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Old 09-20-08, 12:51   #64 (permalink)
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Re: Republican or Democrat?

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Originally Posted by Holden_C04 View Post
While I would consider welfare an essential program, I think calling a "flat tax" anything other than a handout to the rich, upper crust is well...foolish.
Hard to grasp the term "handout" when/if you understand that this is THEIR money. Income they have sweated, labored, risked and strived to earn. It's not a handout if it is their own money in the first place. A handout is when you forcefully take the fruits of their hard earned labor and give it so someone else who did not earn it.

Main Entry: hand·out
Pronunciation: \ˈhand-ˌaut\
Function: noun

1 : a portion of food, clothing, or money given to or as if to a beggar