Comments on: Meet Your New Friends …. Same as Your Old Friends http://toughmoneylove.com/2008/11/05/meet-your-new-friends-%e2%80%a6-same-as-your-old-friends/ The Hard Truth about Money and Personal Finance Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:22:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Mr. ToughMoneyLove http://toughmoneylove.com/2008/11/05/meet-your-new-friends-%e2%80%a6-same-as-your-old-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 Mr. ToughMoneyLove Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:59:39 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=152#comment-1071 MGL - Elections always bring hope, particularly among young idealistic voters who don't know any better. Four years later, those hopes are often replaced with despair, emergence of yet another candidate for change, and it starts over. I don't need change. I just want the government to leave me alone. MGL – Elections always bring hope, particularly among young idealistic voters who don’t know any better. Four years later, those hopes are often replaced with despair, emergence of yet another candidate for change, and it starts over. I don’t need change. I just want the government to leave me alone.

]]> By: MoneyGrubbingLawyer http://toughmoneylove.com/2008/11/05/meet-your-new-friends-%e2%80%a6-same-as-your-old-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 MoneyGrubbingLawyer Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:50:44 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=152#comment-1069 But wait, isn't Obama going to bring change and hope? I thought this was a new beginning for the American people!(:rolls eyes vigorously:) But wait, isn’t Obama going to bring change and hope? I thought this was a new beginning for the American people!(:rolls eyes vigorously:)

]]> By: Mr. ToughMoneyLove http://toughmoneylove.com/2008/11/05/meet-your-new-friends-%e2%80%a6-same-as-your-old-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 Mr. ToughMoneyLove Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:00:58 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=152#comment-1066 Pete: I am shocked that your state citizens raised their taxes in this economy. You have my sympathies. My state does not have an income tax. We have high sales taxes but guess what- buy less stuff, pay less tax. I love that concept. Pete: I am shocked that your state citizens raised their taxes in this economy. You have my sympathies. My state does not have an income tax. We have high sales taxes but guess what- buy less stuff, pay less tax. I love that concept.

]]> By: Pete http://toughmoneylove.com/2008/11/05/meet-your-new-friends-%e2%80%a6-same-as-your-old-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 Pete Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:43:43 +0000 http://toughmoneylove.com/?p=152#comment-1065 I have to agree, there's only so much difference between the parties anymore, they both love to appropriate and spend out money, and hold on to their own power with everything they've got. Try to cut back government spending? forget it. Spend within their means? Yeah right. Last night our state passed another tax increase. It was sold along the lines of "If you love the environment and the arts, you'll raise your own taxes. Don't be selfish." unfortunately, enough people fell for it, and our taxes just went up. Here we go with another 4-8 years of increased taxes, government waste and broken promises. I have to agree, there’s only so much difference between the parties anymore, they both love to appropriate and spend out money, and hold on to their own power with everything they’ve got.

Try to cut back government spending? forget it. Spend within their means? Yeah right.

Last night our state passed another tax increase. It was sold along the lines of “If you love the environment and the arts, you’ll raise your own taxes. Don’t be selfish.” unfortunately, enough people fell for it, and our taxes just went up.

Here we go with another 4-8 years of increased taxes, government waste and broken promises.

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