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Old 11-06-2004, 04:30 AM  
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Originally posted by Repetitive Monkey
S/he was making a point. Of course Democrats don't want to literally "punish" someone for being financially successful, but certainly they want to treat them negatively in way that others are not (higher tax percentages).
S/he was making a stupid point, with a story that has no connection to reality.
Anyone who compares feeding the starving with distributing points in college is an idiot, anyone who compares progressive taxes with a fully equal distribution of wealth is an even bigger idiot, and anyone who even thinks about seriously telling a story in which the main point implies that wealth is always earned is almost certainly mentally handicapped.

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Originally posted by CET
There are many in the democratic leadership that are socialists and communists, and are trying to bring in the idea of wealthy redistribution. Case in point, minority leader Nancy Pelosi, senator Hillary Clinton, senator Teddy Kennedy, just to name a few.
That's bullshit, plain and simple. Progressive taxes and social security do not equal full-scale wealth redistribution.
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