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Should sport teams use tax money to build stadiums

goingeagle3 @eagletrek2 (5514) • Kingston, New York 25 Oct 16

I say no but today you were ever there a sports Team,baseball or football etc tax money was use for that stadium. The owners and player are loaded with money they need to start treating it Like a business . The city and town would...

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We are paying to lose our jobs

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 3 Sep 10

An Obama appointee, Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has pledged $36 million dollars to train 3,000 IT speacialists in South...

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More Stimulus Money at work - but no work for people

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 30 May 10

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100530frills_not_jobs_filling_posh_irs_digs/ The $92 million renovations at the IRS compound in Andover will include a reflecting pool, an art gallery, indoor gardens, a...

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Is your tax money being wasted?

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 19 Apr 10

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/15/poll.wasted.taxes/index.html?hpt=Sbin Nearly three-quarters of Americans say that the government wastes their tax dollars, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp....

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Why Are We So Underpaid?

candyfairy21 @candyfairy21 (2039) • Philippines 11 Mar 10

Hi fellas, I just want to get it all out because it has been bugging me for a couple of days now. Seeing the politicians populate the tv commercials makes me sick. I'm sorry but I have lost faith in any politician because it...

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Chrysler Says "Thank You,America"..

ShepherdSpy @ShepherdSpy (8544) • Omagh, Northern Ireland 14 Sep 09

With Ads in the Wall St Journal! http://consumerist.com/5137457/chrysler-buys-ads-thanking-you-for-tax-money-you-get-pissed-chrysler-censors-you Yep,the tough Lessons learned during this recession are sinking in at boardroom...

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The Obamas are Living It Up!

Riptide @Riptide (2755) • United States 25 Jul 09

I just came across an article about the Obamas taking a luxury vacation in the most expensive small town in America! [i]It's hard to pick the perfect escape when you're the leader of the free world. But word has it that the...

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Giving away 100's of billions of dollars in tax money and then raising our taxes

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 1 Jul 09

I can't believe this mess with the bailouts of AIG (a company based in Great Britain) and the auto manufacturers. I din't approve of giving our billions of dollars in confiscated taxes to anyone. Especially since the new programs...

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Help me understand??

whiteheather39 @whiteheather39 (24403) • United States 20 Mar 09

Congress Moves to Slap Heavy Tax on Bonuses.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/19/AR2009031901542.html?wpisrc=newsletter This seems to be causing people to think that everything is now hunky dory but...

bonuses

ill gotten gains

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A few questions about the new stimulus plan

taface412 @taface412 (3175) • United States 18 Feb 09

I have a question for anyone out there about this new stimulus idea. I basically understand it is going to be around $13 less perweek that we pay Federal taxes. Now here is where the question comes in....around tax time next year...

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Talk about a WASTE of Tax Money!! Renaming school costing almost $25 Thousand!

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 20 Dec 08

http://www.wsmv.com/news/18313492/detail.html?treets=nash&tid=2657537830813&tml=nash_12pm&tmi=nash_12pm_-1_12000212192008&ts=H apparently in my SMART state they decided to start a trend where they name schools after the area...

changing school name

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renaming middle school

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waste of tax money

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Is it a conspiracy??

edgyk8inmomma @edgyk8inmomma (2157) • United States 21 Oct 08

I couldn't think of the right place to post this, so this is as good a place as any. And since this interest hasn't had much activity for a while, I thought I'd spark it up a bit. So, I'm working on a research paper for an...

Changing the law

valeria1 @valeria1 (2721) • United States 20 Jul 08

If you had the power to change any law in your country which one would you change? I would change the law that benefits criminals with tax money. And you?

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Bush is apparently rejecting any bail-outs of mortgage lenders

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 19 May 08

What do you think of this? From what I know, they were perfectly aware that a lot of those loans were risky, to say the least. Manipulated incomes, poor credit ratings, and doubtful income were all overlooked in favor of lending...

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Do you think prisons should be self sufficent?

Erilyn @Erilyn (3020) • United States 27 Apr 07

I was thinking about this the other day, I saw a work crew on the side of the road, then looked at the taxes that are comming out of my fiance's paycheck. then I read about someone at Stanford University doing a study and found...

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