gregintenn
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Pay your taxes in pennies next year. Request that whoever hung this sign count them and write you a receipt before you leave.
What I was subjected to when I went to pay my taxes
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I guess the writer, while obviously upset about gun violence, must be perfectly OK with knife, rock, fist, pointed stick, and toilet seat violence.
Jack Flash
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Not to mention that it is factually incorrect.
"Each year there are hundreds of shootings, crimes, and school shootings all because of one weapon - The gun."
"Shootings" are often NOT crimes at all. Police and law-biding citizens shoot to PREVENT crimes.
"Crimes" are not caused by guns and certainly do not always even involve a gun.
"School Shootings" I don't have data on whether there are more or less than each previous year. I would bet they haven't grown each and every year. Besides, you would probably be more correct to blame bullying, mental illness, or some combination of the two.
" ... this ever growing problem. ..."
Not according to the FBI: "In 2014, there were an estimated 1,165,383 violent crimes. Murder and non-negligent manslaughter decreased 0.5 percent and robbery decreased 5.6 percent when compared with estimates from 2013. ..."
The rest of it is some dreamy-eyed fantasy re: "Why can't we all just get along?"
The reality is there are predators out there. In many cases, the only thing that keeps them from running amok is the fear of getting shot.
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A partisan political message in a government office. ?
Absalom
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The more I look at that "photo" and how carefully it has been sanitized of any hint as to its origin and location, and the bad grammar throughout, the more I'm thinking troll.
Obviously it's been working. People just love unloading righteous indignation.
Had to reread that sentence twice. Sounds like the writer wants everyone in a constant state of fear.
J. R. WEEMS
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It was part of a display of students' posters. At a town municipal building.
Not a troll
I worked for a government agency where there was a legitimate need for certain employees to be knowledgeable regarding the Brady Act, so they sent around an e-mail with a link to a summary of the legislation. I click the link and it goes to the propaganda page of a particularly rabid gun control organization. I sent a rather pointed message to the person who sent the e-mail inquiring whether it was appropriate to use government resources to endorse a highly partisan political organization. Apparently I wasn't the only one, because about twenty minutes later the apology e-mail goes out agency-wide, with a link to a factual, neutral explanation of the law.
I go into the county admin office every year to pay personal property taxes and dog licenses.
Some of us still do it the old fashion way, especially in small towns.
Absalom
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Aha. So I apologize for the troll suspicion, but I was right the first time. NOT an official poster, children's work. Obviously still not okay, but any of the heavy-handed outrage responses recommended would have looked boorish and been counterproductive.
pittpa
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I have a dream, that if I ever need a gun I'll have it with me....
and that welfare recipients will be subjected to drug tests, just like employed people. Just heard on the news that this idea was floated here in PA, where governor is a dem and legislature is repub. ACLU jumped right in that it is unconstitutional. I'm no scholar, but if the Constitution does not mandate entitlements, I wonder what part prohibits putting strings on it.
chaparrito
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Ah, that makes sense. Haven't lived in a town since the 70's. My county offices are two hours away. I pay through the mail.
chaparrito
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Sounds like it was written by a kid. In that case, should a display of student work be censored due to it's political slant? Personally, I'm not offended by opposing viewpoints. Seems like it's a big part of living in a, you know, free country.
OP
I pay through the nose
cbore
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Let me see; No prayer in public school
No Christmas scene in public building
Yet an anti gun sign in a Tax office
Something is wrong here. I thing a great test for at ACLU
No Christmas scene in public building
Yet an anti gun sign in a Tax office
Something is wrong here. I thing a great test for at ACLU
One has to do with the separation of church and state,the other,not so much?
catadjuster
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About half the county where my farm is located go in to the county to pay their property taxes in person. Not at all unusual. We don't have a window though, just a long desk with waiting on one side and county employees on the other side.
chaparrito
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It was belatedly described as part of a display of student writing. That information was not disclosed on the OP. Pretty sure I'm not the only one here who assumed it was a solitary poster taped up right at the payment window.
What's wrong here is it was (perhaps inadvertently) made to seem like county government approval of the opinion itself. Maybe that's why so many of us went off half-cocked.
EdnAZ
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If you were paying school taxes, you should probably throw in a couple of extra dollars to get that kid a tutor. Brutal.
By the way, I'm offended for Dr. King.
By the way, I'm offended for Dr. King.
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