# Your tax dollars at work

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 19, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527 "2007-12-19T13:37:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author: ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/1 "2007-12-19T13:37:53Z")

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[http://www.komotv.com/news/national/12598086.html](http://www.komotv.com/news/national/12598086.html)

:tup: x 5 ![http://nyspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3460&stc=1&d=1198101437](http://nyspeed.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3460&stc=1&d=1198101437)

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### Author: ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/2 "2007-12-19T13:42:12Z")

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I dunno. I think its cool that the NAVY went out and helped out one of our own. She could have easily died… thats why they helped. Im sure it makes the crews feel good to have done something to help one of their own instead of just being out on maneuvers or dropping shit on dumbasses abroad.

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### Author: ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/3 "2007-12-19T13:42:39Z")

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I think it’s cool too 🙂 That was a :tup: not a :tdown:

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### Author: ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/4 "2007-12-19T13:51:13Z")

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Huge :tup:

I’d hope anyone would get the same treatment had we been in the same situation.

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### Author: ![micah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/micah/32/7257_2.png) [@micah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/micah)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/5 "2007-12-19T13:56:43Z")

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i love the navy hats in place for the hospital pic

i wanna be a military photographer

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### Author: ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/6 "2007-12-19T14:04:14Z")

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2.5 mill to have a carrier running underway, that seems very expensive

but major :tup: to them for doing that

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### Author: ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/7 "2007-12-19T14:07:11Z")

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> [@Rx3](#):
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> I think it’s cool too 🙂 That was a :tup: not a :tdown:

yeah im retarded

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### Author: ![JCuz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcuz/32/7338_2.png) [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/8 "2007-12-19T14:08:57Z")

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i will give up the extra few dollars it cost me in taxes to save that girl

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### Author: ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/9 "2007-12-19T14:30:36Z")

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> [@The\_Russian](#):
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> 2.5 mill to have a carrier running underway, that seems very expensive
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> but major :tup: to them for doing that

it probably costs teh same either way, i doubt practice manuevers are really that much cheaper then actual rescue missions, and actual missions are better training anyways

:tup:

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### Author: ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/10 "2007-12-19T14:46:48Z")

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Very very cool.

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### Author: ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/11 "2007-12-19T15:27:18Z")

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it is better then doing drills all the live long day…

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### Author: ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/12 "2007-12-19T15:58:24Z")

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props to the navy boys and girls

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### Author: ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/13 "2007-12-19T16:03:12Z")

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by the title i thought you thought it was bad… thats fuckin awesome that they did that

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### Author: ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/14 "2007-12-19T16:15:00Z")

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Pretty cool and a win win. She lives, Navy gets a valuable training exercise and great publicity.

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### Author: ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-tax-dollars-at-work/40527/15 "2007-12-19T16:38:32Z")

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thats awesome

:tup:
