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| | | (...) And they both fear that the Libertarian vultures will gobble them up :') (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | Ed Jones wrote (in several different posts): (...) As well they should. While the LP is derided, and rightly so, for being a bit frothy/extremist/wacko, the actual sentiment of the country as a whole, which is more important, really, than what brand (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep) —Ed Jones
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| | | | | (...) Hey, I'm still typing one handed, give me a break (sorry, the right arm is broke and ya can;t break it again - actually not broke, just unusable due to a pinched nerve) (...) Not wanting to go into the Libertarian debate of "earning your (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Ouch. I feel your pain. (the one good thing That Man did for this country is put that phrase into circulation) I'll give you a break. Or is that I WON'T give you a(nother) break. Whichever. (...) Because...? (...) Not me. If you think I'm (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep) —Simon Robinson
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| | | | | | (...) That's not sufficient. For your point to be valid, people would not only have to give more, but would have to give at least as much more as charities get from taxes. Incidently one of the arguments in the UK (and I don't see why it shouldn't (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep) —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | (...) While all of those things may have some value, I've helped fund a great many of them myself out of my own pocket at the personal ticket-buying and donation level. All of the things you mention in the first sentence _ought_ to be funded (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | (...) Unfortunately, the country is simultaneously swinging in a "Government is the mommy to take care of me" direction. Weird things happen when a large group of people is looked at as a unified whole, which it isn't. Steve (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | <FH388n.5F4@lugnet.com> <37C5D07F.B4AB98C3@voyager.net> <FH3z48.893@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Er, technically, no. They would merely have to give enough more that the same worthy (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep) —Frank Filz
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| | | | <FH388n.5F4@lugnet.com> <37C5D07F.B4AB98C3@voyager.net> <FH3z48.893@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) What if the voluntarily given money is more efficiently used? What if the donors also (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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