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Speaking of the Tea Party.............

kolanuraven

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Well, it's about extinct but aside from that I am wondering something and I just KNOW that you people can answer my question.


From what I understand the Tea Party and the elected officials, in Congress esp, DO NOT like BIG government nor the money that BIG government spends.

Am I correct on this?



If that be true, then why do the elected Tea Party officials take their pay and all the perks offered in and to Congress?
 

smalltime

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They take it because it is pay for a job that has a pay and benifits package.What they dont take is the under the table pay and benefits that lead to a vote that increases the size of government spending.Simple .Does that explain it for you?
 

kolanuraven

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smalltime said:
They take it because it is pay for a job that has a pay and benifits package.What they dont take is the under the table pay and benefits that lead to a vote that increases the size of government spending.Simple .Does that explain it for you?


Simple is what you are if you dare to think that ANY politician DOES NOT take things ' under the table'.
 

Mike

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Really? Don't you know that Congressmen & Senators pay is a drop in the bucket towards what Buckwheat is spending?

If all 535 members declined their paychecks it would probably run the gov't for about 10 minutes a year?????????????????????//

Certainly not enough to send Abrams Tanks, F-16's, and a $Billion? or so to Egypt. :roll:
 

Whitewing

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kolanuraven said:
jigs said:
do you understand life with out a trust fund???

!

Tell me, what's it like to be a dirt poor bean farmer?

I imagine it feels pretty good to spend the money he earns via his hard work as a bean farmer.....assuming he's actually a bean farmer.

I worked the oilfield for 20 years, got to travel all over the world, and enjoyed the heck out it. But I can honestly say that my most rewarding years have been seeing my ranch come together and produce for me. It doesn't pay the kind of dividends I earned in the oilfield, but my tractor is my office and the view of the mountains is one I never tire of seeing.

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Tom in TN

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Kola,

Referring to the Tea Party, you said, "Well, it's about extinct...".

I don't know where you live, but the Tea Party is alive, well, and having an influence on local, state, and national politics here in Tennessee. I wish that Conservatives were even more assertive than they are, but at least the liberals don't have free rein as long as the Conservatives are doing what they're doing.

Tom in TN
 

Larrry

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Kola, you start off with a false premise. So that makes your post as useful as trust fund babies in real life.

So do you always look down on people who work, does that make you feel morally superior that you get spoon fed and can't rely on your own abilites to make an income.
 

Bullhauler

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I always wondered why the tea party always holds their rallies in government funded, and maintained parks and other government funded areas.
 

Larrry

Well-known member
I look at it like this those gov funded things are already there and already funded.
Once you get the government to restrain their spending and if they aren't there then you have it someplace else.
There could always be user fees to pay for some of these things...user pays
Not really hard to figure out
 

ranch hand

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Bullhauler...they have more right to this parks than the occupy movement as their taxes paid for it. Plus they leave it clean when done and not cost the tax payer more to clean.
 
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Anonymous

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Bullhauler said:
I always wondered why the tea party always holds their rallies in government funded, and maintained parks and other government funded areas.

Yep and government subsidized telephones to communicate to set up their rallies- and government funded roads, rail, and air to travel to rallies--while using electricity to light and broadcast their rally which came about in many cases by government subsidized electric co-ops...

BUT we don't need NO STEENKIN government... :wink:

Here is another rightwingernut wasting the taxpayers time and $ in the Legislature...


Montana Corporal Punishment Bill Introduced In State House


The Huffington Post | By John Celock Posted: 01/30/2013 11:57 am EST | Updated: 01/30/2013 6:51 pm EST


WASHINGTON -- A Republican state legislator in Montana, who once asked to be paid in gold coins, has introduced legislation that would allow convicted criminals in the state to request a sentence of corporal punishment in lieu of jail.

State Rep. Jerry O'Neil (R-Columbia Falls) has put forward a new bill that would allow the option of corporal punishment for those convicted of misdemeanors and felonies in the state. The bill, which has not yet been assigned to committee, would allow for the convicted to bargain with a judge for a sentence of corporal punishment, but would give the judge the final say in who receives such a punishment. The Lowdown blog of the Great Falls Tribune first reported the story Tuesday evening.

O'Neil's legislation defines corporal punishment as "the infliction of physical pain on a defendant to carry out the sentence negotiated between the judge and the defendant." The exact means of inflicting said physical pain is not written into the bill, but would presumably be determined during negotiations between defendants and judges. The bill also does not specify whether any felonies would be exempt from the law, thus allowing for the possibility that murderers could receive corporal punishment instead of jail time.

The last case of corporal punishment used for a criminal in the U.S. was a public whipping in Delaware in 1952. Delaware formally abolished public whipping in 1972. Under the terms of the Montana legislation, corporal punishment -- whatever method might be employed -- would be conducted either by county sheriffs or officials with the state Department of Corrections.

Corporal punishment remains a common form of criminal punishment in several countries including Singapore, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen and Nigeria. For example, media reported on Monday that the Iranian state amputated the fingers on the right hand of a convicted thief. Corporal punishment remains on the books in several other countries including Barbados, Botswana, Brunei, Swaziland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zimbabwe.

O'Neil, who backed Ron Paul for president in 2012, is no stranger to unusual requests. Late last year, he requested that the state pay his legislative salary in gold and silver coins to guard against the collapse of the dollar. The request was denied by state officials.

Rightwingernut Sharia Law :wink: :p :lol:
 

Whitewing

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Oldtimer said:
Bullhauler said:
I always wondered why the tea party always holds their rallies in government funded, and maintained parks and other government funded areas.

Yep and government subsidized telephones to communicate to set up their rallies- and government funded roads, rail, and air to travel to rallies--while using electricity to light and broadcast their rally which came about in many cases by government subsidized electric co-ops...

BUT we don't need NO STEENKIN government... :wink:

Here is another rightwingernut wasting the taxpayers time and $ in the Legislature...


Montana Corporal Punishment Bill Introduced In State House


The Huffington Post | By John Celock Posted: 01/30/2013 11:57 am EST | Updated: 01/30/2013 6:51 pm EST


WASHINGTON -- A Republican state legislator in Montana, who once asked to be paid in gold coins, has introduced legislation that would allow convicted criminals in the state to request a sentence of corporal punishment in lieu of jail.

State Rep. Jerry O'Neil (R-Columbia Falls) has put forward a new bill that would allow the option of corporal punishment for those convicted of misdemeanors and felonies in the state. The bill, which has not yet been assigned to committee, would allow for the convicted to bargain with a judge for a sentence of corporal punishment, but would give the judge the final say in who receives such a punishment. The Lowdown blog of the Great Falls Tribune first reported the story Tuesday evening.

O'Neil's legislation defines corporal punishment as "the infliction of physical pain on a defendant to carry out the sentence negotiated between the judge and the defendant." The exact means of inflicting said physical pain is not written into the bill, but would presumably be determined during negotiations between defendants and judges. The bill also does not specify whether any felonies would be exempt from the law, thus allowing for the possibility that murderers could receive corporal punishment instead of jail time.

The last case of corporal punishment used for a criminal in the U.S. was a public whipping in Delaware in 1952. Delaware formally abolished public whipping in 1972. Under the terms of the Montana legislation, corporal punishment -- whatever method might be employed -- would be conducted either by county sheriffs or officials with the state Department of Corrections.

Corporal punishment remains a common form of criminal punishment in several countries including Singapore, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen and Nigeria. For example, media reported on Monday that the Iranian state amputated the fingers on the right hand of a convicted thief. Corporal punishment remains on the books in several other countries including Barbados, Botswana, Brunei, Swaziland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zimbabwe.

O'Neil, who backed Ron Paul for president in 2012, is no stranger to unusual requests. Late last year, he requested that the state pay his legislative salary in gold and silver coins to guard against the collapse of the dollar. The request was denied by state officials.

Rightwingernut Sharia Law :wink: :p :lol:

Why do you always have to misrepresent what someone/group stands for? You constantly make strawman arguments. I'd think you'd finally feel embarrassed for doing such a juvenile thing over and over and over and over again, but apparently not.

No one in the Tea Party has said we don't need government.
 

Whitewing

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ranch hand said:
Oldtimer... I take it you are for spend what you want but to hell with paying for it.

Oh, OT's for paying for it all right............WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.

He's farking hopeless though it is fun watching him tilt at windmills.
 
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Anonymous

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ranch hand said:
Oldtimer... I take it you are for spend what you want but to hell with paying for it.

Nope- just the opposite... The reason I support both spending cuts and tax increases to pay off/control the national debt- while still maintaining long term forward movement on building the country (health care, energy, infrastructure, education, etc., etc.) ...
 

Mike

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Oldtimer said:
ranch hand said:
Oldtimer... I take it you are for spend what you want but to hell with paying for it.

Nope- just the opposite... The reason I support both spending cuts and tax increases to pay off/control the national debt- while still maintaining long term forward movement on building the country (health care, energy, infrastructure, education, etc., etc.) ...

Got to be very careful in implementing tax increases when you're in such an economic mess as Buckwheat has us in. We're fragile and in a double dip.

Just a few years ago, the debt service was manageable. Today, not so much.

I say allow all of those in favor of tax increases send them on in to the IRS.

Maybe 100% of your income to start with? They'll love you for it. I'll say thanks also.
 
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