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New Scientist: People Love to Pay Taxes? Absurd 'Study' Presented as Fact
http://newsbusters.org/ ^ | June 15, 2007 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 06/15/2007 6:36:25 AM PDT by lowbridge

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1 posted on 06/15/2007 6:36:29 AM PDT by lowbridge
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Sounds like the Democrat campaign platform....


2 posted on 06/15/2007 6:39:03 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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This load of crap can fertilize all of the farmlands of all 3rd world nation for the next 50 years


3 posted on 06/15/2007 6:43:05 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: lowbridge
Take my money ... Please


4 posted on 06/15/2007 6:43:40 AM PDT by TexGuy
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Notice the $100 is given not earned.


5 posted on 06/15/2007 6:44:46 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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Set up the same situation, but explain to these 19 bubbleheads that some good portion of the “taxes” they choose to “pay” will go to buying military planes, tanks, bombs, weapons, ammunition, grenades, mines, etc. and see how much they give then...


6 posted on 06/15/2007 6:45:20 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Don't mistake timid driving for defensive driving.)
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To: lowbridge

The University of Oregon is a community college that passes for a center of higher education. Employers who hire U of O grads do so at their own risk.


7 posted on 06/15/2007 6:48:04 AM PDT by Melchior
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They are soooo right. Every April 15 my heart starts to pound with excitement. The thrill of shelling out my hard earned cash to a bunch of lip-smacking, greedy, politicians is overwhelming. My mind races with anticipation as I think about all those wonderful leftist non-profits my heafty funds supports and I could go on and on. Yes, I admit, I not only love paying taxes, I ADORE paying taxes!s/


8 posted on 06/15/2007 6:48:27 AM PDT by Bitsy
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Notice the $100 is given not earned.

Right. Make them work for the money and then threaten them with jail if they don't pay and then measure their brain waves.

Then show them how the money left over pays taxes for businesses on everthing they buy or use.

If you give somebody something, they do not value it or hold it in high regard.

9 posted on 06/15/2007 6:51:28 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
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To: Moonman62

Also notice the leftist blindspot where they’re unable to distinguish between voluntary charity giving and forced confiscation through taxation.


10 posted on 06/15/2007 6:54:20 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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If anything, this shows why politicians love to spend other people's money.

The surprising discovery, based on brain scans, can also predict which people are most likely to donate cash to charity.

Not surprisingly, the authors of the study confuse taxes with charity.

11 posted on 06/15/2007 6:55:29 AM PDT by DManA
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The same thing is going on with other “polls” saying that a majority of Americans love “The Amnesty Bill”!


12 posted on 06/15/2007 6:59:53 AM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore
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To: Bitsy
They are soooo right. Every April 15 my heart starts to pound with excitement.

Actually, mine does. My expenses are such that I typically get a nice bonus that time of year. Not huge, but I alsways get a couple hundred back.

13 posted on 06/15/2007 7:04:44 AM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what an Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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The left secretly loves having other people pay taxes.

I had a conversation with an unemployed lefty who said paying taxes was good.

He also blamed Republicans for the high cost of gas. He didn’t seem to know that 72 cents of the price per gallon was taxes locally.


14 posted on 06/15/2007 7:08:00 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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Make them work for the money and then threaten them with jail if they don't pay and then measure their brain waves.

LOL! "Right", indeed! ;^)

15 posted on 06/15/2007 7:15:34 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
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I’m sitting here looking at two checks. One is written to the United States Treasury and the other to the Franchise Tax Board. Today is June 15th, the day that I get the “pleasure” of sending my money to Washington and Sacramento. I’m so excited. I’m so excited! I’m so excited! breathe.... breathe....


16 posted on 06/15/2007 7:20:05 AM PDT by MarineBrat (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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Nobody axed me!

I purposely go to the courthouse every year to pay my property taxes in person so that the blood suckers have to look me in the eye as they bleed me dry! The only pleasure I get from it is watching them squirm when I use the opportunity to tell them how bad they are at managing my money!

17 posted on 06/15/2007 7:23:26 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Just the facts ma'am)
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people probably like paying taxes more than they admit. He believes the results of his new study help explain the widespread compliance with tax laws.

Yup. That and they don't want to spend their declining years in Leavenworth!

18 posted on 06/15/2007 7:26:25 AM PDT by maryz
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To: doc30

Is it really that exciting when the government returns your own money to you interest-free?


19 posted on 06/15/2007 7:29:45 AM PDT by Turbopilot (iumop ap!sdn w,I 'aw dlaH)
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I just reworked my estimated quarterly payments. These “scientists” are welcome to come on over here and scan my brain waves about now. I think I could blow up their brain scanner with pure rage.


20 posted on 06/15/2007 7:34:06 AM PDT by Turbopilot (iumop ap!sdn w,I 'aw dlaH)
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