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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
but, when you use taxes for social entitlements as obama advocates you're dealing with something fundamentally different. when obama taxes my paycheck to provide healthcare to those who haven't earned it, i'm LESS able to pay for my own family's care. when obama taxes my paycheck to subsidize college education for those who haven't earned it, i'm LESS able to pay back my own loans..
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but that's not what he's proposing. at least not directly. there isn't going to be a "stuff for poor people" tax.
But speaking of earning things, what has someone like, say, Pris Hilton done to "earn" her money? should she be penalized in some way for not having earned her health care or opportunity for education? (I'm not saying she should, but it's amazing that Republicans throw the "elitist" term at liberals while looking down their noses at those with less opportunity than themselves"