http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/15/begala.taxes/index.html
Commentary: April 15 is patriots’ day
* Paul Begala: April 15 is one day most Americans sacrifice for government
* Begala says paying taxes to support worthy government services is patriotic
* “Tea parties” are being pushed by GOP supporters who lost election, Begala says
* He says President Obama and Congress have cut taxes for most
By Paul Begala
CNN Contributor
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(CNN) — Happy Patriots’ Day. April 15 is the one day a year when our country asks something of us — or at least the vast majority of us.
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This country has showered me with the blessings of liberty. So what do I owe my country in return? Paying my fair share of taxes, it seems, is the least I can do. Thanks to President Obama and the Democratic Congress, 95 percent of Americans will get a tax cut this year. No one — not even the wealthiest 1 percent — will have to pay higher income taxes until 2011.
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Please don’t make me laugh. Or, insult my intelligence!
As a vet, a voter, and a taxpayer, why don’t I feel “represented”. My congress critters and bureaucrats no more represent my thinking than the pirates in Somalia. Congress is bought and paid for by the special interests.
I am oppressed more than any serf in the middle ages. At least the feudal lord left them half.
It’s impossible to day to figure out how much of a serf I am. It feels close to 100%!
And, perhaps, Komrade Begala can explain to me how this obligation was created.
The State has no specific duty to protect me; yet, I have an obligation to pay taxes for protection I don’t receive. So, how does what some dead old white guys agreed to in a room more than 200 years ago bind me? Sorry, but I didn’t, don’t, and won’t agree with tyranny.
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