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NJ Mayor Cory Booker Riles Base in DNC Speech: ‘Being Asked to Pay Your Fair Share Isn’t Class Warfare, It’s Patriotism’

Sep. 4, 2012 7:56pm Jason Howerton

Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker Gives Electric Speech at Democratic Convention

Newark Mayor Cory Booker addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

In an energetic and impassioned address to the Democratic National Convention Tuesday, Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker argued that calling for higher taxes on the rich in times of crisis is not class warfare, it’s “patriotism.”

“When your country is in a costly war with our soldiers sacrificing abroad, and our nation is facing a debt crisis at home, being asked to pay your fair share isn’t class warfare, it’s patriotism,” he said, the crowd erupting with applause and chanting “USA! USA!” before he could go on.

Watch him deliver the well received line via Business Insider below:

Booker was defending a section found in the official 2012 Democratic platform in which the party supports raising taxes on individuals making more than $250,000. Booker, who served as the chair of the Platform Committee, said the platform is “not about left or right — but about moving America forward.”

“We can’t make the mistake that they (the Republicans) make of thinking this country is hungry for bash and slash and trash,” Booker added. “This country is hungry for hope.”

Booker also attacked Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — without naming him — for waging a so-called “war on women” and proposing a 2010 budget that cut funding for Planned Parenthood, resulting in fewer clinic hours.

“They may tell us they love women, but when they do things like that, they are setting all of us back,” he said. “When a woman goes to a Planned Parenthood clinic…This is an opportunity for them to get contraception that could prevent the abortion that you are so much against.”

As Booker wrapped up his speech, the crowd chanted “Cory! Cory!” Watch his entire address here:

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grayling646
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:33pm
“This country is hungry for hope.” We’ve been hearing that for almost 4 yrs now.

We Wanted Hope…
All We Got Was the Rope A Dope.

And to think I thought I liked this guy.

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- watersRpeople
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:42pm
  It’s really funny the way they keep pretending business as usual (because they lack intelligence for anything else) while the entire globe is on the heels of an utter financial collapse and chaos.
  
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- watersRpeople
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:44pm
  For me they just keep proving how dead inside they really are – not to mention a psychotic denial of reality.
  
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- watersRpeople
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:46pm
  If there’s only one thing that one can derive from the Bible – it’s that God didn’t create the world for the walking dead.
  
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- jhaydeng
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:48pm
  Isn’t that Alex Rodriguez?
  
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- kenboo1
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:56pm
  If its patriotic to pay more in taxes then to prove the patriotism make taxes voluntary, not mandatory. Without the IRS boot on our necks I doubt if many of us would pay more in taxes to be squandered…
  
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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:58pm
  Is this guy conflating patriotism when he actually meant nationalism or national socialism?
  
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- Bum thrower
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:59pm
  The Dems are the party of ‘loosers’; minorities who think ‘whitey’ owes them and now it’s “pay back time”…….’Where’s my “benefits?”…….Let me ax U a question; is it ‘fair’ to the 48% who pay NO income tax that the 52% who DO aren’t paying ‘their fair share”?
  
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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 9:01pm
  No Corey, it’s disgusting, just like you said Obama’s ads were a few weeks ago…remember. Actually, to be fair, the rich should pay less in taxes because they are already paying to much in real money in the first place such as this:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT8uyB86XXE
  
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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 9:03pm
  BOOKER REPRESENTS NEWARK, NJ WERE NO ONE PAYS TAXES
  
  Newark and the NJ Democrats suck the life blood out of the white suburbs and shovels the cash into the wallets of Blacks who buy luxury, new cars, and get free concert tickets. Newark is in a vicious race with Camden, NJ for first place in the FBI crime statistics. Being mandated to pair taxes to the government is Treason, Extortion, and anti-American. It must be stopped.
  
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- booger71
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 9:26pm
  When the bottom 49% start paying their “fair share”, then I will call them patriots.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 9:35pm
  If it’s so patriotic , why doesn’t everyone have to pay something. Just means people that don’t pay anything aren’t patriots.
  
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- ambrosia
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 9:36pm
  No patriotic citizen has a problem paying their fair share,
  to cover the military, security & infrastructure of America,
  as it was originally intended.
  
  What they have a problem with-
  is paying for all the irresponsible freeloaders, lazy libs,
  crotch-gone-wild women & their gimmee-gimmee mo’ contraceptives,
  Solyndra, Bogus Green money-grubbers, Union thugs, reconstituted Acorn grifters,
  teachers’ boob jobs, Obamascare,
  welfare, medicaid & food stamp fraud….just to mention a few.
  
  So shove it up your azz, Corey Booker-
  your shining moment
  was when you defended Romney against Oblameo’s Bain attacks.
  
  The Boy-King & the DNC took you to their woodshed
  & whipped you back, into their unsavory fold.
  You should have held your own,
  that would have been a glory, all your own Corey Booker.
  
  You could have won the hearts & minds of all America,
  you heard us cheer your refreshing response,
  YOU could have been a contender
  but you CAVED-
  sold your political soul to the devil,
  the devil who will lose in November
  and drag YOU down,
  in history, as just another spineless, impotent hack-
  the mirror image of Oblameo, himself.
  
  From that weak point on, nobody believes anything you say or do.
  Lecturing us now, about “paying our fair share”
  puts you just one step behind
  your phony & failed Pied Piper !
  LOSER !
  
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- pdw
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 9:51pm
  It is just a guess but I would bet that is fair share if for everyone else to pay and leave him alone.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 9:52pm
  These people think w all live in a commune, a “village” according to Hillary. They think we are all supporting each other. In their view, people pay their fair share, or they have to leave the village.
  Village idiots. This is nothing more than petty jealousy. Patriotism, ffffffft.
  
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- imsteph
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 10:38pm
  OMG! Biden IS the brains behind the democrat party! (nice catch Mr. Eastwood)
  
  This is NOTHING by a rehash of an interview with Joe Biden in 2008 from Good Morning America-
  “Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that paying more in taxes is the patriotic thing to do for wealthier Americans. The Republican campaign for president calls the tax increases their Democratic opponents propose “painful” instead of patriotic.
  
  snip
  
  “We want to take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people,” Biden said in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
  
  Noting that wealthier Americans would indeed pay more, Biden said: “It’s time to be patriotic … time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut.”
  
  http://mydd.com/users/tomp/posts/biden-wealthy-paying-higher-taxes-is-patriotic
  
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- Detroit paperboy
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 11:17pm
  Are FOODSTAMPERS paying their fair share ?????????????? No, but they’re sucking their fair share……….
  
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- jblovesAmerica
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 11:25pm
  Mr Mayor-
  i’m with you-everyone i do mean everyone must pay their fair share.
  no more free rides.
  Tax everyone
  
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- TH30PH1LUS
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 11:57pm
  Taxation = Patriotism is the mathematics of Communism.
  
  Those of us who actually KNOW how taxation works are stunned that his words are recieved with applause.
  
  “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.” Hosea 4:6
  
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- 1947
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:00am
  This man has no BACKBONE
  
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- KURT1010
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 7:17am
  What crock ! This guy is a complete Azz Hole !
  
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kalli
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:31pm
Asking people to pay their fair share is not patrotism. It’s “patronizing.” These unamerican demwits are so full of themselves. No one from the godless party can be trusted with the people’s money, especially the top thug. The platform of the Devils National Convention says it all… the most corrupt and immoral party of our time. And, their video “The gov’t is the only thing we all belong to”…take note. The gov’t belongs to WE THE PEOPLE, not the other way around! We will prove it to you come November.

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- Rob in Katy
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 9:42pm
  The question is, why are they not paying their fair share, why do we have to cover ours and theirs?
  
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pissantno.10
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:31pm
just had all my virus protection go off on my last post becarefull

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sparkyrules
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:29pm
“We can’t make the mistake that they (the Republicans) make of thinking this country is hungry for bash and slash and trash,” Booker added. “This country is hungry for hope.”

OH NO! Not THIS again……hope and change?3 plus years was enough for a life time!

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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:28pm
Fine have the foodstamp people pay something

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- chips1
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:43pm
  We could pay off the National Debt if he would go into his Hood and tell them to pay taxes on their drug sales.
  
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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 10:44pm
  @ chips1
  You are spot on there living on welfare and dealing cash drug sales and the IRS ignores them when they can afford $250.00 sneakers I would think that is a tip.
  
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Seeds
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:26pm
So I have one question how much is Mr Cory Booker going to give Mr fairshare?

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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 10:48pm
  I bet he would be singing a different tune if he was asked to pay up not only would it be class warfare but racist too.
  
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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:24pm
Yeah, yeah Booker; I heard this crap from Biden. You suck too, Mayor Booker. Just another lost lib. Enjoy your ‘loserness’…..

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- Jenny Lind
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:52pm
  He sold his soul to the company (dems) store. How sad for him, and truth told, I think he knows he is lying, he seems the kind who can do the math.
  
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ProbIemSoIver
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:24pm
It is NOT at ALL, PATRIOTIC to pay TAXES !!!!!!

INCOME TAX began in 1913 due to a contract between our Government and the PRIVATE BANK !!!!!

The FEDERAL RESERVE PRIVATE BANK !!!!!

In 1933 we breached that contract, and the PRIVATE BANK
SEIZED AMERICA !!!!!

First thing they seized was the government’s gold reserves.
It was not enough to absolve the debt.

Second thing they seized was the citizen’s gold.
It was not enough.

The gov’t then pledged our gov’t branches, our LAND, and OUR PEOPLE !!!!!!!

Social Security came out in 1936. This is a Bond for the creditors to hold.
They made you a number, because you belong to them.
Pledged by your gov’t to pay a % of your lifetime earnings for that bankruptcy !!!!

Retirement Package is a Bold faced LIE !!!!!
They have been playing this ponzi scheme a long time.

In 1944, at the Bretton Woods agreement, the Federal Reserve transfered the lien to the IMF and World Bank, which created the UN the Next year.

The UN’s IMF has been the Creditor of the Bankruptcy and the trustee of the U.S. since then.
(That explains the UN’s Influence over us)

In 1992 they began foreclosure and liquidation.
Executive Order 12803 – Infrastructure Privatization.

AMERICA FOR SALE, OR LONG TERM LEASE TO INVESTORS !!!!!!
Foreign and domestic
PARKS, PORTS, BRIDGES, ROADWAYS, and MORE !!!!

90% of you people need to wake the %@#! up before it is too late !!!!

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- pissantno.10
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:43pm
  ya but me thinks it might be to late we teach no history any more, i had to take a year of economics just to get out of high school you took it your junior year cause if you failed you had your senior year. and if you failed you did not graduate
  
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- ProbIemSoIver
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:51pm
  Andrew Jackson killed America’s Second Privately owned Central Bank.
  
  When asked on his deathbed, what was his life’s greatest accomplishment, he didn’t say being president.
  
  He said “I killed the Bank”.
  
  Those were his last words and are engraved on his tombstone.
  
  America’s Third Central Bank (The Federal Reserve PRIVATE BANK) got it’s Tentacles around America in 1913 when we had to turn to them for financial help.
  (the Federal Reserve Act, sign by the flaming progressive, Woodrow Wilson)
  
  The Infamous Pyramid on our Dollar Appeared in 1933. The year the Bank seized America.
  
  Why did no one know of this? Probably “national security”, “classified information”, or just the simple fact that the Rothschilds bought rueters and the associated press a long time ago.
  
  If it were not for the Internet and deathbed confessions, we would still be in the dark.
  
  The Global Elite built Fort Knox in 1937 to store all the gold it seized from America.
  
  The “United States” is a Corporation established in 1871.
  (look it up – of course anywhere but wikipedia, they probably can’t deny it either)
  
  Obama and Bush are Cousins (distant, but still cousins)
  
  90% of America’s media is owned by only 6 Corporations.
  
  Nancy pelosi (and every other politician) is a private company.
  
  The Congress, the Senate, the Executive office of the president, The Department of Justice and all the rest, are PRIVATE COMPANIES !!!!!!
  
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- ProbIemSoIver
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 9:13pm
  Abraham Lincoln stated that he feared the Global Bankers more than the Confederate Army,
  right before he was assassinated.
  
  An Attempt on Andrew Jackson’s Life was made, but the gun misfired.
  
  JFK signed Executive Order 11110, Granting Authority BACK to the U.S. Treasury (Not the Authority of the PRIVATE BANK – the FEDERAL RESERVE) to print REAL MONEY (not Notes) backed by silver. He had 4 Billion dollars worth of 5 dollar silver certificates printed up 5 months before he was killed.
  
  Our other assassinated President Garfield, was also at odds with the Global Elite Banksters.
  
  After America was for sale in 1992 (the same year the UN’s Agenda 21 map of the U.S. emerged)
  The UN opened the Floodgates to help dilute the “resistance”
  
  The Global Elite’s U.N. does not like your Bibles or Guns, and will never stop trying to eliminate them.
  
  They don’t like the U.S. Constitution. It is a fly in thier ointment.
  
  They own the media. They will continue to dumb-down and Indoctrinate the masses into a marxist ideology.
  
  The Founding Fathers Hated Democracy.
  
  Democracy means 51% of the people can take away the rights of the 49%.
  
  The Constitution Says 99% of the people can’t Vote or Take away the 1%’s inalienable rights !!!!!
  
  It is just that simple.
  
  A person is free to do what he/she wishes, as long as they don’t infringe on another’s rights !!!
  
  The Global elite don’t want you to know this. Go back to watching your ball game at hooters.
  
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baarebeary
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:24pm
Christie has nothing to worry about if this idiot runs against him, he is nothing but a little girl who changes his mind because the big cry baby in the WH didn’t like what he said. He looks and sounds like a fool and should be ashamed of himself. He is no man in my book, just another Obama COWARD.

Clearly he is Obama’s SLAVE. Obama says jump, Booker says HOW HIGH? DISGUSTING!!

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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:23pm
Any progressive worth his salt will take no less than 100% in taxes.Look at the socialist in France who just became president,he’s going to tax the private sector into submission,that’s the same plan our mulatto Marxist POS president has for EVERYBODY who pays taxes that is,the 50% who don’t pay federal income tax will continue being parasites.

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- Tractorboy
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 10:06pm
  Here is a Taxation explained to the beer drinker.
  
  http://www.bloggernews.net/112061
  
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Creativethinker
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:17pm
We see your true colors Mayor Booker… and are disappointed. So what is our fair share since there has not been a budget passed in over three years and this administration spends money like a whore mistress! I don’t think the tax payer should have to pay for the Obamas vacations!

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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:17pm
Yes pay your taxes so you can support these intellectual titans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOZ-Etb0k0Q

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pissantno.10
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:16pm
its up to who every has a job to give us your money other wise you is un-patriotic . now we libs well we needs all our money. you folks that likes to work 12, 14 ,16 hours a day you likes it, we libs are to dang lazy to do any thing like that . so youns need to be patriotic and give us you money. so we can buy us some votes from the morons. lots of them his not SUPER GENUIS likes us . now gets out there and work .

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iamsaved
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:16pm
My, My, how he grovels and ingratiates himself to Obama and the Dummycrat Party. Now that he’s lost his dignity, what’s left?

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Shane the Golden
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:12pm
If paying taxes is patriotic then the 48% of citizens that don’t pay any income taxes should pony up and “pay their fair share.” After all, it is patriotic.

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lel2007
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:11pm
Last time I double check 10% of $1000 was $100, 10% of $100,000 was $10,000. It don’t get much “fair” than that, but then socialist have a hard time with percentages..

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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:17pm
  3/2 of Democrats don’t understand fractions, besides, 50% of yours is theirs, 50% of theirs is theirs, therefore, they get to keep 100% of their money, you only get to keep half. That’s fair isn’t it?
  
  If taxes aint good enough for Timmy Geithner, they aint good enough for me.
  
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- pissantno.10
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:22pm
  and it works every where it has been tried
  
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- Jenny Lind
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:46pm
  Considering all the money the 1% have wouldn’t make a dent, it’s all the big lie. Ryan should show a chart everywhere he goes to show how little difference taking every penny would make. They should use it and shout it from the housetops-it’s the biggest dem lie.
  
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lookes2003
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:11pm
What about the nearly 50% that pay no taxes? What is their ‘fair share’?? What BS….

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- lel2007
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:15pm
  From each according to their ability. To each according to their needs.
  
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Twinspeedr
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:06pm
Cory Booker isn’t Democrat, he’s a Socialist!

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- Want our country back
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:09pm
  Cory, I could be patriotic if I actually could keep some of my own money instead of giving to everyone on the planet.
  
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- lel2007
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:12pm
  Same difference.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:06pm
Booker you are an idiot,paying taxes is patriotic? How can that be when the 16th amendment wasn’t properly ratified? http://thelawthatneverwas.com/

How did this republic survive before the federal income tax was allegedly ratified?
All taxation is theft and when you say well how do we pay for,,,,,,,,,I say show me in the constitution where it states congress has the authority to tax your income.

The IRS has been beaten in court many times on this issue,the federal government has no authority to tax your income.

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MONICNE
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:06pm
As long as every American pays the same 35 percentage as me & mine pay, we are cool.
TEA

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- pissantno.10
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:26pm
  such a liar 35 % you dont pay any and if you did have a real job you would not make any where near enough money to pay 35% do you think every body is has stupied as you . ya you do twink
  
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- Shasta
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:34pm
  Anybody who actually pays taxes would realized how friggin wealthy you would have to be to pay that high of a tax rate. So I figure you are part of the 48% who pays no federal income tax and wants to keep it that way at our expense.
  
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- MONICNE
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:08am
  I am a two per center again this year! I gave up my entire Summer to complete two assignments – have been working 12 hour days at least six days a week since June 12th, and netted $167,000 after paying $46,651 in taxes and compiling $31,100 in tax free expenses. So I sure do not need you to lecture me. I work hard and have never taken assistance, even when I was laid off in 1996. (Even with taking the rest of September off, I will top $350,000.00 by December. Not including health and pension.) LOL
  
  TEA is not GOP
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:14am
  old fat pretend rangers miffed about bad shooting and impending divorces do not make near that much money.
  
  You sound like a hard worker and a go-getter. I am proud to have intereacted with you. Good to have you back.
  
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perry1980
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:04pm
Dems Patriotism = Socialism

Stark difference between them and us.

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CatB
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:03pm
I really had hope for Mayor Booker .. but it looks like he is just another Obama tool … disappointing.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:09pm
  Yes he is a big government tool just like Barry.
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:20pm
  Look, he was taken to the wood shed and made to look at Moochelle naked. He will do anything to not have that happen again, so he is saying and doing anything DNC tells him to. Besides that, the next time he gets out of line, he goes back to the wood shed, but this time with Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank.
  
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antisocialist
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:03pm
Hey Corey,let me educate you. we aren’t ASKED to pay our taxes, we are FORCED to pay our taxes under threat of jail. Big difference.

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FREEDOMoverFEAR
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:02pm
Just goes to show you Liberals and Conservatives are two different species. Reinforces my belief that voting can’t fix this country.

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Tigress1
Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:01pm
OK, so if it’s patriotic to pay taxes, then all those people who take advantage of “Tax-Free Weekends” before school starts are un-patriotic?

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- antitheist
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:17pm
  Oh wow, are you really that stupid? “Tax-free weekend” is just a retailer making a bigger deal out of 6-7% off. Taxes are still paid, unless you believe that taxes are not paid every time a store or retailer has a sale.
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 8:47pm
  Here in Tennessee we have “Tax-Free Weekends” where the taxes are NOT paid by the retailers. It is a government sponsored sales tax holiday. Many items are exempt from sales tax- typically school supplies, clothing, computers, etc. The stores are VERY busy on these weekends. It’s a mini-Black Friday here! Is Tennessee the only state that does this?
  
  http://www.thedailytimes.com/Business_News/story/Tennessee-kicks-off-Sales-Tax-Holiday-id-014247
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on September 4, 2012 at 9:03pm
  @Antitheist, Let me educate you a little more. Maybe you will believe a GOVERNMENT website:
  
  https://news.tn.gov/node/9224
  
  Again, Are all these people UN-PATRIOTIC?
  
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