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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: TimF who wrote (90885)10/20/2008 8:39:46 PM
From: Cogito  Read Replies (1) of 541733
 
>>At that point, the majority of Americans not paying taxes would elect leaders who decide how much the minority must fork over to the government — to be redistributed to the majority through government programs and services.<<

Tim -

I see the point Cliff May is trying to make there, but there's no reason to assume that everyone below a specific income point will always vote as a block. In fact, there's plenty of evidence to demonstrate that it would not be so.

There's enough to be afraid of in the present without conjuring up ghosts of the future.

- Allen
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