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47. Fox has been pushing that one for over a week. It's bunk.

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The checkout girl in the grocery store [View all] murielm99 Nov 2012 OP

No I haven't heard that about taxes. Kalidurga Nov 2012 #1

Eyeroll... really in customer service, she should know better. Agschmid Nov 2012 #2

She's a cashier in a grocery store lunatica Nov 2012 #42

McRomney? Lilyeye Nov 2012 #3

Not surprising.... Wounded Bear Nov 2012 #4

nope, haven't heard that lie. doesn't matter what lies they put out now Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #5

Taxes have gone down. RobertEarl Nov 2012 #6

Did your area vote on a bond issue? Or Cerridwen Nov 2012 #7

Actually, no. murielm99 Nov 2012 #15

Well, there goes that theory. :) n/t Cerridwen Nov 2012 #43

Wow. That sucks. Kath1 Nov 2012 #8

Probably confusing the fiscal cliff BS. She sounds uniformed. JaneyVee Nov 2012 #9

Even IF there had been a tax increase in the past two weeks then ... Tx4obama Nov 2012 #10

I bet she was fucking with you. Matariki Nov 2012 #11

Possibly, but I dunno RedCappedBandit Nov 2012 #17

"McRomney" probably running the name Mitt & Romney together, a lazy way of speaking. nt Raine Nov 2012 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author libdem4life Nov 2012 #52

Yup, soon as he got elected, he pushed that "Big New Tax" button right there on his desk NBachers Nov 2012 #12

I know a 20 yr.old girl just like that. Zorra Nov 2012 #13

That is actually a pretty old rumor floating around the net davidn3600 Nov 2012 #16

implants aletier_v Nov 2012 #27

"It is easier to trick someone Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #14

Cute. ancianita Nov 2012 #23

Give the checkout girl a break... nikto Nov 2012 #18

Meh. The Teabaggers are dying off all by themselves. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #41

Maybe she meant it taxes her more to be a Republican now. Kablooie Nov 2012 #19

i would have told her that.... dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #62

Her taxes probably did go up. The making work pay credit was worth more to low income workers than dkf Nov 2012 #20

If the quote above is accurate Mariana Nov 2012 #24

Well they will go up in one month. Maybe she was notified of the coming changes. dkf Nov 2012 #26

And yet the irrational decision making on taxes has been done by the very well compensated indeed Fumesucker Nov 2012 #29

"if the majority receives more than they pay" = So you think Social Security and Medicare are to be WinkyDink Nov 2012 #33

"her taxes got raised or she received less of a refund" = These are not synonymous terms, FYI. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #32

She is the poster child for the low information voter. SheilaT Nov 2012 #21

"McRomney"? Is that like a cross between Cha Nov 2012 #25

Actually, in my health club gym, just on Monday morning 515am est, I heard a simliar lie graham4anything Nov 2012 #28

I think I would have asked her who McRomney is. drm604 Nov 2012 #30

Maybe she's been watching David Letteman and mis-heard "Mitch Romney" NBachers Nov 2012 #34

My wife's aunt from Missouri thinks B Calm Nov 2012 #31

I KNOW it's a lousy job, BUT---Cashiers are to be "unobservant", and DEFINITELY not political! WinkyDink Nov 2012 #35

"People Tell Me"... KharmaTrain Nov 2012 #36

Funny; I always hear stupid men callers when I catch a bit of talk-radio. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #49

My mother is like that and it drives me crazy Populist_Prole Nov 2012 #53

That's all that needed to be said. rucky Nov 2012 #37

You did good. You corrected her lie that she got from God only knows, where. Kahuna Nov 2012 #38

That cashier is a grade-A dumbfuck... Marmitist Nov 2012 #39

She may be picking up discussions about the fiscal cliff and raising revenues starroute Nov 2012 #40

I loved the way you handled it. tavernier Nov 2012 #44

You sound like my mom Tsiyu Nov 2012 #54

Yeah, I was pretty certain someone would miss my point tavernier Nov 2012 #60

It's sad that a young voter could be so poorly informed about things that really matter slackmaster Nov 2012 #45

You handled it perfectly! CrispyQ Nov 2012 #46

Fox has been pushing that one for over a week. It's bunk. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #47

Sounds lke she was just a ignorant person inventing her own reality jimlup Nov 2012 #48

In other words, an ordinary, garden-variety Teabagger. nt. Mariana Nov 2012 #63

I have an explanation for McRomney Ter Nov 2012 #50

I hate the lie that taxes are always going up. My dad loves to say that taxes always go up but beyurslf Nov 2012 #51

Not only has he raised our taxes... AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #55

McRomney stuntcat Nov 2012 #56

Child tax credit Separation Nov 2012 #57

Wow, you called someone a name? this is temporary. Nov 2012 #58

Thank you, dearie. murielm99 Nov 2012 #59

Stupid people believe stupid things. marmar Nov 2012 #61

She should copyright McRomney before McDonalds tries to steal it nt NoGOPZone Nov 2012 #64