Comments on: Paying the Bush War Bill, Defaulting on Our Future http://www.republicoft.com/2008/04/10/paying-the-bush-war-bill-defaulting-on-our-future/ Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:47:01 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: terrance http://www.republicoft.com/2008/04/10/paying-the-bush-war-bill-defaulting-on-our-future/comment-page-1/#comment-180664 terrance Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:08:32 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2008/04/10/paying-the-bush-war-bill-defaulting-on-our-future/#comment-180664 Maybe it's just me, but I guess I'm thinking more collectively. In terms of what we can't afford to do in our communities and in this country until we stop shoveling $12B a month into a war that wasn't necessary in the first place, I think we <em>all</em> pay a price, whether or not we pay taxes (and regardless of how much we pay. Maybe it's the Buddhist in me, but if we don't at some point realize how interdependent we are on each other — up <em>and</em> down the economic ladder — then we're pretty much doomed. Maybe it’s just me, but I guess I’m thinking more collectively. In terms of what we can’t afford to do in our communities and in this country until we stop shoveling $12B a month into a war that wasn’t necessary in the first place, I think we all pay a price, whether or not we pay taxes (and regardless of how much we pay.

Maybe it’s the Buddhist in me, but if we don’t at some point realize how interdependent we are on each other — up and down the economic ladder — then we’re pretty much doomed.

]]> By: KipEsquire http://www.republicoft.com/2008/04/10/paying-the-bush-war-bill-defaulting-on-our-future/comment-page-1/#comment-180663 KipEsquire Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:08:56 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2008/04/10/paying-the-bush-war-bill-defaulting-on-our-future/#comment-180663 Of course, since the bottom 40% or so of households pay no federal income tax, the $159 billion should be divided by a much smaller number of households, so that it would reflect the tax burden to, um, <em><strong>taxpayers</strong></em>. Other than that, more power to you. Of course, since the bottom 40% or so of households pay no federal income tax, the $159 billion should be divided by a much smaller number of households, so that it would reflect the tax burden to, um, taxpayers.

Other than that, more power to you.

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