
- I'm still waiting for an answer, TB (Frosts vs Joe) - dtb - 10/17/2008 4:49:24 PM
  - The answer - TB - 10/17/2008 5:10:27 PM
    - So is your point.... - dtb - 10/17/2008 5:57:58 PM
      - I hope to divorce my disfigured wife and marry a beer heiress, would Obama's plan force me to share my hard earned wealth with those that didn't put in the hard work required to marry a beer heiress? - John 'six pack' McCain - 10/18/2008 3:43:18 PM
    - Lame. Non Sequitur. - Yeti - 10/17/2008 5:49:59 PM
      - The question, you might have noticed, was also a non sequitur - TB - 10/17/2008 6:15:17 PM
        
        Yeah, sure, thats why you answered it with some mind-bending semantic gymnastics. - Yeti - 10/17/2008 7:51:19 PM
        
        Good Grief. - Tony - 10/17/2008 6:53:18 PM
      - It's truly sad, isn't it? - McFly - 10/17/2008 5:58:34 PM
        
        Miss you too, McFly. (n/t) - TB - 10/17/2008 6:15:56 PM
- The wrapup - TB - 10/17/2008 5:44:46 AM
  - Uh.... - Algorithms - 10/17/2008 1:46:20 PM
  - So what's your point? That America should be a banana republic? - Bowser - 10/17/2008 6:49:14 AM
  - Your links.... - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 5:52:50 AM
    - More on "Joe" - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 6:11:07 AM
      - You just keep that chaff coming. See: "Notice anything interesting?" - TB - 10/17/2008 5:13:15 PM
- "Joe the Proctologist" stiffs McCain, extremists, and is related to a Keating biggie. - Bowser - 10/17/2008 2:16:33 AM
  - Related to a Keating employee? - TB - 10/17/2008 3:42:17 AM
    - It was on a news program. Simply an interesting aside. - Bowser - 10/17/2008 4:06:06 AM
      - Notice anything interesting? - TB - 10/17/2008 4:27:37 AM
        
        Indeed... - McFly - 10/17/2008 5:52:51 PM
        
        How can you reduce taxes for low income people? - Lee - 10/20/2008 11:50:34 AM
        
        I don't think I ever said Democrats didn't LIKE massive wealth redistribution. - TB - 10/17/2008 6:40:05 PM
        
        I agree TB. - The average Jody - 10/17/2008 11:37:43 PM
        
        Well, I don't. - Mary Anne - 10/19/2008 1:46:02 PM
        
        I admire your forthrightness Mary Anne... - Jody - 10/19/2008 10:50:13 PM
        
        on parasites - McFly - 10/17/2008 8:16:51 PM
        
        re: on parasites - gbaikie - 10/19/2008 12:17:15 AM
        
        There he goes again - McFly - 10/19/2008 4:12:45 PM
        
        So what do you think the purpose of taxation is? - Lee - 10/17/2008 11:51:38 PM
        
        Depends on the admin - McFly - 10/18/2008 2:10:28 PM
        
        Yup, thats TB's idea of socialism... - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 5:59:38 PM
        
        I realize your agenda is to concentrate the wealth. A la banana republics. - Bowser - 10/17/2008 5:50:26 AM
- Incorrect. Again. - McFly - 10/17/2008 12:06:24 AM
  - More examples - TB - 10/17/2008 12:23:45 AM
    - Nope, you dont get to change the subject.... - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 12:32:23 AM
      - Hey, you're the one changing the subject. - TB - 10/17/2008 12:48:59 AM
        
        HOW is it a 'media lynch mob' to look into McCain's claims?! (n/t) - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 12:57:39 AM
        
        Be specific. (n/t) - TB - 10/17/2008 1:05:20 AM
        
        You are just playing stupid now.... - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 1:17:24 AM
        
        One of us is. - TB - 10/17/2008 1:44:23 AM
- Joe is just another american screwed over by a republican... - ARRELL - 10/16/2008 10:05:40 PM
- Joe must be one hell of a great plumber - z - 10/16/2008 10:02:16 PM
  - Just look at the raving going on here... - TB - 10/17/2008 12:03:01 AM
    - If someone were to punch a presidential candidate... - Lee - 10/17/2008 12:30:03 AM
      - Where the heck did THAT come from? (n/t) - TB - 10/17/2008 12:31:11 AM
        
        My guess....Southern Comfort - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 12:38:18 AM
        
        Won't bother me at all. - Lee - 10/17/2008 12:51:02 AM
        
        Wow, total break from reality.... (n/t) - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 1:03:08 AM
        
        Just curious. - Lee - 10/17/2008 12:36:44 AM
        
        Memo to Obama campaign...do Not send any volunteers to knock on Lee's door...let the man be... (n/t) - z - 10/17/2008 12:47:36 AM
    - C'mon. This is a blatant, last-minute effort by McCain to grab onto a populist message. It's backfiring. (n/t) - z - 10/17/2008 12:24:07 AM
      - Backfiring? Go ahead. Wreck this guy's life on national TV. See how that works for you. (n/t) - TB - 10/17/2008 12:29:48 AM
        
        Is it fair to look into McCain's debate claims? YES OR NO? (n/t) - ARRELL - 10/17/2008 12:39:37 AM
        
        Sure, start a thread. - TB - 10/17/2008 12:59:28 AM
    - Hey, you're the one who opened the tin... - McFly - 10/17/2008 12:09:55 AM
- Unlike the Right leaving Graeme Frost alone...??? (n/t) - dtb - 10/16/2008 10:00:36 PM
- "Destruction" must be another word that's different in the extremist dictionary. - Bowser - 10/16/2008 8:32:29 PM
- Fact checking is destruction? - ARRELL - 10/16/2008 7:36:16 PM
  - By the way- your link shows McCain lied about 'Joe' - ARRELL - 10/16/2008 10:01:00 PM

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