Does anyone else miss being patriotic???

[atlantabiolab]

During a 2/15/00 debate with John McCain G. W. Bush Said, "by far, the vast majority of my tax cuts go to those at the bottom of the spectrum."

To Me, Vast majory means greater than 50%.

The bottom of the Spectrum. That be the 30% of americans who make less than anyone else.

Well that didn't happen.

The bottom 60% got a 14.7% cut while the TOP 10% got a whopping 56.5% cut.

So where is this VAST MAJORITY cut?

See when someone says one thing then does another thats called LYING.

Who gives a shit, save the whining of some lower income people, who believe that they have a right to the earnings of others?!?! After not paying income taxes, due to whatever tax credit, they want "free money" from the upper eschelons who have been paying more than their "FAIR SHARE", whatever the fuck this subjective phrase implies.

 

[spongebob]

Unfortunately, murder, lies etc. over the past 100 years is what has driven this country to where we are today.


Paulo

just a hundred years. tell that to the apache indians.

 

[WODIN]

Who gives a shit, save the whining of some lower income people, who believe that they have a right to the earnings of others?!?! After not paying income taxes, due to whatever tax credit, they want "free money" from the upper eschelons who have been paying more than their "FAIR SHARE", whatever the fuck this subjective phrase implies.

So you don't give a shit that your President lies to you as long as he's a Republican?

 

[musclebrains]

Please show us the decreased education spending by this administration?

I'm sure the simpletons will construe this question as my undying love for the Republican Party.

Actually, Bodhi did not say Bush decreased education spending. He said that he gutted funding for the No Child Left Behind Act. That was certainly true. You will recall that Sen. Dodd, who co-authored the legislation, publicly excoriated Bush last January for proposed funding of his "compassionate" bill at 40 percent of the anticipated budgetary needs.

Dubya was basically shamed into revising his proposal. Education spending in the current budget proposal is increased by a couple billion.

The scandal is not that Bush decreases spending for these programs. In fact, he rarely misses a chance to do a political favor by escalating spending. (The prescription drug benefit would be called socialist were it proposed by Democrats.) The scandal is that he does this while slashing taxes and creating a deficit of unprecedented magnitude in defiance of all sensible economic theory and history.

 

[Hengst]

Try being an American Patriot and live over seas. It is awfully difficult to defend the country you were born in, raised and love when it's controlled by the likes of Bush.

I feel almost like a traitor if I do not defend my country to a bunch a foriegners even though I may agree with them and absolutely loath the bush administration.

It's hard I tell you. I had the same problem during the Reagan administration although at that time I was vindicated with the collapse of communism.

Never had any issues when Clinton was in charge.

 

[Paulo]

just a hundred years. tell that to the apache indians.

What, you don't believe in manifest destiny???

Correction... Unfortunately, murder, lies etc. over the past 500 years is what has driven this country to where we are today.

How's that?

 

[musclebrains]

Try being an American Patriot and live over seas. It is awfully difficult to defend the country you were born in, raised and love when it's controlled by the likes of Bush.

I feel almost like a traitor if I do not defend my country to a bunch a foriegners even though I may agree with them and absolutely loath the bush administration.

It's hard I tell you. I had the same problem during the Reagan administration although at that time I was vindicated with the collapse of communism.

Never had any issues when Clinton was in charge.

Exactly. I feel like a conservative when I'm in Europe because I end up defending America's value despite the rep the Bush Administration has created. I even had a couple of people follow me down the street in Madrid last year, screaming anti-American shit at me.

 

[Chaucer]

Patriotism is a dangeros thing.

Too many people are hung up on loving their country and not loving the whole human race.

 

[spongebob]

Exactly. I feel like a conservative when I'm in Europe because I end up defending America's value despite the rep the Bush Administration has created. I even had a couple of people follow me down the street in Madrid last year, screaming anti-American shit at me.

LMAO! yea that is hilarious, musclebrains defending america's value. in all aspects of it.

i guess you found yourself in the "i can talk down america's value but dont you do it because you dont live thier" syndrome.

keep up the good work muscles.

 

[atlantabiolab]

So you don't give a shit that your President lies to you as long as he's a Republican?

I don't ever remember being lied to, concerning this topic. Since I don't hang on every syllable of what politicians tell me, since you must always take into account the target audience, what I heard was "tax cut". Given that by definition a tax cut can only go to those who pay taxes, for you cannot cut 0%, then I can't remember being lied to.

Am I overjoyed by this? No, it is still insulting to my intelligence that I am "allowed" to keep more of my earnings, by those who deem my money to be the true property of the State. Not to mention it will be offset by the tax increases at the local level, due to the socialistic overspending of the states.

Thanks for bringing my prediction to life, though. Whenever I address attacks on this administration, I am immediately considered a Republican.