A reply to people who complain about taxes

beaukitty

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Monday September 12, 2011 · 4:40 PM PDT

2011/09/12 · 16:40

In the past people left everyone and everything that they knew behind to come here to build a better life for themselves and their families. They built roads and canals and railroads and cities for themselves and for the future generations. At various times during this country's history they have been asked to sacrifice their lives, and their children's lives to defend what had been built, and to make it possible for their families to live here and prosper as their ancestors did.

Now people are being asked to simply give money to pay for the maintenance of the way of life that we, through the sacrifice of others, are able to enjoy today. We're not having to leave everything and everyone we know behind. Over 99% of us are not giving our lives and our children's lives to preserve what we have....we are just being asked to pay our way and if possible, stop billing our children for the lives we are living now.

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