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Uncle Sam -- Our Great Owner and "Mass'ah"
CNSNews ^ | August 13, 2009 | Adam Brickley

Posted on 08/13/2009 1:48:08 PM PDT by Pellegrino

Washington (CNSNews.com) – A taxpayer watchdog group marked “Cost of Government Day” Wednesday – the day when the average American has earned enough gross income to pay his or her share of the spending and regulatory burden imposed by government at the federal, state, and local level.

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Of the 224 days required to pay off one’s share of the cost of government in 2009, 111 of those days account for federal spending, 49 days account for state and local spending, and another 65 are needed to pay for regulations imposed by all levels of government.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: burden; costofgovernmentday; slavery; taxes
Aye, there is a word for this state of affairs: Slavery. --Pellegrino
1 posted on 08/13/2009 1:48:09 PM PDT by Pellegrino
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To: Pellegrino

Yes, and the Marxists want to make our slavery worse!!!


2 posted on 08/13/2009 1:53:29 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Pellegrino

“Since you have labored so earnestly for me through morning, afternoon and evening, as your sovereign, I am pleased to grant you the remains of the day to labor for yourselves and to keep whatever you are able to earn. You’re welcome!”


3 posted on 08/13/2009 1:58:54 PM PDT by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: EagleUSA
They’ve taken that which can never be given back: our time. But I suppose we should all be grateful for the remaining 1/4 of 2009, during which our servitude to the Lord of the Manor has been theoretically paid . . . through December 31st, that is.
4 posted on 08/13/2009 2:04:06 PM PDT by Pellegrino
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To: LearsFool

“Winter isn’t over yet if the wild geese still fly that way . . . “
—Lear


5 posted on 08/13/2009 2:17:16 PM PDT by Pellegrino
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To: Pellegrino

Hmmm...seems someone else discovered what I’ve been saying for a long time, we’re ALL “n_____r’s” to the government.


6 posted on 08/13/2009 3:21:19 PM PDT by wizr ( Freedom ain't free, and common sense ain't common, it's a gift, from God.)
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