"Only the little people pay taxes" - Democratic Underground

CatWoman

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:03 PM
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"Only the little people pay taxes"

remember the uproar Leona Hemlsley caused when it was reported she said that?

*sigh*

those were the days..............

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nothingshocksmeanymore

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:04 PM
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1. Remember when people were shocked that someone could be so callous?

After years of Rush, now they think it's some big fucking joke.

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CatWoman

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:06 PM
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2. BINGO!!!!!!

:hi:

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Disturbed

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:06 PM
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3. Guess who said this.

"I'll give you one other thought. Let me just leave you with one other thought about taxing the rich. You know how that works. A lot of the rich are able to get accountants, so they don't -- they're able to dodge. You've seen it before. We're going to tax the rich, and then they figure out how not to get taxed. So guess who ends up paying? You do. And we're not going to let him do it to us. We're not going to let him wreck that economy by running up our taxes. "

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PA Democrat

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:09 PM
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4. Bush

Yes, we shouldn't try to tax the rich, they'll just find some way to avoid paying their fair share. That's the spirit, Dubya! <sarcasm off>

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nothingshocksmeanymore

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:09 PM
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5. Bushit

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MichiganVote

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:09 PM
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6. Uh..that would be King George the Horses Ass II

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Disturbed

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:13 PM
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8. I hated Nixon, Reagon and Poppy Bush but..

I never thought that I could hate anyone more than I do the scum of the Bush Junta. Hate is not always a negative in my view. It can be fuel to keep going and to be active in opposing evil.

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Book Lover

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:11 PM
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7. The current occupant of the White House

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/8/10/85654/8173

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Enquiringkitty

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:14 PM
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10. That's what Jesse Helms was getting at the other day when he

brought up the Nazis. They got everything started by making it look like it was the best thing for the country and when they had every aspect of the government and the society securely controlled, their real agenda slowly came to light. He was trying to say we have to be alert because it could happen here if we don't take action to keep our freedoms. The right wing machine jumped on the word "Nazi" as soon as it left his mouth to make him sound like he was saying we were like them instead of it being a warning against that type of government control.

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punpirate

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:18 PM
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11. Pardon? Don't you mean...

... Robert Byrd?

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checks-n-balances

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:28 PM
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13. Jesse Helms???

Are you talking about Senator Byrd?

Two VERY DIFFERENT people.

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EVDebs

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:14 PM
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9. Read "Perfectly Legal" chapters 7 and 8 and you will be sooo mad

at this Bush Administration ... On fiscal policy the Republicans have ceeded any claim they once had as a party of 'fiscal sanity'.

They are now the most fiscally insane lot I've come across. Dems and progressives should be asking for justifications for all the crazy stunts this supply-siding neocon Chicago-school idiot collective have foisted upon us !

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tinonedown

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Thu Mar-03-05 08:21 PM
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12. And it's true to an extent

The corporations cheat and loophole their way through tax season each year.

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