Joe Biden thinks that paying taxes is "patriotic."
Noting that some people would indeed pay more taxes under the Obama/Biden plan, Biden said: "It's time to be patriotic ... time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut."
Let's get this straight: In a free country, patriotic acts are offered offered freely and voluntarily. Acts mandated by the law (under the threat of incarceration and/or repossession of your property) are not patriotic. Paying taxes is not something that we do freely and voluntarily out of the generosity of our hearts. We pay taxes because we have to. It's the law.
If you enjoy paying taxes, you'd better take a good hard look at yourself. If you think that paying taxes is patriotic, then go ahead and pay more than you have to -- overpay the government; send them extra money; contribute to the cause.
As Ronald Reagan always reminded us: It's your money.
Yes, it really is our money. We earned it. We worked for it. And we have an absolute right to keep as much of it as possible and to fight like hell to keep the government's greedy hands off it.
Now, that's patriotic!
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"Taxes are what we pay for living in a civilized society." Union Army volunteer and Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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