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The Watch Tower

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Elizabeth Harrower

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“With abortion illegal here, and with crossing state lines to acquire one without threat of jailtime for me, or threats of imprisonment to the innocent doctor for doing the procedure, I'm stuck with whatever the fuck happens now. The repercussions of another person's actions falling completely on me.”

“Most people aren’t truly sorry for their bad actions. They only express regret, apologize, or back down when their original plan to harm you or damage your reputation fails, when their scheme backfires. Only then do they pretend to be good people who care about you, who want peace and goodwill for everyone. It’s only at that point that they start acting like decent human beings.”

“Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more. Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare. Taxes protect property and the environment; taxes make business possible. Taxes pay for roads and schools and bridges and police and teachers. Taxes pay for doctors and nursing homes and medicine. During an emergency, like an earthquake or a hurricane, taxes pay for rescue workers, shelters, and services. For people whose lives are devastated by other kinds of disaster, like the disaster of poverty, taxes pay, even, for food.”