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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 06:15 PM Original message |
Why should not those who have been blessed financially help those who have not? |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. I generally agree |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm talking primarily about those in power |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. not true |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. And it will be different when a dem is in the white house? |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. I didn't take it that way. It seemed directed at Republicans who |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Yes, well said |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. As Michael Moore put it, we have to decide: is it WE or ME? |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Your premise starts with the word "blessed". In other words, no one worked for it. |
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ccpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. good point |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. yes, greed is frustrating, wrong and something |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thou dost a good point maketh |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Well... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I'm just teasing you a little...to whom much is given, much is expected |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. "One of the basic duties of government is to help provide for its citizens"...nope. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. tsk, tsk, tsk |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. eh? |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. "promote the general welfare" |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I don't think this is about 'guaranteeing success'... |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Ever notice how they attack "entitlement" programs as they imagine themselves ENTITLED? |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. I absolutely don't not agree. -n/t |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. It's called GREED. Money is the root of all evil..... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-26-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. Hey Pinko.... |
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Th1onein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-27-07 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
22. I do not understand how anyone can be happy with their wealth... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. Absolutely. I pay a TON of income tax every year, and would gladly pay even more, if I could |
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