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(05-01-2020, 12:44 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: You just said "good luck with keeping up with all the taxes" so that means you are only concerned about taxes, politically. That means you are concerned about how taxes might affect your wealth. You only see your own wealth; you don't understand as well the connection between the taxes you pay and the needs of society which indirectly affect your wealth if not attended to. That does include helping the less fortunate, and you guys don't understand that this is a protection for yourself as well. The Dust Bowl documentary on PBS this week showed how the rugged individualists who vote Republican in that area had to finally admit that they needed help; since then of course they have forgotten again and nowadays vote Republican by the largest margins in the country; all based on their illusion of self-reliance, which you largely share. It's a matter of shortsightedness, mainly, as well as pride, and resentment at supposedly helping lazy people, that accounts for your inability to see your connection to society's needs.

My solar panels cost almost $14,000, and I got more than $4000 as a credit, reducing my tax bill this year by that amount. You have to have at least that much in taxes due otherwise in order to take the credit, though; which I did this past year.

Not True. I saw/see more than just my wealth at stake. I saw Bob's too but he's on your side and still supports big government so what happens with/to his wealth doesn't matter much to me at this point. The rural folks on the Republican side aren't poor people these days. The rural people on the Republican side are all wealthier people like me who have access to the internet, cable/satellite TV, microwave ovens, modern age machinery, post high school education and so forth. You're not going to by them off and teach them stuff that they already know or are able find out and learn themselves. You're loosing because you're out classed and out smarted. The rural Republican voters aren't dumb/ illiterate people these days. I laugh every time a dip shit liberal opens their mouth and says something stupid to another dip shit liberal about how stupid and backwards and outdated the rural Republican voters are these days compared to them. You want to chain or tie yourself to an old Sequoia that's past it's prime and then watch in horror as they all go up flames some day that's fine. You be stupid and do that today. You represent two classes with a MAJOR economic gap that exists between the two of them while the other side remains committed to advancement the good old American way. Hint: If you don't like American freedom, American ingenuity or real American advancement, you better get the fuck out of here before you are blind sided and steam rolled by them.