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Topic: Obama to add ´taxation
without representation´ plates
to limo this weekend |
Obama to add ´taxation
without representation´ plates
to limo this weekend
Washington Examiner [DC], by Alan Blinder
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Original Article
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Posted By:JoniTx, 1/15/2013 6:45:08 PM
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| President Obama has agreed to a request from the D.C. Council to add the city´s "taxation without representation" slogan to the license plates on his limousine. "President Obama has lived in the District now for four years and has seen firsthand how patently unfair it is for working families in D.C. to work hard, raise children and pay taxes without having a vote in Congress," the White House said in a statement. "Attaching these plates to the presidential vehicles demonstrates the president´s commitment to the principle of full representation for the people of the District of Columbia
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Udanja99, 1/15/2013 6:51:04 PM (No. 9118697)
Would he be doing this if DC were predominantly conservative?
I´d submit that half the country is being taxed without representation since zippy only represents the 47% who don´t pay taxes. I´d like to know what percentage of DC residents don´t pay taxes. Bet it´s more than 47%.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 1/15/2013 6:52:30 PM (No. 9118705)
Hell, I don´t have a vote in Congress, and I live 2,000 miles from D.C.!
Horse-hockey redistricting took care of that!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
horacer, 1/15/2013 6:53:57 PM (No. 9118708)
Give them back to Maryland.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
sardonic, 1/15/2013 7:08:02 PM (No. 9118734)
Kind of like the poor schlubs who live in Washington and work Oregon. They are required to pay and file Oregon income taxes and forms and they get zero, nada, nothing for their money. It is a Democrats dream scenario.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
jl80863, 1/15/2013 7:08:26 PM (No. 9118736)
With the B Ho it is all form over substance. Most of his supporters don´t pay federal taxes.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 1/15/2013 7:10:20 PM (No. 9118740)
These JA´s don´t know or care why DC, and the U.S. Constitution was established. I frankly don´t think democrats give a whit about anything other than taking our money. If you a conservative, they would just as soon we all died.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
noproblems, 1/15/2013 7:11:01 PM (No. 9118741)
no way should the arragangt and corrupt morons who live in DC have Senators.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
norcalvet, 1/15/2013 7:16:47 PM (No. 9118747)
For us it´s a poke in the eye...here in Northern California with Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein and Thompson as our "representatives", we have NO representaion in congress..... at all. About anything...not just taxes.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/15/2013 7:24:18 PM (No. 9118754)
That limo is FEDERAL property, and as such should not be used to advertise political views.
What next? Nike swoosh on AF1?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Northcross, 1/15/2013 7:25:44 PM (No. 9118755)
The problem in the country today is that we have "Representation without Taxation", too many slugs not paying their share.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
JoElla Bee, 1/15/2013 7:40:16 PM (No. 9118782)
Maybe a large magnetic one just for vacation flights, and such, to offset personal costs and provide a little pocket money for the trips, #9.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
GringoinQuito, 1/15/2013 7:45:33 PM (No. 9118787)
F´em! The jerk!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
enemyofthestate, 1/15/2013 7:47:01 PM (No. 9118788)
Yes, giving the District back to Maryland would give its residents "full representation."
Oh, full representation is not the issue?? What?! Two more liberal senators is the real issue? Oh.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
veritas, 1/15/2013 7:48:19 PM (No. 9118789)
As has been said, taxation with representation is no great bargain.
Further, what about the too, too common circumstance of representation without taxation? AKA rob Peter to pay Paul? Whatever happened to "everybody should have some skin in the game"?
But it does kind of suggest a bumper sticker for Limo One -- "Presidentation Without Qualification."
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
JAN, 1/15/2013 8:08:39 PM (No. 9118821)
This will ensure that the schools will be better, the neighborhoods will be safer, and the jobs will be plentiful.
Evidently some people live for symbolism rather than substance.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Axeman, 1/15/2013 8:19:33 PM (No. 9118834)
I want that slogan on my plate out here in Killifornia.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
halfnorsk, 1/15/2013 8:26:51 PM (No. 9118844)
Since when did the presidential limo become a medium for political statements? Next thing we know, he´ll have "Hope.Change" bumper-stickers on it.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
voxlapidis, 1/15/2013 8:41:06 PM (No. 9118858)
If the limo is a US Government Vehicle, it should have US Government plates just like the rest of the vehicles in the carpool.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Attila DiMedici, 1/15/2013 8:52:55 PM (No. 9118872)
How appropriate that Obama adopt the slogan "taxation without representation". Isn´t that his policy?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
dolphin, 1/15/2013 8:54:57 PM (No. 9118874)
Stop representation without taxation. Everybody should pay their fair share.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
sg, 1/15/2013 9:18:23 PM (No. 9118897)
Everyone who chooses to live in DC knew the rules going in. You don´t like it? Move to Va or Md., but for Pete´s sake, stop whining!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
nonsense, 1/15/2013 9:36:05 PM (No. 9118916)
Isn´t the Beltway Bubble community the richest in the country? What are they complaining about? They are awash in success, the rest of the country is awash in Misery.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
FormerDem, 1/15/2013 10:04:45 PM (No. 9118946)
For our foreign visitors, let us explain that DC statehood essentially concerns whether to add two more senators, both of whom would be Democrats. Otherwise, DC could just rejoin Maryland, from which as you can see on a map, DC was carved out. Virginia was supposed to contribute the rest of the square I think (?) but the Civil War intervened somehow.
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