Tax burden? What kind of fucking right wing nonsense is that?
I believe it's the term commonly accepted and used by economists, policy analysts and others. Do you have a better one to propose?
> And admit it, podunks in this country would be even greater shitholes than
> they are now, if it were not for federal and state taxes paid by urban
> areas.
And if Wall Street stopped cultivating and exploiting rural and other markets with room for development, through both private investments and public expenditures, then predictably collapsed, New York City would be what, exactly? A socialist utopia?
> I am not saying whether this is good or bad, only that 'gummint hating
> assholes that tend to populate these areas shold stop biting the hand that
> feeds them.
Those welfare queens wouldn't gall you quite so much if they'd just show you more appreciation, eh, Woj? Give me a day or two, and I might remember where I've heard that one before.
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