No, you are wrong. When you take into account state and local taxes paid minus government services used (i.e., school for children, etc.), the percentages I stated are correct, or may even be understated.
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You Didn't Do It Somebody Else Did
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No, you are wrong. When you take into account state and local taxes paid minus government services used (i.e., school for children, etc.), the percentages I stated are correct, or may even be understated.
at anyrate, the discussion which permeates all the media and most of this forum is the proper role of governmentQuote from Free Thinker:
if private enterprise built all the roads we would not have freedom of movement. i would hope you agree.
"If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."
- Henry David Thoreau
the only point I was making is, when the president tells private enterprise that the government is "somebody else" we have a real failure to communicate
Third sentence after the "bad" one.
"The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together."
President Obama
Some folks don't read that far.
"The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together."
President Obama
Some folks don't read that far.
The whole kerfuffle falls under Fun With Dangling Modifiers.Quote from futurecurrents:
Third sentence after the "bad" one.
"The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together."
President Obama
Some folks don't read that far.
The reason some people don't read that far is because they have such an aversion to reading factual information that they actually hold their breath unconsciously while doing so. Therefore, I'm surprised they made it to the end of the first sentence.Quote from futurecurrents:
Third sentence after the "bad" one.
"The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together."
President Obama
Some folks don't read that far.
Quote from Free Thinker:
you idiot. the taxpayer is an example of "sombody else". i am beginning to fear for the sanity of america if you are an example.
That somebody is the private sector, you fucking retard. The private sector benefits and the private sector pays for it. "The Government" is just the hired go-between who manages the project. Understand? Or do you need me to dumb it down, even more?
thats not the point. all obama said was nobody builds a business alone and its idiots like you that turned it into a government is evil thing. is the concept too difficult for you?Quote from achilles28:
That somebody is the private sector, you fucking retard. The private sector benefits and the private sector pays for it. "The Government" is just the hired go-between who manages the project. Understand? Or do you need me to dumb it down, even more?
what the hell happend to you? you used to at least make a little sense now you have gone off the rails. you pissed because your hero ron paul was rejected by thinking people.