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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.
It's easy to be a democrat when you aren't supporting a family and paying taxes!
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I'm sure it's easy to be a Democrat when you aren't supporting a family and paying taxes, but what if you are left of center, like my parents? They're in the highest tax bracket, fork over a huge amount of money for taxes, etc., but they didn't support Bush in the past election. In fact, they're pretty freaking "liberal". I know their money (and mine, since a good part of my "income" goes to the government) goes to things which they (and I) don't necessarily support, but changing parties isn't going to change that. The world is so much bigger than your pocketbook, regardless of how big it is. It includes those people whose sons and daughters are getting killed so that your sons and daughters may live freely or safely, that poor little toad, and the fish floating in the Prince William Sound belly-up from one oil spill too many.
There is a pervasive myth which I think fuels a lot of this anger about tax money going to people who don't "deserve" it. It's the myth of the welfare mother with 5 kids, unmarried, having children just to stay on the dole...and it just ain't true. I know FOR A FACT that most of the people on public assistance aren't there because they're lazy or want to live off the government (it's almost IMPOSSIBLE to do that on a public assistance check, by the way). People get hurt on the job, can't work, and don't have insurance. Husbands leave. Kids get sick, and parents have to quit their jobs. Parents get ill. Not everyone has the nest egg to get back on their feet after such a setback, and that is why I am afraid that once the 911 turmoil has settled some more, that Bush and his cronies will try to alter public assistance programs. For every "stereotypical" welfare mother, there are more families who didn't want to get on welfare, disability, or food stamps, and I think most Americans realize that. And THAT is the reason there are more Democrats.
::::jumping off my soapbox::::
Once again, please don't blame me! I voted for Nader!
