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I agree with "fairness" when it comes to paying your fair share of taxes. But it's defining "fair" that most of us disagree. I think of "fair" as being a balance between how much work a citizen puts into creating his own wealth, versus how much he benefited from being a citizen of his country. I am a profitable business owner and pay far more in taxes than what I take from government. Compare that to an unemployed person who takes far more from government, and pays very little of it back.

@SteveJohnson You've benefited more from the state and it's existence than the unemployed. The unemployed are crushed by the state while you get to sit at the kiddy table of the bourgeoisie.

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@Sweet_Tango_Chill I get to sit at the kiddie table? I grew up in a poor family. I just decided I'd rather a learn a skill and provide for myself.

@SteveJohnson probs don't mistake luck for virtue Hun