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merrily

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4. Thanks. Mention charity and government in the same breath to a rightist.

Reply to RiverLover (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 09:57 PM

Apr 2015

They will tell you charity is voluntary, not your government taking tax money from you to benefit someone else.

Well, you coulda fooled me. Seems like government's been taking our taxes to work for us and then benefitting the rich instead for quite some time now.

And everyone is fine with that, as long as some needy person can't get "welfare as we know it."

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House Republicans Hand Warren Buffett Big Win On Expensive Loans To The Poor [View all] RiverLover Apr 2015 OP

Interesting and if he is doing that I hope he pays for it. However, one statement in this OP is jwirr Apr 2015 #1

"Buffett's empire has had great success pressuring Congress" Gee, I can't imagine how he succeeds. merrily Apr 2015 #2

Excellent Q. I don't get why they can't put protection in place for PEOPLE RiverLover Apr 2015 #3

Thanks. Mention charity and government in the same breath to a rightist. merrily Apr 2015 #4