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The Property Tax Casino
Americans love to gamble. In casinos or online. They throw money on the roulette table, where the odds would be fair except for that pesky 0 and 00. They love to buy lottery tickets; never mind that the expected return is about 50 cents on the dollar. But if property tax rates are raised, even by a miniscule amount, they are ready to man the ...
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The Big Money
by
mathpol
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March 27, 2009
ABUSE WRITERS?
Who would of thunk it? My Freedom of Speech taken away by MSN. i could laugh...
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The Spectator
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RCH in TN
on
August 22, 2008
Re: Alger Hiss, guilt by table manners
All the above, the original article and the subsequent posts should be rock solid evidence that people take the same evidence, sift it to suit their bias, and go on to prove their position beyond a shadow of a doubt. It is kind of fun but don't fool yourself. Someone else will prove you dead wrong till another person proves them wrong. I'd ...
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The Spectator
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billdavid
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July 17, 2007