From a friend watching the Olympics: "How about that Michael Phelps? But let's remember he didn't win all those medals, someone else did. After all, he and I swam in public pools, built by state employees using tax dollars. He got training from the USOC, and ate food grown by the Department of Agriculture. He should play fair and share his medals with people like me, who can barely keep my head above water, let alone swim."


<copied from an article i came across>

wat

Sounds a bit harsh doesnt it?

he won this

http://www.tmz.com/...gan-rossee-bikini-photos/

I'm guessing that this is political satire? Someone trying to draw an analogy between this and higher taxes for the wealthy?

Ie. It's stupid to say you deserve part of Phelps victory because he used tax-payer supported infrastructure to get there -- and it's stupid to say you deserve more of a rich man's wealth (via taxes) because he used tax-payer supported infrastructure to become wealthy.

Something like that? Hard to know without more context.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

same could be said from nascar etc drivers, they got education etc from govt and money came from taxpayers.

i'm kind of amazed no one made the conection with Obama's "you didn't build that" swipe at business owners....that's the intended satire

:(

Meh... I got the gist of it.

I'm not American, and since the entire American political spectrum is well to the right-side of wacky, I don't bother following closely enough to recognize the exact phraseology in use at the moment.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

mitt romney agrees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2BGszV8lNk

So should I tell Mr. Obama that he didn't win the presidency because he used infrastructure supported by taxpayers, then?

Poor guy, let him be with his medals and 12,000 calories diet :p

this is hilarious

Nice gf

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