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LSUIEGRAD13
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| 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:30 pm)
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lilbadness 
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:31 pm to LSUIEGRAD13)
Not surprised
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brewhan davey 
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:32 pm to LSUIEGRAD13)
That figure also includes government employees.
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geauxjudge
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:34 pm to LSUIEGRAD13)
How about those 11 states leave the US? Let that be the social experiment.
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ashy larry
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:35 pm to brewhan davey)
So government employees that work for there paycheck are considered takers?
WTF?
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JordonfortheJ 
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:36 pm to ashy larry)
Yea that doesn't make sense.
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NimbleCat
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:39 pm to ashy larry)
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So government employees that work for there paycheck are considered takers?
It makes perfect sense. They contribute to the tax burden. They can always just print more money.
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CarRamrod
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:41 pm to ashy larry)
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So government employees that work for there paycheck are considered takers?
WTF?
so you think it is ok for there to me more people that work for or take money from the government than private employment?
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lsu_tiger_az
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:42 pm to NimbleCat)
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It makes perfect sense. They contribute to the tax burden. They can always just print more money.
This....
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Jet12
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:43 pm to LSUIEGRAD13)
For lazy people: it's Hawaii, California, New Mexico, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, New York, Maine.
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ashy larry
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:44 pm to NimbleCat)
It doesn't make sense. A government worker is not the same as someone on welfare. This is no different for a private contractor that works for the government. Highway contractors, defense contractors, etc. By fox's rationale they should be 'takers' too?
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Hoodoo Man
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:45 pm to Jet12)
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For lazy people: it's Hawaii, California, New Mexico, Illinois, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, New York, Maine.
Hooray!
No Louisiana!
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Stonewall Tiger
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:46 pm to ashy larry)
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So government employees that work for there paycheck are considered takers?
Yes. Not to mention, when benefits are included, they cost taxpayers almost twice what their private sector counterpart makes.
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ashy larry
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:46 pm to Stonewall Tiger)
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they cost taxpayers almost twice what their private sector counterpart makes.
link?
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LuckySo-n-So
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:47 pm to NimbleCat)
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They contribute to the tax burden
Since when do city/parish/state workers NOT have to pay taxes on their income?
What the frick have I been doing working in the private sector my whole life?
My first wife worked for the city/parish and I know for DAMN sure she paid income taxes. Sales taxes. Exise taxes. Use taxes. "User Fees." Gas Taxes. Hazard Taxes.
I was a Graduate Assistant at a nearby university and had to pay taxes on my tuition waiver.
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ashy larry
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:51 pm to CarRamrod)
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so you think it is ok for there to me more people that work for or take money from the government than private employment?
I will be the first to admit that we need some serious welfare reform. But lumping a working person with the welfare mooch is misleading. You have one group that is a complete leach on society and another that works for their paycheck.
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lsu_tiger_az
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 5:52 pm to ashy larry)
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It doesn't make sense. A government worker is not the same as someone on welfare. This is no different for a private contractor that works for the government. Highway contractors, defense contractors, etc. By fox's rationale they should be 'takers' too?
Exactly....
Government collects revenue (via taxes and levys) and pays for government projects and government employees. Those working and paid by the government are a tax burden (not said in a negative context), just as contractors are hired and paid to do state projects (roads, bridges, parks, etc., etc.), and those who collect state benefits, etc., what ever those may be....
We the tax payers have to pay for all those things...
This post was edited on 11/29 at 5:55 pm
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SilverSpurs13
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 6:02 pm to LSUIEGRAD13)
More Fox News fear mongering. Nothing to see here.
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LuckySo-n-So
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 6:03 pm to lsu_tiger_az)
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We the tax payers have to pay for all those things...
And state workers, state paid contractors, etc. do not pay taxes for these things as well?
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50Mullets
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| re: 11 states with more on government assistance than working (Posted on 11/29/12 at 6:08 pm to LSUIEGRAD13)
If you wanted to get people to watch the video just say it has Megyn Kelly.
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