Ah, you’ve been reading a previous thread where I claimed to be on government assistance in response to my leg being pulled.....
Oh, so you lie here on the board.
Great. Now at least I know what you are.
No, I am a self-employed tax payer. I pay a shitload of taxes
Well, if you are telling the truth (this time), there is:
1. No need to use profanity here
2. I pay more than my "fair share" too - trust me
As for myself, I have stated this before on the board and I am proud of it: I am a retired military officer and pilot. I get a retirement check for that - yes. In 21 years of service, three wars, and things that I refuse to divulge here to someone such as yourself, I believe I earned it, and you would be quite shocked to learn that it ain't that much. But if you or anyone else here think that retired military are "undeserving" - go right ahead.
I sure think I earned that more than 99% of most Americans, and I will say the same for each and every veteran in this nation. You will never convince me otherwise.
On top of that, I am disgusted by how ungrateful and shortsighted this nation has become. You don't get to live in Xanadu of Libertarian Land because you won life's lottery. Other people paid a price for it.
I want to cut ALL government spending including defense - because it’s not government’s money.
And I want a pony.
“Oh, so you lie here on the board.”
You are a complete humorless idiot.
“I get a retirement check for that” so why is it you accuse me of defending a government check - when you are directly conflicted in that regard? You have a bizarre sense of right and wrong.
You aren’t the only one to serve in the military, nor does that make you uniquely qualified to comment on future military funding - Neither does my own military service qualify me. However, as a taxpayer I AM qualified to object to any and all spending of all kinds.
“you would be quite shocked to learn that it ain’t that much. But if you or anyone else here think that retired military are “undeserving” - go right ahead.”
You really are a patronizing doofus.
“I sure think I earned that more than 99% of most Americans, and I will say the same for each and every veteran in this nation. You will never convince me otherwise.”
The problem is oh, wise one, is that we don’t have the money.
So budgets and checks of all kinds are under direct threat of being severely reduced. Check recipients such as yourself always think they deserve “their” check over someone elses check - which is why we have $16T in debt and counting.
“On top of that, I am disgusted by how ungrateful and shortsighted this nation has become.”
Oh ungrateful are we? I served because I felt duty-bound. You apparently did it for an ongoing revenue stream. To each his own.
If you actually understood how dire a situation we are in financially, you would realize that I seek to preserve some sort of check for those recipients that are truly deserving of government benefits. But you feel that is being “ungrateful”. Good grief.
“And I want a pony.”
See you are really warped in the humor department. The “I want a pony” comment should be more appropriately applied to those who RECEIVE government benefits than to those who PAY and PAY and PAY.
So which government contractor do you work for SkyPilot? I have your number, don’t I? He who dips double complains most when defense budgets are cut.