Posted on 04/15/2009 6:39:13 PM PDT by libh8er
Happy Patriots' Day. April 15 is the one day a year when our country asks something of us -- or at least the vast majority of us.
For those who wear a military uniform, those who serve the rest of us as policemen and firefighters and teachers and other public servants, every day is patriots' day. They work hard for our country; many risk their lives -- and some lose their lives.
But for the rest of us, the civilian majority, our government asks very little. Except for April 15. On this day, our government asks that we pay our fair share of taxes to keep our beloved country strong and safe.
Freedom isn't free. That's what the courageous World War II veterans of the American Legion taught me back in Texas Boys State decades ago. That phrase had special meaning for them. Those guys had seen buddies blown apart at Anzio or Guadalcanal.
I grew up in a different era. There was no draft, and while I have friends and family members who joined the military, most of my peers, like me, opted for the security and prosperity of the private sector.
This country has showered me with the blessings of liberty. So what do I owe my country in return? Paying my fair share of taxes, it seems, is the least I can do. Thanks to President Obama and the Democratic Congress, 95 percent of Americans will get a tax cut this year. No one -- not even the wealthiest 1 percent -- will have to pay higher income taxes until 2011.
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Guess they forgot to give him the memo or something.
“On this day, our government asks that we pay our fair share of taxes”
Tell that to your democratic friends
WRONG nearly half the country isn't paying income taxes, which is what were paying on this accursed day, and those totals are rising under the the great redistributor.
well if the patriots would have followed this logic there would have been no revolution and no U.S.A - I’m so confused.
That loser should be finishing up a prison term for perjury, suborning perjury, obstruction of justice, and for just being a jackass hack for the Klintoons. Why he and the others of their jackals weren’t prosecuted for all the above is beyond me. Didn’t Bush have at least two Attorneys General? Why didn’t they go after these criminals?
Well, Paul, honey, why don’t we settle on allowing us civilian patriots to choose which group we’d like to fund—the military or the “community organizers”?
Uh no Paul, we're right wing extremists and people to be feared.
In fact I wore my US Army right wing extremist hat to a tea party today and met a young Iraq airborne warrior with the same hat.
Sure didn't seem like a domestic terrorist to me.
So,... only Republicans are patriots!
By my accounting, almost half the country is paying NOTHING in income taxes, while the hated “rich” (top 10%) pay the lion’s share (66%) for the sin of working harder and taking risks. Is that what Mr. Begala thinks far better people than he fought and died for? He needs to go to Cuba - and stay there.
Begala, please STFU.
And normally those that pay the least recieve the most in government assistance.
Paying a fair share at a meal would be paying for what you consume...these takers demand that others pay for what they consume.
“Fair Share”...another Liberal Lie.
“those who wear a military uniform, those who serve the rest of us as policemen and firefighters and teachers and other public servants, every day is patriots’ day.”
Hey Begala, perhaps you aren’t aware of this, but except for the military folks, the rest of the public servants you listed are paid with state taxes.”
Isn’t Patriot’s Day on April 19th?
Celebrating the first engagements of the Revolutionary War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot’s_Day
April 15th is my birthday. I don’t need Begala spitting on it.
What’s the famous Reagan quote? “Republicans believe every day is July 4th; Democrats believe every day is April 15th.”
Screw you, Begala. You’re nothing but a Democrat hack. Take your DNC propaganda and put it where the moon don’t shine.
I think there should be a surtax on liberals like Begala. Since they’re the ones who want these Federal programs, they should be the ones who pay for them. Actually, taxation is just the source of the money that Democrats use to buy votes, and by extension, power.
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