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The "tea party" movement isn't about eliminating government. It's about limiting government to its core, constitutionally delineated functions, and returning power and responsibility to the lowest level possible.
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I'm all for health care passing, as long as senators and congressmen take 20 percent less in wages.
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Whenever I ask Palinettes what makes Sarah Palin qualified to be president, they give me that same deer-in-the-headlights look that Palin gets when she is asked a simple question by the media.
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To all you who want to tax businesses more: The economics you're ignoring is that businesses don't pay taxes. Their customers pay all of their taxes for them. Increase taxes anywhere, and your prices go up.
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No one has ever been affected by mad cow disease in the United States. However, Japan freaked out with the discovery of one cow here in 2003. It appears to be much safer to eat U.S. beef than to drive a Toyota Prius. Why don't we respond to Japan, like it did the U.S. cattle industry?
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If we really want to get out of the recession and have plenty of tax money for the schools and roads, let's just get out of the North American Free Trade Agreement. There would be a job for everybody.
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Remember to complete your census form, because the terrorists hate our freedom.
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Our state Legislature is so full of inept people that it's a wonder they didn't designate crabgrass as the state grass.
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The water rate increase is being blamed on lack of usage. According to city officials, they only found out about the low usage two months ago. Does anyone else remember the news reports last year when it rained so much? They were complaining then about the lack of water use.
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If the police officers are going to give tickets for speeding on I-135, I-235 and Kellogg, then they should do the same for people driving 45 mph and under (excluding work zones) on the same roads.
