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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis must be one of the MOST cruel, heartless, UN-human things that Palin has ever said ...
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... Repeating several times that there is no such thing as a free lunch, she warned those who paid no taxes that if they think they are going to get a free ride, theyve got another thing coming. ...
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Video here: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/on-fox-sarah-palin-tends-to-agree-with-the-term-treachery-to-describe-todays-ruling/
So, according to Palin - the folks that don't earn enough money to pay taxes (and do not have insurance) should not receive any healthcare and basically SHOULD DIE !!!
MADem
(135,425 posts)Community Center!! It was blatant contractor fraud!!
And she's talking about free rides and free lunches, when she's living in a house that was built with free materials intended for the people of Wasilla? What MOXIE!
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)JHB
(37,166 posts)...that would be from the ages of 0 through 16. Oh, wait, not true: there's no exemption from sales tax just because you used allowance money to buy it.
And for every job I've had, no matter how low-paying, there were FICA taxes.
You don't think she means the BILLIONAIRES that use all the loop-hole to avoid paying taxes any federal taxes at all do ya?
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO !!!
I was only kidding
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)And sometimes, even if you don't have to pay Federal income tax, you might have to pay state income tax.
And of course, every time you gas up a vehicle, you're paying gas taxes. And Federal excise tax when you buy tires and certain other goods.
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)on the garbage bill, the telephone bill, the cable bill, the internet bill, the water bill, the sewer bill, sales tax, use tax, LID (local improvement district) taxes, ambulance tax (we have to pay it in my county), etc., etc. Even if you make less than minimum wage, if you squeek by paying any of these services, you are paying taxes. Unless you live on the street, drink pond water and dumpster dive, you are PAYING TAXES; every time you plop down an item of currency, you are paying taxes in one form or another. Personally, being grateful for the services I'm able to obtain, I don't mind paying those taxes at all. But Palin and her ilk refuse to acknowledge people who pay a larger portion of their income to taxes than the wealthy.
Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)of every sale goes to pay a myriad of taxes. The cost of an item is based on the cost to produce and market it, and that includes taxes paid for utilities, transportation, storage, sales etc.
Unless you live in the wild and purchase absolutely nothing you are contributing to the tax base.
What isn't talked about much is the financial cost that those who are very wealthy bring to society. I heard that discussed several years ago- it was surprising how much of a financial burden that the people at the top bring upon the populace as a whole.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)thanks for sharing it!
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Quantess
(27,630 posts)Wealthy people who aren't productive deserve to live.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)And I pointed out they were already paying for him if he didn't have insurance. We're paying higher premium and higher medical costs.
The conversation took a distinct wandering toward the Paulbotian at that point.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)hospital, emergency room, and even to the doctor
and not have any insurance or money - the cost is passed onto everyone via higher hospital charges, insurance costs, taxpayer costs.
lame54
(35,359 posts)Bolo Boffin
(23,796 posts)Probably because we were positing the FBS didn't have insurance and you know Rush has insurance as gold-plated as his microphone. But nice!
trusty elf
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jmowreader
(50,603 posts)Has this woman ever actually done one day's worth of hard manual labor in her life?
bighughdiehl
(390 posts)she's "pro-life" lol
calimary
(81,612 posts)And corporations too? After all, they are people!
klook
(12,174 posts)WestIndianArchie
(386 posts)deutsey
(20,166 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)According to the article, GE reported a net tax benefit of $3.2 billion.
tanyev
(42,690 posts)Her mention of a free ride somehow reminded me of that.
spanone
(135,953 posts)Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)republicans think of as good looking. Neck and neck with the idiot son in the race to set a record for failing upward.
lame54
(35,359 posts)Arkana
(24,347 posts)Sarah Palin is an idiotic blowhard and anyone who takes her seriously needs to go jump in a lake.
get the red out
(13,468 posts)Death is something that the right seems to just love. If it were possible to get our so-called journalists to analyze conservative thought objectively the result could only be that they are insane and horrifying. They oppose everything that civilized human beings value.
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)It seems like it's just a word she made up to demonize ACA. Someone please...make her explain it!
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Tommy_Carcetti
(43,235 posts)--Oh, wait a minute. She quit that job.
Now she's just a walking, talking joke popping up on Fox News from time to time.
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)It makes me wonder: what the hell kind of church does she go to?
BlueToTheBone
(3,747 posts)wondering how much the Palins paid last year. That woman is ALWAYS looking for a "free lunch."
Riley18
(1,127 posts)she even got started. Her delusional statement begs the question - her and what army?
lpbk2713
(42,777 posts)And she doesn't want to give any of it back to them in the form of taxes.
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)Another thing coming?
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)with a pea shooter. Seriously, I have seen potted plants with a higher IQ and more humanity.
Your ten minutes ran out a long time ago, Lady BlahBlah. Now kindly disappear.
Bake
(21,977 posts)She came out of nowhere, soaked the GOP for a new wardrobe and makeover, parlayed a failed VP candidacy into a reality TV show and a gig on Faux Snooze. Sarah, you ain't shit. Nothing but a freeloader. You betcha!
Bake
Blue Owl
(50,599 posts)n/t