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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (196360)7/31/2004 1:34:28 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (3) of 1580458
 
re: I think I ought to decide for myself how my "charitable contributions" should be paid out. Forcing me to be charitable through higher taxes isn't going to make me feel more charitable; in fact, it will make me feel less so. But I'm sure my "feelings" matter less to you than someone who has it worse than I do.

"Forcing me to be charitable" is not the emotion that most true Americans feel. I've been kicking around this country for 55 years, mostly in the upper classes. And most of the fine and gracious folks that I've had the pleasure to associate with, especially traditional Republicans, have felt a significant debt of gratitude to this country for their success, and their lifestyle. And they haven't complained about their taxes. And the real successful folks never complain about the poor folks that work for them, that would be crass, at best.

Your observation is an interesting one. Up til now, the complaints voiced by Ten were the same as those I have heard expressed for the past 4 years by the Republicans on these threads and on Fox News as well as the few that I know personally. Of course, they don't come out and say it quite as bluntly as Ten......its masked by all kinds of right wing rhetoric.......but the message is still the same; that the needs of the poor people are screwing the rich in this country.

There are two or three issues, and this is one of them, which make me feel there are two Americas in this country. And I have felt that the division over these issues runs very deep. However, if what you say is true, maybe the split is not quite as pronounced as I thought.

ted
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