"taxpayers" vs "citizens" - Democratic Underground

Syrinx

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Tue May-10-11 07:44 AM
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"taxpayers" vs "citizens"

I've been mulling around how to word this.

But screw it.

The right-wing Republicans have no interest in the rights of citizens.

They have no interest in citizens, period.

They could not care less about citizens.

They only care about money. Period.

They stand for the rich getting richer. And the poor getting poorer.

The Republicans are a monument to the rich trying to seize ever more wealth from everyone else, without restriction and without penalty.

They are evil and I hate them.

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Syrinx

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Tue May-10-11 07:49 AM
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1. And the people they claim pay no taxes, actually pay more tax percentage-wise

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Sal Minella

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Tue May-10-11 07:55 AM
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2. I think we should stop short of "hating" them -- but they represent

the worst in human behavior and you have certainly clarified the heartless, mindless forces we are up against as citizens and taxpayers.

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Syrinx

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Tue May-10-11 08:00 AM
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3. I don't hate the average Republican voter

But I do hate the corporate forces that conspire to manipulate them

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Syrinx

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Tue May-10-11 08:13 AM
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4. I don't really know why anyone here would unrec this

The constitution talks about citizens. I don't think it even mentions taxpayers.

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MatthewStLouis

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Tue May-10-11 08:30 AM
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5. GOP: Greed Over People.

I think when you boil things down you find that Democrats actually CARE about people and things other than themselves, i.e. the general wellfare of others, the poor, the elderly, the environment. Republicans only care about themselves and their own people, i.e. they hate seeing taxes spent on anything that doesn't lead to a profit. They are simply the party of GREED.

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Scuba

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Tue May-10-11 08:37 AM
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6. The stopped calling us "citizens" years ago. "Consumer" is not the label of choice. n/t

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