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[mzflux]

CBS News Sunday Morning - Linda McGibney reaction to Ben Stein op-ed regarding tax on rich

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[chessdev]

YES!! I love this...

[shelleybear]

Win!

[azul_ros]

It's very sad that so many Americans side with Stein, even if they're not a "have." I have had so many people parrot back things that Rush Limbaugh & others in his ranks would say when I get into discussions (usually on FB) about how taxes are spent. They say that the "have nots" just aren't trying yard enough & they have to earn their way & not take handouts because it means they're milking the system. This is usually in regards to the welfare programs that are made available to the poorest of the poor. They feel threatened by the notion that they have to pay for their short comings, as citizens. And to that I have put it to them this way: "Would you rather see the United States have the poor lining the streets like they do in India? Begging for whatever they can get?" That makes them think twice...

argh. Typos thanks to exhaustion...

[azul_ros]

That should be "trying hard enough"

[chessdev]

I just put this into talk_politics...I'm sure some folks will have something to say about it..

[i]

Thank you. Facebooked.

[mzflux]

Are we facebook buddies yet?

[i]

i don't think so... dave moyer (in tucson)and ninth street (also in tucson, our studio cooperative)