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Why is the GOP so scared of gay people?
Samara:
Ultimately, I support it but only because I can't stand to think of children being cold, hungry and uninsured. Same with those experiencing real difficulties. But as a single Mom, working, tutoring on the side, doing my thesis, with no family close by (and I'll say it, deaf), it is hard to be as unequivocal as I used to be. About 20-30% of my students are pregnant or parents and they are just back on the welfare cycle as their parents, and so are their kids.
But there are many types of welfare: corporate, international, etc.
I just don't know what the alternative is.
But what I do know is that if one is philosophically opposed to government or corporate dependency - than they should take it upon themselves to be self reliant and off the grid.
Anne Bonney:
--- Quote from: "Samara" ---What about people who are anti-government but also have no problem being supported by it?
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Red Staters:
Whooter:
I find the chart interesting, but not too sure how to read it.
Many of the red states are where our military bases are. They would tilt the scales as far as costs go and the state is not expected to shoulder the financial burden. So these states would take more than they receive.
The Democratic states are driving out businesses because they feel "Profit" is a dirty word so our businesses are going overseas where they are appreciated. Businesses are leaving the urban areas because who wants to run a business in a high crime area where people dont want to work. So the money has to go to support bad decisions by local democratic leaders to try to sure up the infrastructure which use to be supported by local small businesses which fled.
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Shadyacres:
--- Quote from: "Whooter" ---I find the chart interesting, but not too sure how to read it.
Many of the red states are where our military bases are. They would tilt the scales as far as costs go and the state is not expected to shoulder the financial burden. So these states would take more than they receive.
The Democratic states are driving out businesses because they feel "Profit" is a dirty word so our businesses are going overseas where they are appreciated. Businesses are leaving the urban areas because who wants to run a business in a high crime area where people dont want to work. So the money has to go to support bad decisions by local democratic leaders to try to sure up the infrastructure which use to be supported by local small businesses which fled.
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Driving out businesses? Are you high? You mean the businesses that pay virtually NO taxes, but still somehow get refunds? The infrastructure used to be supported by the tax base, the corporate part of which has gradually disappeared since the Reagan administration. The bad decisions were the ones that allowed corporations to weasel out of their obligations to their country. What was the corporate tax rate under Eisenhower? Or Nixon? Highly paid lawyers and accountants have been chipping away at those tax codes, finding ever more creative loopholes and shelters, for DECADES. An acceleration occurs whenever someone named Bush is anywhere near the White House;
http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org/corpora ... lummet.php
I don't know why the Republican party is so terrified of homosexuals, but my guess is they think that queers are somehow costing them money.
Whooter:
--- Quote from: "Shadyacres" ---
--- Quote from: "Whooter" ---I find the chart interesting, but not too sure how to read it.
Many of the red states are where our military bases are. They would tilt the scales as far as costs go and the state is not expected to shoulder the financial burden. So these states would take more than they receive.
The Democratic states are driving out businesses because they feel "Profit" is a dirty word so our businesses are going overseas where they are appreciated. Businesses are leaving the urban areas because who wants to run a business in a high crime area where people dont want to work. So the money has to go to support bad decisions by local democratic leaders to try to sure up the infrastructure which use to be supported by local small businesses which fled.
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Driving out businesses? Are you high? You mean the businesses that pay virtually NO taxes, but still somehow get refunds? The infrastructure used to be supported by the tax base, the corporate part of which has gradually disappeared since the Reagan administration. The bad decisions were the ones that allowed corporations to weasel out of their obligations to their country. What was the corporate tax rate under Eisenhower? Or Nixon? Highly paid lawyers and accountants have been chipping away at those tax codes, finding ever more creative loopholes and shelters, for DECADES. An acceleration occurs whenever someone named Bush is anywhere near the White House;
http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org/corpora ... lummet.php
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Democrats are taxing the crap out of them and as a result are moving overseas. I think we both agree that democrats dont like the word profit and want to tax them more. this results in increased corporate layoffs to help pay for the democrats bigger government and spending.
If Democrats could just let the companies grow and hire people without interfering we could get more people employed and reduce the burden of unemployment on the txpayers. We need to get this economy going again. Forcing companies to move overseas to avoid the tax increases isnt the right answer.
--- Quote ---I don't know why the Republican party is so terrified of homosexuals, but my guess is they think that queers are somehow costing them money.
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They do cost more money.
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