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   masterskrain said, 6 months ago

   Oh, if only we could…!
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   Dredpiraterobt$ said, 6 months ago

   BWa HA!
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   This topic belongs to Mr Nick Anderson!
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   Best cartoon of the topic!
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   Stipple said, 6 months ago

   A good cartoon clarifies while keeping it simple.
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   This is poster quality.
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   ruff said, 6 months ago

   If it was only so !!
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   tundrasea said, 6 months ago

   What about the ever-increasing debt?
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   ansonia said, 6 months ago

   Yes this is now the The Democratic People’s Republic of Amerika .
   We are officially against all that the Tea Party stands for:
   Preserving domestic employment
   Eliminating special interests
   Downsizing government
   Balancing the budget
   Ending deficit spending
   Reducing personal income taxes
   Reducing business income taxes
   Making political offices available to average citizens
   Stopping intrusive government
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   Yes these things are bad for America and we must demonize all those who advocate for these values.
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   masterskrain said, 6 months ago

   @ansonia

   “Preserving Domestic Employment” – Except when it can increase corporate profits to allow companies to ship all their work overseas.

   “Eliminating Special Interests” – As long as they are NOT Grover Norquist, or the N.R.A.

   “Downsizing Government” – Except for hiring thousands of under-trained TSA Agents and wanting to put thousands of armed guards in schools

   “Balancing the Budget” – Except for keeping the deficit high by refusing to tax everyone fairly because it might cost you some votes from the 1%

   “Ending Deficit Spending” – As long as you can keep dumping trillions of Dollars into a couple of useless wars started by a Republican president

   “Reducing Personal Income Taxes” – Except on the millions who will find their tax rates going UP

   “Reducing Business Income Taxes” – Unless you run a small business without any overseas connections to hide income

   “Making Political Offices Available to Average Citizens” – As long as they have several Million Dollars to spend on campaigns to have any chance against Political Machines with UNLIMITED funding from Corporations with their own interests in mind

   “Stopping Intrusive Government” – As long as you are NOT Gay, OR a Woman, or don’t mind having the Government tell you what you can do in the privacy of your own bedroom, AND who you can do it with!

   Yes, except for those little minor exceptions, the TEA Party has it together…
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   M Ster said, 6 months ago

   @ansonia

   The grass roots Tea Party (which I respected) morphed into the Koch Brothers-Dick Armey-FreedomWorks Party. They no longer stand for the things you listed. I wish they did.
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   Nancy said, 6 months ago

   ansonia,
   Perfect post! It’s not just the Tea Party’s values, it is also the values for those of us who are Independents who use logic and have ethics.
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    masterskrain said, 6 months ago

    @Nancy

    Yes, it is. I just wish it was still their values…
    As usual, a good basic idea, smaller, more responsive government, with less intrusion has been usurped by special interests, corporate greed, and big Money.
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    Eryx said, 6 months ago

    @rightisright

    “Tea Partier” and “moron” are synonyms.
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    Ms. Ima said, 6 months ago

    If only those that desire higher taxes would willingly pay higher taxes. It is only the people not successful that demand others pay more.
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    Zuhlamon said, 6 months ago

    @Ms. Ima

    Nice to see a non-inflammatory post.
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    However… taxes are not optional. It is determined by our representatives. Taxes have been at historic low rates – thanks to the unpaid for Bush tax cuts by the representatives of that time, who also piled on two wars (among other things). We’re talking $5 trillion. And now they don’t want to pay for them. How do you reconcile that?
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    I totally disagree with your “those who are not successful” argument. This is a country, a community, with shared values.
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    dtroutma said, 6 months ago

    Ansonia: only problem with your list, do you REALLY want the standard of living of say, Yemen, Somalia, Zambia? Oh right, you also want the environmental future and defense of say, Maldieves?
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    Kingoswald said, 6 months ago

    @masterskrain

    Brilliant!!!!!
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