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Thread #66540   Message #1105503
Posted By: Chief Chaos
30-Jan-04 - 06:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: Dodging Taxes - Advice
Subject: RE: BS: Dodging Taxes - Advice
Sigh....
As one who makes his living in a Gov't position...
Please pay your taxes! Okay, so you don't want to support the war. Even if you have no direct link to anyone over there, I urge you to look at your position again. For want of a nail the shoe was lost and all that. The war is going to go on as long as the present administration is in office. With or without your tax money. They used to wring their hands and cry in disgust about the tax and spend democrats. I've got news for you. You're seeing the don't tax and spend anyway republicans. This war gives power, it provides cover for many military upgrades which are unfortunately far overdue (they balance the budget on the backs of the military, not through purchasing programs but by cutting back on programs that effect the military personnel and their families. For most of the last couple of decades the military people have been getting raises that were .5% behind cost of living. At one point we were approx. 13% behind cost of living. The purchase of weaponry and the advancement of military sciences will always continue.

Your only hurting those that really need it most, not the war or its supporters.