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Originally posted by justamom
HOWEVER, since becoming a "respectable" member of the community, (this means I pay TAXES and a LOT of them) I have learned my money goes to all sorts of things I am adamantly against. At this point in my life I AM A REPUBLICAN! If we need to drill for oil to break the hold of foreign interests, if we have to KILL peope to insure the safety of our sons and daughters, if we have to ANNIHILATE the green crosseyed toad to build a communications lab, hey, I vote YES! Just WAIT till you open your paycheck and you see your hard earned money going to social programs with NON EXISTENT PEOPLE on the roles collecting money.
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Aiiiii! You sound exactly like my parents!!
I have to say this...I have considered myself a democrat since I was old enough to form my own opinions on issues. To this day (I am 30) my dad has ALWAYS been telling me, "You'll change. I used to be liberal, yada yada yada, but you'll become a republican someday." I always laughed.
You know what? For once, my dad is wrong. I really, honestly believe in my heart of hearts, that I will always be a democrat, or, more accurately, liberal. As attorneys, my husband and I fork over wads of $$ with every paycheck, that's true. Honestly, though, I can deal with that.
Here's why -- I have always believed that there are some things that are more important than money, for example, my reproductive freedom, the ability of children to receive a public education free of religious influence, separation of church and state and the environment. On all of these issues, I agree with democrats and not republicans, 99% of the time. As humans, it is our duty to protect that goofy little frog, because it is our duty to take care of the earth -- if we don't, and if we continue to abuse it as we have been doing, we're all going to be screwed. I will happily shell out extra money to ensure all of these things in which I believe, even if that means that someone is abusing the system and getting money he or she doesn't deserve.
Aw, shucks. I'm going to go outside and hug a tree now.
