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This is Canada's Top Ten List of America's Stupidity.
10) Only in America ... could politicians talk about the greed of the
rich at a $35,000.00 a plate campaign fund-raising event.
9) Only in America ... could people claim that the government still
discriminates against black Americans when they have a black
President, a black Attorney General and roughly 20% of the
federal workforce is black while only 14% of the population is
black.
8) Only in America ... could they 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), BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of
higher taxes.
7) Only in America ... can they 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.
6) Only in America ... would they 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 they discuss letting anyone who sneaks
into the country illegally just 'magically' become American
citizens.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]5) Only in America ... could the people who
believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the
country's Constitution be thought of as "extremists."
4) Only in America ... could you need to present a driver's license
to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.
3) 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 a company making
tennis shoes (Nike).
2) 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 of $7-Million PER MINUTE, and complain that it
doesn't have nearly enough money.
1) 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]
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This is Canada's Top Ten List of America's Stupidity.
10) Only in America ... could politicians talk about the greed of the
rich at a $35,000.00 a plate campaign fund-raising event.
9) Only in America ... could people claim that the government still
discriminates against black Americans when they have a black
President, a black Attorney General and roughly 20% of the
federal workforce is black while only 14% of the population is
black.
8) Only in America ... could they 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), BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of
higher taxes.
7) Only in America ... can they 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.
6) Only in America ... would they 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 they discuss letting anyone who sneaks
into the country illegally just 'magically' become American
citizens.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
[FONT="] [/FONT]
[FONT="]5) Only in America ... could the people who
believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the
country's Constitution be thought of as "extremists."
4) Only in America ... could you need to present a driver's license
to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.
3) 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 a company making
tennis shoes (Nike).
2) 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 of $7-Million PER MINUTE, and complain that it
doesn't have nearly enough money.
1) 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]
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