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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 9
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    Why do abortion opponents think they’re entitled to a special exemption in this regard? I morally object to drone strikes, aid to Israel, mass surveillance, drug prohibition, and numerous other government expenditures, yet my tax dollars fund these thingshttps://twitter.com/xan_desanctis/status/1137364404301959169 …

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    Alexandra DeSanctisVerified account @xan_desanctis
    Joe Biden: I’m personally pro-life but I won’t oppose abortion because I don’t want to force my morality on people who disagree with it. Also Joe Biden: Abortion should be funded by people who disagree with it.
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      2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 9
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        Which is to say: almost everyone ends up “paying for” government expenditures that they “disagree” with. Why do opponents of abortion deserve special privileges to not fund abortion-related programs? If you want abortion outlawed, use the legislative/legal process

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 9
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        I know there are principled tax resisters who risk criminal penalties out of a sense of moral duty. But I don’t think most abortion opponents fall into that category. Rather, they demand a special exemption be carved out to suit their own particular moral objections

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      2. Josiah Neeley  🤔‏ @jneeley78 Jun 9
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        Don’t you oppose funding for all those things?

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 9
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        I don't demand amendments on the ground that I should individually be exempt from funding certain government programs simply because I "disagree" with them.

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      2. Read Rothbard‏ @jah_b_irie Jun 9
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        Bangarang GFYI!!!

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      2. Senator Tim Allen‏ @senator_tim Jun 9
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        Despite who they're frames, most of those expenditures tie back to core government functions: Defense, international diplomacy, law enforcement. How does funding abortion fit into those categories?

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      3. Senator Tim Allen‏ @senator_tim Jun 9
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        *"How they're framed" is what that should say.

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      1. Jeremiah "Dr. Acula" Lewis‏ @fringeblog Jun 9
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        The threat of violence for non-compliance isn't a single-issue phenomenon. I know people who have espoused anger at their tax dollars going to drone strikes.

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      1. Mark Alexander‏ @MarkACumberland Jun 9
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        Because both the Left and the Right have forgotten that government is supposed to be limited and get out of one's way and instead have chosen to use government to force their lifestyles/ideologies on others.

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      1. Trey Corbin‏ @Corbintrey Jun 9
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        Great! So we agree! Stop funding them all!

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      1. Kevin VanGelder‏ @kevin_vangelder Jun 9
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        I oppose funding all of those things and more.

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      2. terminalinsanity‏ @terminsane Jun 9
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        That should also change. We should get to direct where our tax dollars go. I would really like to see what gets solved when all those trillions are spent in a way the public wants.

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      3. another perspective‏ @chedderNcheeses Jun 9
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        you mean millions the other billions will just go into pockets like usual

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      1. Illinois is broke and corrupt‏ @IsIllinois Jun 9
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        We give aid to over 150 Nations. Israel is strategically located & we also benefit from them. Very few nations give us a return on our aid to them

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      1. Craig Steger‏ @craig_steger Jun 10
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        I think one can distinguish between taxable funding for programs that are products of the legislative process (e.g. war, drug laws), which even if I disagree with are the product of representation. But abortion is an individual act that I, as a taxpayer, get no say over.

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      1. LeChina James  🇹🇼  🇭🇰  🇺🇸‏ @Franky_Banky Jun 9
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        Nobody consents to any of this

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      1. Nick See You On Parler‏ @retrover16 Jun 9
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        Most of your examples cited can be considered for the common good. Not the case with abortion unless there is an over population issue.

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      1. Jack (Hammer Time!) Martens‏ @JackMartensite Jun 9
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        Congress places caveats or limitations on how federal dollars are spent all them time. The Hyde Amendment (like other prohobitions) is business as usual, and has been for decades

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      1. ZeeTeeAy‏ @ZeeTeeAy Jun 10
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        Those are acts by the government itself, which acts you can oppose by your vote. Abortion is the act of a private person which I cannot oppose by my vote. I should not have to fund the immoral action of a private individual.

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