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Hamburgers

In a valient effort to not be very productive at work on a Friday, I stumbed across a group on Facebook that has a collection of amusing pictures. Like most of my college aged cohorts that populate Facebook, this group is unabashedly pro-Obama. He’s the new Jesus, so sayeth the Lord. While a number of the pictures are entertaining, several are also promoting their candidate and how awesome he is.

One such picture is this:

My first thought when I saw this picture, of course, was “Jesus, those are pretty minuscule tax breaks from either candidate.” But the comments below the picture sparked a discussion that lost my interest almost immediately.

One girl, who I imagine aligns with the Republican faction of our single party system, says:

i dont know what is so appealing about his tax plan… those with lower incomes don’t pay a lot in taxes anyway. they dont need a large tax break. those that have high incomes will spend their money, pumping it into the economy, benefitting everyone.
yes, if you don’t know much, obama’s plan sounds amazing (just like raising minimum wage). but if you really analyze the situation, you see that its messed up.

Someone else replies almost instantly:

As someone who is poor as shit, I support Obama’s tax plan because even though I don’t pay “that much in taxes,” what I do pay makes a MUCH larger impact in my quality of life than a wealthy person who pays more than I do.

Think of it this way: If you take a hamburger from a rich person, what will they do? They’ll buy another hamburger. The impact wasn’t so great.

If you take a hamburger from a poor person, what will they do? Starve.

Of course, that’s a hyberpolic example, but you get the idea.

Hey, here’s an interesting idea none of you have apparently considered: How about you fucking stop taking people’s hamburgers!

The link to the thread in question is here, but you can’t comment I imagine without first joining the group. Probably not worth your trouble.

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