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Originally Posted by martinguerre
It's not my money? I didn't pay federal income taxes (wages and cap gains)? I didn't pay my state government either? And my landlord didn't take a portion of the rent to pay the local and county governments?
Yeah, that is MY money. I paid my fair share in to the system, and as such, i think i have a right to have a voice opinions about spending priorities.
I think that claim is such a distraction.
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I could have worded that more clearly. The politicians, who love to beat their chests about all the good "they" do, are not the owners of the money. The taxpayers are.
It was never the intent of the founding fathers that our government take money from some to give to others. In fact, it was anathema.
Thomas Jefferson was once called to task because he wanted to give government funds to a widow. He was told in no uncertain terms, "That's not a proper function of our government." I hope that clears up my statement.
Back to the discussion at hand: You will not find a bigger supporter of our military than I. However, if you require "pay supplements" to all government employee reservists, you've just screwed over all of the self-employed and non-government workers.
You want to give reservists a raise? Fine by me.
Just give it to ALL of them. Don't create a favored class of government workers.
(Corporations can do whatever they want. They're not tax-supported.)