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To: tejek who wrote (728517)	7/23/2013 12:21:31 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Recommended By one_less TideGlider Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577883

>> It doesn't bother you in the least that the rest of us pick up what the state of Arkansas can't afford. You're trying to change the subject. The idea that red states are "net takers" is bullshit, but if you want to have that argument we can. But it has NOTHING to do with incompetent management of localities which have run up massive debts due to insane commitments to employees, wild spending, and caving to public sector unions which conservatives have opposed all along. Don't come to us wanting a bailout for these major cities like Detroit, NYC, SFO, Chicago, and the rest. These are YOUR problems, YOU created, and YOU will have to deal with them. In Arkansas we pay school teachers what they're worth, plus some. In Chicago, they pay school teachers, total compensation, 125K or better. That's ridiculous. And now that these cities can't deliver what they promised, that's their problem to deal with. We didn't make the stupid decisions. They did.

To: tejek who wrote (728517)	7/23/2013 1:18:47 PM
From: steve harris	6 Recommendations Recommended By Bonefish Brumar89 FJB i-node Tenchusatsu and 1 more member Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

It doesn't bother you in the least that the rest of us pick up what the state of Arkansas can't afford. YOU ain't picking up nothing.

To: tejek who wrote (728517)	7/23/2013 1:42:21 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Respond to of 1577883

There are many hard working people who've never been able to afford a home of their own, who've worked steadily from the first opportunity until old age and will not be able to afford a retirement. It is taxes from their wages you would take to bail out home owners who were given bad loans pushed by the government. It is taxes from their wages you would take for other people to retire in comfort. But when its your turn to help another American in trouble...........you happily turn your back. I am happy to help people when they need it to survive an emergency (flood, fire etc). I am also happy to help people who are unable to sustain themselves on their own. I am not so happy about funding gangland projects, programs that perpetuate a cycle of welfare, other people's homes, other people's retirement, other people's lost wealth of any kind.