I don't usually post in politics, but this article I read today courtesy of Fark drives me insane:
Sen. Clinton at fund raiser
Here's the relevant quote:
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We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.
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I'm not a hard-core conservative. Despite thinking like one, I've never actually voted for one in the 7 years I've been able to vote. But this quote drives me INSANE. The top tax bracket pays 49% of their income to the government. They pay HALF of what they make. I know a lot of people in that bracket. They're not bad people, they don't oppress anyone. And yet they are required to give a full HALF of their paycheck to the government.
The government! The same institution that, year after year, proves that what it does best is squander money. On behalf of the common good? Fuck the common good! The government wouldn't know what that was if it hit them in the ass, and this Democrat wants to take more money to get this done?
And when the hell did we vote and change this to a socialist nation anyhow?