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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Dale, post: 7355923, member: 100459&quot;]Remember that our protest wasn&#039;t the amount of tax they paid, but that they fought against &quot;Taxation without representation.&quot;&nbsp; All of the taxes collected, were sent to the King of England.&nbsp; None of the taxes paid were used to make improvements to roads, and other things that would help the residents of the &quot;new&quot; country.&nbsp; Yes, we do have to pay taxes..Sales Tax, Excise Tax, Federal Income Tax, State Income Tax, and other taxes.&nbsp; We are assuming that they are being used to make improvements and pay for services, Law Enforcement, Fire Departments, Schools, Libraries, Register of Deeds, etc.......&nbsp; I have never complained about paying taxes, but only how the taxes are used.&nbsp; Sometimes, government employees forget who their real supervisors are... As is said:&nbsp; &quot;We the People&quot;!&nbsp; I&#039;ve lived in other countries, the worse one being France.&nbsp; After WW II, the United States spent Billions of dollars to help rebuild the nations that were destroyed by the War.&nbsp; I was in Germany in 1954-1057.&nbsp; I saw the destruction in Germany and my family went to France.&nbsp; It too, had been about completely destroyed.&nbsp; I returned to France and Germany in 1965-1967.&nbsp; Germany had been completely rebuilt (except East Germany).&nbsp; My view of France at that time, looked as if the country was still at war.&nbsp; The Billions and Trillions of dollars given to them to rebuild was put in private accounts of political officials to support their way of life.&nbsp; DeGualle emphasized that if it had not been for him, the Allied Forces would have lost the war.&nbsp; Europe has a high opinion of itself.</p><p>I am sorry.&nbsp; I have gotten totally off topic.&nbsp; My father was a career soldier and we lived in many countries and states of the union.&nbsp; I am proud of him.&nbsp; He always reminded me that he served at the pleasure of the President.&nbsp; He also reminded me that he was paid by tax dollars and that I should always remember that we live in the greatest nation in the world.&nbsp; Sometimes we tend to forget it when we complain about customs, postal systems, our law enforcement, fire departments and many other things that allow us to collect coins from all over the world (sometimes).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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