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Re: Fair Tax?
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Originally Posted by joeblow
I completely disagree. Do we not attempt to elect representatives of our urges, feelings, and morals? Are they not supposed to represent what you want from our government?
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Maybe you do. But when I espouse an opinion (or cast a vote) I try to back it up with some kind of reasonable argument. Expecting the mere statement "I want" to sway anyone is infantile. And that's exactly what the poster I was responding to was doing.
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