Originally posted by StrangeloveWe're discussing the issue. If you don't want to, that's fine.
Why? You can't vote anyway, what do I care?
Originally posted by StrangeloveWeird, I actually thought the exact opposite would happen.
Clinton wins the Texas (two thirds of the delegates), Ohio, and Rhode Island primaries.Obama wins Vermont and will like win the Texas caucus (which decides one third of the delegates)
Originally posted by lord xyz
Care to give a link?
Mike Gravel on Obama and Clinton:
Originally posted by Bardock42
Except for the rich....who pay for themselves.
certainly, the statement is admittedly tongue in cheek.
The middle class pays a disproportionate amount of tax to subsidize both the poor, who are serviced by inefficient and corrupt government programs, and the rich, who receive tax cuts, subsidies and grants.
The rich probably still pay a higher percentile than the middle class, and I'm sure thats a problem for you, but they are defiantly not paying, in terms of losing market power, the same as the middle class are.
Originally posted by inimalistYeah, I know what you mean, I just don't know the lying about it. Obviously it sells better if you include the rich...politically speaking.
certainly, the statement is admittedly tongue in cheek.The middle class pays a disproportionate amount of tax to subsidize both the poor, who are serviced by inefficient and corrupt government programs, and the rich, who receive tax cuts, subsidies and grants.
The rich probably still pay a higher percentile than the middle class, and I'm sure thats a problem for you, but they are defiantly not paying, in terms of losing market power, the same as the middle class are.
But I agree loopholes for rich people are a major problem in taxes today. (Germany for sure).
Originally posted by Bardock42
Yeah, I know what you mean, I just don't know the lying about it. Obviously it sells better if you include the rich...politically speaking.But I agree loopholes for rich people are a major problem in taxes today. (Germany for sure).
lol, I hear you, it is a total meme and not a real intellectually honest statement
but it does fit on a bumper sticker