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FailureToCommunicate

(13,989 posts)
13. I don't loathe Republicans...
Sat Sep 29, 2012, 07:45 AM
Sep 2012

...just 99% of them. (I have a few friends and relatives who have not seen the light, and I hold out hope for them, bless their hearts.)

I'll add that I say ditto to what Louis c said above about the responsibility, and advantage, of paying taxes that help everyone (whether they understand that or not)

I did up until 2011 eridani Sep 2012 #1
I am Rec'ing for my DH! Heather MC Sep 2012 #2
I want to rec for my husband who pays taxes, Is on the vanilla side, (if he were any whiter, the Ecumenist Sep 2012 #3
I would pay federal taxes cpwm17 Sep 2012 #4
I pay them and wouldn't mind paying more in exchange for a single payer healthcare system modem77 Sep 2012 #5
+++++ Freddie Sep 2012 #27
+1 freshwest Sep 2012 #61
Me too. White tax-payer here, would be happy to pay more for better health care system. yardwork Sep 2012 #30
"They" could raise our taxes 3 or 4 Bigmack Sep 2012 #36
My boss is a Conservative and quite honestly looked shocked when I said basically the same Stardust Sep 2012 #91
YES! kag Sep 2012 #55
no kidding!. . .. . . n/t annabanana Sep 2012 #58
same here unapatriciated Sep 2012 #63
Well, I am an archetype BellaKos Sep 2012 #6
Those ARE some deep roots! Belated welcome to DU. FailureToCommunicate Sep 2012 #15
Other factors? BellaKos Sep 2012 #19
Your father sounds like an Atticus FailureToCommunicate Sep 2012 #22
welcome aboard... thats what i thought about atticus oldhippydude Sep 2012 #28
Welcome to DU! drm604 Sep 2012 #60
Thanks for sharing! Rain Mcloud Sep 2012 #77
Thanx everyone. Glad to be here. n/t BellaKos Sep 2012 #83
That's Me louis c Sep 2012 #7
+47 lonestarnot Sep 2012 #32
I have love for everyone. ZombieHorde Sep 2012 #8
Rec Flashmann Sep 2012 #9
Another old white man for the black guy. Fuck the R's. Scuba Sep 2012 #10
i'm with him ^ nt rsweets Sep 2012 #21
Can't stand rethugs angrychair Sep 2012 #11
LOATHE is way too mild for me Dakota Flint Sep 2012 #12
I don't loathe Republicans... FailureToCommunicate Sep 2012 #13
Another federa-tax-paying middle-aged white woman for Obama here n/t rox63 Sep 2012 #14
Me too. n/t jackbenimble Sep 2012 #25
Me three. n/t whathehell Sep 2012 #50
retired but still paying taxes kmlisle Sep 2012 #16
yep, we gladly pay taxes newspeak Sep 2012 #23
white middle age tax payer here 4_TN_TITANS Sep 2012 #17
I pity the rank and file more than anything SnowCritter Sep 2012 #18
Yeah, I fit that demographic. One clarification, though: Martin Eden Sep 2012 #20
I know what you mean. OnionPatch Sep 2012 #24
Pretty much the same here. Martin Eden Sep 2012 #39
You can count me in. eqfan592 Sep 2012 #26
My spouse and I have paid Federal Income Tax for 39 years susanr516 Sep 2012 #29
I pay at a higher rate than Mitt Proud Public Servant Sep 2012 #31
Paying Fed Income tax yearly since age 19, been loathing Republicans much longer Bluenorthwest Sep 2012 #33
Yo! ewagner Sep 2012 #34
If I got any whiter I'd be albino Freddie Sep 2012 #35
K&R MoonRiver Sep 2012 #37
K&R then Populist_Prole Sep 2012 #38
Rec'd Bertha Venation Sep 2012 #40
I had a few bad years after the Bush economy but I am back to kicking in my share! Walk away Sep 2012 #41
How about white, male, pay taxes, part of the military (USCG), evangelical christian, rwsanders Sep 2012 #42
My hand is up. nt Th1onein Sep 2012 #43
K&R kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #44
Yup, yup, and DOUBLE YUP! n/t beac Sep 2012 #45
white, female, tax rate 20% - TBF Sep 2012 #46
Not stupid or greedy enough truebluegreen Sep 2012 #47
Absolutely! cpamomfromtexas Sep 2012 #48
Four here...and a strong accent on LOATHE. Tikki Sep 2012 #49
here I am Skittles Sep 2012 #51
White, blonde, blue eyed, employed, live in a nice place in a nice city and HATE republicans. smirkymonkey Sep 2012 #52
"White," middle-class, taxpayer, never voted for a rethug, and never will. Chorophyll Sep 2012 #53
close enough. part hawaiian, but that was a few gens back. montanto Sep 2012 #54
It was after I heard my first Mantovani record BootinUp Sep 2012 #56
That's me too. Nt DevonRex Sep 2012 #57
I feel excluded because I am mixed race Generic Other Sep 2012 #59
Not just white, but male and older, too. Faygo Kid Sep 2012 #62
That's me, to a tee CanonRay Sep 2012 #64
Bet your patootie I pay income tax, have been for 50 years. sarge43 Sep 2012 #65
Unrec to the nth degree. living foods Sep 2012 #66
I seem to be various shadings donqpublic Sep 2012 #67
Looks like I somehow recced this twice... Rhiannon12866 Sep 2012 #68
I usually skip over these "Rec if . . . " threads, but I'll make an exception for this one NBachers Sep 2012 #69
K&R silverweb Sep 2012 #70
52 year old wolfie001 Sep 2012 #71
We are retired and on Social Security, but our children pay big taxes and we did when we worked. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #72
Too bad the Republicans won't see these Demographics oldsarge54 Sep 2012 #73
I loathe most Republican politicians, and the sources of their funding. potone Sep 2012 #74
Here's a black man who's proud of my white brothers and sisters. :) n/t ejbr Sep 2012 #75
Still paying taxes - nearly 60 years now RuthK Sep 2012 #76
About that median annual income of 25 K - Romney made over 37 K EVERY DAY 365 day/yr in 2011 progree Sep 2012 #88
Well, that is one way to hit the Greatest Threads! Curmudgeoness Sep 2012 #78
I paid twice the tax rate Mitt did this year. SunSeeker Sep 2012 #79
Kiss my pasty white federal-tax-paying heinie, Mitt & Co. Arugula Latte Sep 2012 #80
Union family and proud of it. McCamy Taylor Sep 2012 #81
K&R liberaltrucker Sep 2012 #82
I have never resented paying taxes. FredStembottom Sep 2012 #84
That would be me pink-o Sep 2012 #85
we're white... GetRidOfThem Sep 2012 #86
Whiter then white. Jennicut Sep 2012 #87
I'm white, I pay federal income taxes... davidthegnome Sep 2012 #89
I've paid taxes since I was 15 years old. Now I'm on dmr Sep 2012 #90
K&R HopeHoops Sep 2012 #92
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