Comments on: Voting with our pocketbook http://unrepentantindividual.com/2005/05/20/voting-with-our-pocketbook/ ...the only me I know Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:38:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eric http://unrepentantindividual.com/2005/05/20/voting-with-our-pocketbook/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Eric Sat, 21 May 2005 15:45:52 +0000 http://unrepentantindividual.com/2005/05/20/voting-with-our-pocketbook/#comment-73 This is nothing but socialism on a global scale. It is like the concept we have here in the US that the wealthy should contribute the most money to the "public good", but shouldn't have any more say in how that money is used than a citizen who pays no taxes at all. This is nothing but socialism on a global scale. It is like the concept we have here in the US that the wealthy should contribute the most money to the “public good”, but shouldn’t have any more say in how that money is used than a citizen who pays no taxes at all.

]]> By: Mike http://unrepentantindividual.com/2005/05/20/voting-with-our-pocketbook/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Mike Sat, 21 May 2005 03:36:07 +0000 http://unrepentantindividual.com/2005/05/20/voting-with-our-pocketbook/#comment-72 I feel your pain about Yahoo news. The story updates as the AP updates their wire story. Kind of disturbing, if you consider the memory hole and all that. In any case, its always annoying as hell. I feel your pain about Yahoo news. The story updates as the AP updates their wire story. Kind of disturbing, if you consider the memory hole and all that.

In any case, its always annoying as hell.

]]> By: Robert http://unrepentantindividual.com/2005/05/20/voting-with-our-pocketbook/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Robert Sat, 21 May 2005 02:01:16 +0000 http://unrepentantindividual.com/2005/05/20/voting-with-our-pocketbook/#comment-71 <i>They want us to bankroll their operations, but they can’t stand it when we want to make sure we get some value (or at least some gratitude) for our money.</i> That sounds like my ex-wife’s motto. <i>As I said in my last post, this is still just sabre-rattling. The problem, though, is that sabre-rattling only works if the other side thinks you have the cojones to actually follow through.</i> I filled for divorce, which is what the US ought to do. They want us to bankroll their operations, but they can’t stand it when we want to make sure we get some value (or at least some gratitude) for our money.

That sounds like my ex-wife’s motto.

As I said in my last post, this is still just sabre-rattling. The problem, though, is that sabre-rattling only works if the other side thinks you have the cojones to actually follow through.

I filled for divorce, which is what the US ought to do.

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