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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Why not answer the question? Don't you think your response supports my point? Some have the courage (agree or not) to state what they stand for, like Rand Paul.
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Your question: What role should tax policy play in our nation?
Answer: Taxes should be used to pay the operating costs of our government and should be distributed and collected sensibly.
As for Rand Paul, he doesn't really have the courage to state what he stands for, because he knows that the more he does, the fewer people are going to vote for him.
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I don't support politicians that I don't think are honest, do you?
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Says the Palin fan. I typically don't support politicians at all (aside from voting occasionally).
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I have a bias against people who subtly or not so subtly say that I don't have a clue. I also find it interesting how some of those people have an attitude that they deserv to be thanked for telling me I don't have a clue and gracing me with their condensation all while not being able or willing to address simple and direct questions.
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Dude, you have a bias against anyone who finds themselves on the wrong side of one of these mythical narratives you've created to help yourself make sense of the world. Like latte sipping liberals. I suspect you may be biased towards noble long haul truckers. In either case, the source of your bias is an intellectual approximation which, in my experience, doesn't necessarily accurately reflect reality.
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The issue is not intellect, the issue is condescension. There have been many instances that clearly define what I describe available for everyone to see who reads this forum regularly. It is in the media. It is in Washington. And, it comes direct from the President - exemplified by his bitter people who cling to their guns and religion remark. And some wonder why there is a Tea Party movement or a Rand Paul.
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Do you realize how condescending your little scribe about the typical long haul trucker was? Really, you don't have to be peddling negative stereotypes to be condescending. Your ostensible concern about the condescension of liberal elites
on behalf of long haul truckers is condescending.
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Oh, and what is the difference between a latte and a cup of coffee?
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Lattes are used as rhetorical cudgels by intellectual elitists to motivate emotionally insecure members of the political underclass. Coffee is delicious.