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[veronica_rich]

Would someone PLEASE tell Americans Against Food Taxes to hire better ad writers? Seriously, I'm betting whoever did these dumbass commercials makes more than I do. These are the ones who say they're against taxing sodas and juice drinks to help finance universal health care. (Personally, as little soda as I drink, it wouldn't bother me a bit. But I digress, since that's not my point.) My favorite boner is the part of the ad that says "Taxes never made anybody healthy - exercise, education, and healthy eating do that."

Quick quiz: What finances:

Public education?
Public parks and trails?
Sidewalks (for walking)?
The USDA?
The FDA?
The CDC?
Head Start?
School lunches?

Nope. Not taxes. Nosiree!

This reminds me so much of the anti-socialists who nevertheless snatch up their monthly Social Security check and happily accept Medicare like it's going out of style - not to mention, drive on public highways, use rest stops, check books out at the library, go swimming at the city pool, etc. etc. etc. SOCIALISM IS NOTHING MORE THAN POOLING RESOURCES TO PARTICIPATE IN SHARED BENEFITS.

Yes, it allows those who don't have very much to benefit from those who have more on occasion. What evil lurks! God forbid a poor or lower-middle class person be made to FORGET for even a moment how hard life is supposed to be when you have less money, a worse job, or dimmer prospects than someone else.

ETA: And, apropos of absolutely nothing, I never say this ... but Joe Jackson needs to be Terminated. Like, yesterday. Before he can get his greedy, grubby hands anywhere near a grandchild with even a smidge of talent and fuck them up as badly as he has his own children. I have no great love of Michael, but every time this old bastard's face pops up on the news, he's working some sort of angle to put more cash in his pocket.

Comments

[astria.livejournal.com]

I thought... Santa Claus paid for those.... *heart broken forever! thanks a lot*

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Rosebud is the sled!

[astria.livejournal.com]

Ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

NOT THE HOMICIDAL ROOSTER....

[astria.livejournal.com]

Oh yes.

[pir8fancier.livejournal.com]

You know, even the smart Republicans are stupid. Our illustrious governor, who I thought had a brain, line item vetoed most of the money for AIDS prevention and services in this state--in a budget that had been negotiated. I cannot imagine how he sleeps at night. He's an actor. He's watched thousands of people in the industry die. And it's a horrible death.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

What, precisely, do you expect from a Nazi?

[pir8fancier.livejournal.com]

True, but until this point I didn't think he was a stupid Nazi. This is one of those make or break issues in this state. This will make gay Republicans think twice about supporting him in what ever future office he hopes to hold. I'm betting he's going to gun for Barbara Boxer's Senate seat.

[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

But a Nazi married to someone from a family of liberal icons.

[virginia-fell.livejournal.com]

But! But!

If poor people don't lead horrible lives, how are rich people supposed to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that they're better human beings? How will they know they deserve health care and safety if EVERYONE has it?

Please, think of the rich people. :'(

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Worse yet, who will join the military and fight the rich people's battles, for the benefits?

(I should throw in the disclaimer that plenty of people join the military for many other more noble reasons. Hell, I had family in the military. But also to be fair, one of those joined just for the medical benefits. :-D )

[solitaryraven.livejournal.com]

The "WE CAN'T HAVE ANY TAXES AT ALL" people amuse me. Someone on faux news a month or so ago said that we should have just suspended all taxes when the recession started because that would have fixed the problems. Except for that tiny problem of how we'd educate our kids and how government employees would get paid--I guess unemployment is only a factor if you aren't paid by the government.

...amazing how getting rid of taxes would apparently solve all our problems. I bet it could end world poverty and bring peace too.

[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

Libertarians keep out of my country!

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I hear the people who say "it'll cost us even more in taxes to provide healthcare to that many more people." Guess what? It ends up costing a lot more to treat illnesses once they've gotten past the preventive care stage, in lost dollars to ERs for severely ill people who can't pay, and in lost productivity for people who end up having to take more time off their jobs - or quit altogether and go on disability - because an illness that could've been caught and treated WASN'T.

[solitaryraven.livejournal.com]

I love the people who say "but it'll make going to the hospital so much more of a hastle if more people are covered. That's why people from Canada come here for treatment." Yes, we must allow people who can't afford the treatments to die of treatable cancer b/c because we wouldn't want you to be inconvenienced.

[lizzie-omalley.livejournal.com]

SOCIALISM IS NOTHING MORE THAN POOLING RESOURCES TO PARTICIPATE IN SHARED BENEFITS.

Best Line Evah!

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I should totally be Metaquoted. ;-)

[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

Joe Jackson creeps me out Big Time. His deadpan face. His dead eyes. The hat he wears tilted over his face to try and conceal these attributes. He radiates evil - something that's always been obvious to me even without Michael's stories of abuse.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

He's a User, plain and simple. They're pretty easy to spot AND THEY NEVER EVER CHANGE.

[a-silver-rose.livejournal.com]

RE: Joe Jackson. His 80th bday is coming up, and I saw some news story about him hosting the party *right* *here* *in* *town*. UGH!

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

He and my grandma would go REAL well together, I think. *shudder*