Government steals from us?

You are a real success story when it comes to FUD.

Yea. Sure. Taxes are "stealing". Someone call the cops.

"Taxation is theft because we have the right to squat in the us and benefit from defense, infrastructure, police, courts, etc. without obligation."

No. Protecting the nation from outside threats and enforcing the rule of law are the legitiate obligations of the government, and by extension, the people have an obligation to fund this.

Taxation for purposes beyond these duties is theft.

Congress determines the legitimate obligations, not you.

Congress determined that Saddam had to go...now, I'll be waiting for you to characterize that as legitimate.

No, Congress authorized Bush to make that decision.

Man oh man...wtf does that mean?

Suffice to say...Bush had a legitimate obligation to use force.

then blame the district officials for making that decision...a 2% reduction in the pre-planned increase is still an increase from the previous year, and should in no way whatsover call for closing a program, unless the decision makers are scum bags out to make a political point by making cuts that hurt the most, like the asshats (and i would argue criminals) at ICE who decided to release thousands of prisoners under the excuse of the sequester BEFORE the sequester even took effect.

Any closures or extreme actions not commensurate with a 2% decrease to the increase are NOT caused by the sequester, but by those making such agenda-driven decisions for the express purpose of making a political point, rather than doing their job which is to run things the best they can with the resources they have, which is what they are paid to do.

Moreover, the GOP made Obama the offer to give him the leeway to decide where to make the cuts so they would be least painful, but he essentially spat in their face and promised to veto the measure if it came to his desk.


see, that kind of run to victimhood is why the libs look like asses. There was no hostility whatsoever, but just like the people who scream 'racist' whenever someone says something they don't like, you immediately jump to accusations of hostility towards a protected class when there is none....the sooner you and your ilk quit your false jump behind the shield of a protected class or some other victim class, the sooner society as a whole can have real and constructive discussions about the serious problems facing our financial future....

the fact is resources are limited, and government can not, nor should it, do and be everything to everyone. You and your ilk's tactic of essentially screaming the equivalent of 'racist' at the slightest hint of something you don't like doesn't help reach a solution, but only exacerbates the problem.

Thank you for a perfect opportunity for what we parents call a teachable moment.

What if the budgeted growth is only 2% for next year, just to keep up with inflation of 2%?

Then it would be a real inflation adjusted cut of 2%.

We don't pay taxes... We have money taken away from us initially, and then have to prove the government was not justified in taking what it did. It is essentially floating an interest free loan annually of our money. It is institutionalized theft. That there are means to obtain some of our money back does not excuse what is being done.

The government is bloated and those that approve the budgets also vote themselves raises, with our money, despite an economic downturn. The chutzpah is strong, and the people are by and large feeble minded and ignorant enough to let it happen.

This really does not follow. What if a district decides to close a program to cope with the cuts? Why would that imply the parents of the kids in that program have a more serious issues? And what issues are those?

Why such hostility towards people with kids with special needs?