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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1003922" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>Only in America <span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="font-size: 9px">(Thanks, E.)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">1. Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><strong>$40,000-a-plate</strong></strong> campaign fundraising event.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">2. Only in America could people claim that the government still discriminates </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">against black Americans when we have a black President, a black Attorney </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">General, and a federal workforce that is roughly 18% black when the black </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">population is only 12%.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">3. Only in America could we have had the two people most responsible for </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">our tax code - Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee - turn </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">4. Only in America can we have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">by the backlash.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">5. Only in America would we make people who want to legally become American </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">dollars for the privilege while we discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">country illegally to just become American citizens.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">6. Only in America could the people who believe in balancing the budget and </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as "extremists."</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">7. Only in America could you need to present adriver's license to cash a </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">8. Only in America could people demand the government investigate whether </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company (Marathon Oil) is </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">less than half of what a company that manufactures sports shoes and </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">apparel (Nike) makes.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">9. Only in America could the government collect more tax dollars from the </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a trillion dollars more </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">than it has per year for total spending ($7 million PER MINUTE), and complain </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">that it doesn't have nearly enough money.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">10. Only in America could the rich people who pay 86% of all income taxes </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people who don't pay any</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">income taxes at all. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1003922, member: 1246"] Only in America [FONT=times new roman][SIZE=1](Thanks, E.)[/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]1. Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a [B][B]$40,000-a-plate[/B][/B] campaign fundraising event. 2. Only in America could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when we have a black President, a black Attorney General, and a federal workforce that is roughly 18% black when the black population is only 12%. 3. Only in America could we have had the two people most responsible for our tax code - Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee - turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes. 4. Only in America can we have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash. 5. Only in America would we make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while we discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally to just become American citizens. 6. Only in America could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as "extremists." 7. Only in America could you need to present adriver's license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote. 8. Only in America could people demand the government investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company (Marathon Oil) is less than half of what a company that manufactures sports shoes and apparel (Nike) makes. 9. Only in America could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a trillion dollars more than it has per year for total spending ($7 million PER MINUTE), and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough money. 10. Only in America could the rich people who pay 86% of all income taxes be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people who don't pay any income taxes at all. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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