Guys....a typical leftist response would be (not that I am advocating this..in fact, just the opposite.....
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"Why should we use taxpayer dollars to provide aid to foreign countries when there is so much poverty, anguish and suffering right here in America?"
I think my point is that using taxpayer money (read yours and mine) to do some so-called good (whether it be domestic or foreign) FORCES people to pay for it, whether they agree that motive is good or not, is wrong.
Hey, you wanna send aid to the poor people of Afganistan....good for you (seriously).....write out a check.....
You wanna help the poor people of Roxbury....good for you (seriously).....write out a check......
You wanna help the middle class working guy with three jobs in Randolph that has trouble paying his rent and putting food on the table for his kids.....stop making him pay taxes to support the causes that YOU (YOU, meaning the politicians) think deserve them.....
Man, I (WE) really need to go fishing.....this last two weeks is really the first time I got caught up in these politcal discourses....(well on THIS site, anyway....
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