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AbsolutVT03
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"Word on the street" is always a great source. Also you realize that there

are innocent people inside of Palestine that need humanitarian aid right? If that's what we're doing (and I have a feeling that's it) then that's very different than "supporting terrorists" especially considering much of the aid we've given Israel is of the military variety. Much like my natural disaster posts above people needing help shouldn't be based on where they live. Thinking that everyone in Palestine is our "enemy" is no better than the people who think everyone in Israel is their enemy. And of course none of that speaks to the billions we've given Israel which was my (and your) original point.
Posted: 01/13/2025 at 06:49 PM ET
(In response to this post by EDGEMAN)

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Nothing like cutting that quarterly check to the IRS to feel like a real...
EDGEMAN • 01/13/25 12:10 PM ET
I feel your pain Did the same foe 22 years. **
section11hokie • 01/13/25 02:57 PM ET
Yep, right up there with car payments**
HokieHi71 • 01/13/25 02:11 PM ET
But you can control that outlay...lol**
EDGEMAN • 01/13/25 02:17 PM ET
A very short video to sum it all up (link)**
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hits deep for sure, hurts to see**
BRVT • 01/13/25 12:42 PM ET
Mailed mine off the other day. Yay.**
Will StewartAdmin • 01/13/25 12:40 PM ET
Everybody should have to do it.
RTFC • 01/13/25 12:18 PM ET
Agree except for the quarterly part. Once a year. Plan accordingly.**
vthokieq • 01/13/25 02:41 PM ET
I have supported this idea for a very long time.....
BleedinOandM • 01/13/25 02:25 PM ET
F THAT! I'm not loaning the Government money early. Also I'm not an idiot
VT Pez4Life • 01/13/25 02:25 PM ET
Unless you are buying savings bonds, Tbills, etc. no one is
RTFC • 01/13/25 02:47 PM ET
like the electric slide **
bigbadbird • 01/13/25 01:48 PM ET
Exactly
HOKIEVET • 01/13/25 12:38 PM ET
We’d go bankrupt. Most people don’t even balance
GreenvilleVT • 01/13/25 01:20 PM ET
Who has a check book these days?
Chris ColemanAdmin • 01/13/25 02:41 PM ET
I’m 100% with you. I write 1 or 2 checks a year and I have to think really
vatechcowpatty • 01/13/25 06:05 PM ET
I do.**
ColoVT82 • 01/13/25 05:39 PM ET
I write about two dozen checks a year...
BleedinOandM • 01/13/25 05:00 PM ET
Canceled check is great proof of payment!**
HokieHi71 • 01/13/25 03:38 PM ET
Some donkey vendors of mine only take checks …
OXVT • 01/13/25 03:34 PM ET
Many, many people recommend
RTFC • 01/13/25 03:16 PM ET
That's how I do it. I like your and (my) method.**
HokieNLot11 • 01/13/25 10:23 PM ET
This not a joke
Beerman • 01/13/25 03:05 PM ET
I still write checks. The capitalized Q is the letter I have the most
VTHokie2000 • 01/13/25 03:00 PM ET
Yep, same.**
Chris ColemanAdmin • 01/13/25 05:40 PM ET
Cursive is a lost art for sure.
GreenvilleVT • 01/13/25 02:45 PM ET
delete
VT Pez4Life • 01/13/25 02:23 PM ET
Hence why I'm also for public floggings and castration for tax fraud...
RTFC • 01/13/25 01:44 PM ET
just more cheating **
bigbadbird • 01/13/25 02:07 PM ET
Maybe that would force the gubmint to reduce its spending.
MP4VT2004 • 01/13/25 01:35 PM ET
Look at it as an investment....you're now a non-managing/non-profiting...
JoesterVT • 01/13/25 12:12 PM ET
Damn. Just when I'd paid off that last Florida Hurricane**
Beerman • 01/13/25 02:20 PM ET
It is definitely weird to me how some people react so drastically different
AbsolutVT03 • 01/13/25 05:28 PM ET
Well duh!
Beerman • 01/14/25 10:39 AM ET
It's more like we're all throwing money down the bottomless sinkholes...
Gobbler-100 • 01/13/25 01:22 PM ET
Perhaps not for the next few years though.**
Late 80s Hokie • 01/13/25 04:04 PM ET
and Cali is the perfect example of the haves/have nots that some complain
RTFC • 01/13/25 03:33 PM ET
Don't forget Ukraine...we've dumped something like $100B into that war.
EDGEMAN • 01/13/25 02:16 PM ET
And Israel. Don't forget the money we've "dumped" there as well.**
AbsolutVT03 • 01/13/25 05:28 PM ET
Word on the street is that Joe has moved aid for Israel to the Palestinians
EDGEMAN • 01/13/25 05:53 PM ET
"Word on the street" is always a great source. Also you realize that there ◄
AbsolutVT03 • 01/13/25 06:49 PM ET
As long as there are people who believe that Israel has no right to exsist
HokieNLot11 • 01/13/25 10:30 PM ET
But I wasn’t talking about peace solutions. I was talking about the need
AbsolutVT03 • 01/14/25 01:32 PM ET
Is federal money even real anymore?**
TomTurkey • 01/13/25 12:55 PM ET