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http://www.bobcesca.com/blog-archives/2009/02/scarboroughs_re.html#comments

I am an American Soldier. I have served my country honorable in Iraq. After surviving both of my “DO NOTHING” deployments I was eligible for the EITC. The reason I was eligible for the EITC was that all my income in a COMBAT ZONE was non taxable income. This is the same for every soldier, sailor, marine and airperson that makes less than $88,000 of base pay in a COMBAT ZONE. I was extremely grateful to receive this tax credit. It felt like my government was honoring my service. So yes, dodging IEDs and small arms fire is “DOING NOTHING” and running you fat mouth for millions of dollars every morning is “WORK”.

Arianna Huffington talks about the Marie Antoinette attitude of some – wall street/bank/automobile ceo types. But the fact is – it permeates every facet of American life. Even the middle-class has this completely out of touch attitude toward the genuinely poor, or the lower-middle class stuck in slum conditions through no fault of their own.

GItheJoe’s comments are in response to Joe Scarborough’s pontifications on whether or not working people deserve and earned income tax credit. At a time when our nation is suffering – when the well off are watching their shares decline – how much more so are the poor watching their ability to make ends meet decline? Isn’t this a time for openheartedness and opennhandedness? I mean – we don’t have unlimited resources, but this isn’t a time to ask why some are getting. It’s a time to ask – will giving in this way help? Any other question is heartless, and deserving of contempt.

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