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Old 06-25-2015, 11:41 PM  
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Originally Posted by TCLGirls View Post

I just don;t look at it that way...I have worked hard for what I have got, but I did not do it all by myself. The government helped me get there through FAFSA student loans (where the government pays the interest), Federal/state educational grants and down all the way to the local government paving/maintaining the roads so I can drive to work....and everything in between. So I am happy to give back since I know I didn't accomplish everything I have 100% all by myself.
I understand that feeling.
But also realize this: The federal highways are paid for by the gasoline tax. So you've been paying your share all along. The local govt. roads are indeed paid for by your local taxes. And the schools are paid for by property tax.

I too, have no problem with any of that.

My problem is when the govt. takes our money and does all the shitty things they do: spying, bombing, etc.

And I kind of feel that ObamaCare never addressed any of the real issues of health care cost: The actual COST of it. The price gouging that goes on at hospitals and the prescription medications that cost more than double the price in the U.S. as they do anywhere else in the world.

All I feel has happened is that we just made Big Insurance a whole lot more richer than before. Meanwhile, my own insurance has more than doubled since 2009. I'm now paying over $1,100 a month for my family of 3. That is just plain out ridiculous.
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