Don't some people have to pay taxes? And rent.
2006-09-28 01:55:20 · 13 answers · asked by gr_bateman 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I am British. Not an immigrant. I pay my parents rent, and understand where some of you are coming from.
2006-09-28 02:11:45 · update #1
I am a Christian by the way, and am about to post another question.
2006-09-28 02:19:50 · update #2
America is a Nation of laws that anyone is free to follow or pay the consequences. That is the freedoms we have here.
2006-09-28 02:41:11 · answer #1 · answered by Jenny_is_Hot 6 · 16⤊ 0⤋
When is the last time the SS broke down your door and took away a member of your family?
How much monetary value is being received in gov't built and maintained roadways, wastewater systems, school :( systems, etc.?
Show me anything like that occuring in the old USSR, S Hussein's regime or any Taliban ruled country, etc.
Show me a dictatorship in which the people at large have any voice in gov't.
Go to the street corner anywhere in the U.S.A. and distribute the Holy Bible; now go to Gujarat, Karnataka, Asmara, China, etc and attempt to do that.
If you survive, you will know the meaning of 'free country'.
2006-09-28 09:11:29 · answer #2 · answered by credo quia est absurdum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but are you told where to live? Are you taxed so much that you can only afford a shack? No you're not. So this is a free county. I wouldn't complain about our taxes, try Canada or Great Britain, you'll feel much better about ours.
2006-09-28 09:08:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No such thing as a free country as people are bound by law and authority. We need law and order but we also have rights and our rights make this country relatively free compared to dictatorships and other crap countries round the world
2006-09-28 09:03:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are free to complain about what you pay for. Some places you can't complain because you end up dissapearing forever.
Oh, and who is going to pay for the workers who maintain the road you drive on or provide the water that you drink.
2006-09-28 09:00:22 · answer #5 · answered by Bryn H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are free from dictators, and free from taxation without representation.
We have many freedoms.
Everyone has to pay taxes. How would you drive your car without road taxes. Who would pay the police or firemen?
2006-09-28 09:06:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are free to belong to whatever religion you want (as long as it's christian)
You are free to work wherever you want (as long as it's for one of the major oil companies, restaurant chains, or Wal Mart)
You are free to eat wherever you like (as long as it's McDonalds)
You are also free to vote for whomever you like (as long as it's a Republican!)
--A free country!
2006-09-28 09:17:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah, and you're not allowed to drive at 120mph or vandalise other people's property or drop litter. It's not a free country at all
2006-09-28 09:00:13 · answer #8 · answered by Fredlet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you are free not to pay any of those and be an homeless!
2006-09-28 08:57:37 · answer #9 · answered by sarah d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a lot to learn about freedom. I so glad you didn't ask that of a war veteran!
2006-10-01 16:22:54 · answer #10 · answered by bobbi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋