[kellynla]

“I know I am feeling less “patriotic” these days.”

When you have HALF the population dependent on the government for their livelihood, HALF the population who don't pay ANY income taxes and a government & private industry full of crooks...there's not much to cheer about...

[caseinpoint]

And let’s remember Senator Reid said on camera that paying taxes is voluntary.

If the IRS comes after me for being less than patriotic, I have a few role models to point at. It will be truly interesting to see what happens to the fed treasury as the collections go down and down due to this financial situation and less patriotism.

[arthurus]

When you have HALF the population dependent on the government for their livelihood, HALF the population who don't pay ANY income taxes

then HALF the population is a constituency for higher taxes and higher government spending and with a newly much empowered ACORN maybe 60% of counted votes .