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Kurovski

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4. I never fully understood the "free stuff" mantra

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Aug 8, 2017, 03:26 PM

Aug 2017

that we've heard for so long regarding healthcare and education. Why not demand something for your tax dollars besides 64 percent of them going to the Pentagon?

Likewise, the foolish people who say they don't want to pay for sick people, when in fact that is what you do with your insurance payments regardless.

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Canadians may pay more taxes than Americans, but here's what they get for their money [View all] applegrove Aug 2017 OP

Michael Moore and others pointed this out years ago. Good article though. underpants Aug 2017 #1

And in turn, our 'national defense' enjoys astronomical (largely unaudited) profits. sandensea Aug 2017 #5

Yep. "National defense" is really a jobs program. underpants Aug 2017 #6

Meanwhile our social safety net look more and more like Mexico's sandensea Aug 2017 #7

Plus, they have to pay zero in premiums to for-profit insurance companies. PSPS Aug 2017 #2

I call bullshit on this paragraph ProfessorPlum Aug 2017 #3

I never fully understood the "free stuff" mantra Kurovski Aug 2017 #4