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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:29 PM
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I voted for Obama and told my RW friend - His response
"Doesn’t take much to see why you wasted your vote. If you think you are paying too much for taxes now you haven’t seen anything yet."

Does he really believe this? Is it possible he is in the $250,000 bracket? He is unemployed and his wife is a school teacher - no trust fund.

What does he think McCain can do for him?
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Uzybone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:30 PM
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1. Your "friend" just called you a fool
doesn't sound like much of a friend to me.
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:47 PM
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10. Uzybone - The fat lady hasn't sung yet
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libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:30 PM
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2. My coworker voted for McCain because "Obama wants to kill babies
that survive abortions". You can't reason with these people!
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jaysunb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:31 PM
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3. Permission to hate....
:evilfrown:
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WindRiverMan Donating Member (693 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:31 PM
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4. Call his bullshit. I know from experience, if he is a teacher with one income
He doesn't PAY income taxes. Not unless he's got money coming from somewhere else. When the kids were young, my wife stayed at home to avoid daycare costs. We always got all of our money back at the end of the year.
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Skip Intro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:31 PM
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5. point him to the tax calculator at Obama's site
that answered my question about raised taxes with numbers
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davidpdx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:49 PM
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11. Actually there are plenty of indep sites that have figures as well
Your suggestion though is the best. I'd send him a link and then drop it. If he's too big a fool to figure out or admit he's wrong, then let him vote for McCain.
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:31 PM
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6. Did you ask your friend that? I'd love to hear his response. n/t
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:32 PM
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7. In 1992 Bill Clinton promised a middle class tax cut
He reneged on the promise before he was even inaugurated. I realize that the Bush people covered up the size of the deficit on the way out of the White House, but Clinton's abandonment of this campaign promise did long-term damage to Democrats' credibility on taxes.

Most likely, though, this guy is just ignorant.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:34 PM
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8. I'm surprised sometimes at how thorough the right-wing brainwashing has been on many people....
..... A guy from high school I know - nice guy, well-informed about a lot of things not involving politics - who worships at the altar of Reagan, even though his dad, an autoworker, was unemployed several times in the late '80s (when we were in high school) during Reagan's unionbusting era, and whose uncle was one of the air traffic controllers Reagan sent packing.

I've given up trying to understand.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 09:45 PM
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9. Life is too short to waste with stupid scumbags like him
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DRoseDARs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:04 PM
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12. Make him bet you something regarding comparing taxes not this coming tax season but the one after...
This coming tax day will still be under the influence of Pres. Bush and the 110th Congress; wait until the tax legislation of Pres. Obama and the 111th Congress is activated.
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:17 PM
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13. He does cheat on his taxes and has bragged about it to me. I do know he was audited several years
ago.

It is really his wife who is my close friend. I like her very much but she is blinded by him. He can do no wromg. I often wonder what has kept him out of the slammer.
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DRoseDARs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:33 PM
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14. Well, none of us can help you with that, but at least you can be honest about your taxes.
He's wrong about Obama's tax plans, you win. He openly admits to cheating on his taxes, you still win.
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 11:06 PM
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16. To be honest, I would not have the slightest idea how to cheat on my taxes,
I go to H & R Block every year. Math was never my top subject in school.
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 10:42 PM
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15. Oh, a Patriot....

Ugh.
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zulchzulu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 11:13 PM
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17. Your RW friend is a low information voter and probably not very curious in life
There's probably a good reason why he's an unemployed mooch.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 11:15 PM
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18. This is why I have no RW friends. It's for both their protection and to keep me out of jail.
:)
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 11:17 PM
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19. Your friend is a raging idiot.
Sorry, but he is.
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 11:18 PM
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20. Tell the asshole to have fun in the bread lines if his guy gets elected !
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