Reading through their replies, they claim they don't mind the tax, but that the excess money they're paying is going to "red states". IOW, if the same tax was taking place, but the states that were benefiting were those who voted the way the primitives believed they should, this wouldn't be an issue.
Care and compassion; as long as you do things our way.
How many totalitarian/authoritarian regimes does that remind you of? Well, except for *all* of them?
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