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JustAnotherGen

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17. Which people

Tue May 20, 2025, 11:44 AM

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I'm a Democratic Council Member in that Blue Borough. We started flipping it in 2017 - and with my election in 2023 - the Council is now entirely blue. The Borrough is blue.

Do you seriously want to dismiss the middle class and working class folks in my Borough (we are MAJORITY working class) and tell them to eat the shit sandwich Union Members?

Because I tend to think that folks making a 100K a year in Arkansas are getting a free fucking ride. Must be nice to take your kids to Disney every year. My residents can't afford those types of things.

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Top Democrat Rips Red 'Taker States' Getting Subsidized By Blue 'Donor States' Like New York: That's 'Actually Not Fair' [View all] BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP

Don't call them "takers". Call them "leeches." Girard442 Tuesday #1

I expect there are a couple generations of young people BumRushDaShow Tuesday #2

Send them a-swimmin' in the crick. Girard442 Tuesday #4

They could even go swimming BumRushDaShow Tuesday #5

"Takers" is their language underpants Tuesday #3

The African Queen. twodogsbarking Tuesday #7

Hard to look tough when using soft language like that... EllisWhy Tuesday #34

This attempt to divide the States by political majority's will only lead to civil war. Jacson6 Tuesday #6

It's needed in NJ JustAnotherGen Tuesday #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Jacson6 Tuesday #16

Which people JustAnotherGen Tuesday #17

This issue is precisely why the thought of blue state secession interests me Wicked Blue Tuesday #20

Amen! Red state rich are making out like bandits when it comes to ultra low state taxes.... paleotn Tuesday #26

Bullshit. paleotn Tuesday #25

I rest my case. This is a recipe for a civil war. n/t Jacson6 Tuesday #28

Again. Is that a threat? paleotn Tuesday #30

:-( Jacson6 Tuesday #31

..... paleotn Tuesday #32

Just a little secession JustAnotherGen Wednesday #39

It does not follow Torchlight Thursday #44

They have more needs from the Federal government? Why? V850i Tuesday #37

I think a surtax moniss Tuesday #8

Actually - no JustAnotherGen Tuesday #12

I think you missed entirely what I'm moniss Tuesday #15

There is only one set of Federal tax tables; it doesn't vary by state MichMan Tuesday #21

State taxes are NOT the same. That's the point. You cannot focus just on federal tax rates. paleotn Tuesday #29

The post I replied to (and quoted) specifically mentioned federal taxes MichMan Tuesday #35

If its not fair, which is not, don't just say it, find a way to take it away from them, that is what repubs would do. Escurumbele Tuesday #9

He's absolutely correct JustAnotherGen Tuesday #10

Been that Rebl2 Tuesday #11

Who do they think pays for the recovery when they get floods down in thier hollers. ToxMarz Tuesday #14

Red states take our money which they use to shit on blue states. Initech Tuesday #18

Moocher states Wicked Blue Tuesday #19

I lived for a time in a southern state. dedl67 Tuesday #22

Boom. It's about fucking time to play this card. The GOP obsession with "leeches" and "parasites" is beyond Karasu Tuesday #23

As the orange numpty would say: it's not fair, they're not paying their fair share IcyPeas Tuesday #24

Since Reconstruction Evolve Dammit Tuesday #27

This is the WRONG take on it Red Mountain Tuesday #33

Bingo! The one-per-centers are getting the FREE RIDE in every state in the Union FakeNoose Tuesday #36

And we SHOULD be using the "takers" language loud and proud every day Bluetus Wednesday #41

Yes ... "American Oligarchs" is a better term than "billionaires" FakeNoose Thursday #42

I'm not sure. The rhetoric is important. Bluetus Thursday #43

Beth Van Duyne is (ugh!) my rep since tha last re-districting (used to be Colin Allred). DFW Wednesday #38

How are retirees and working people able to pay tens of thousands of dollars annually in property taxes? MichMan Wednesday #40