# I was at a protest today.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-at-a-protest-today/706886>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 10, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-at-a-protest-today/706886 "2014-12-10T20:58:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Lemmytheseal2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lemmytheseal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemmytheseal2)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-at-a-protest-today/706886/21 "2014-12-16T00:09:00Z")

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> [@BobArrgh](#):
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> **Your Great Darsh Face** , I’m not sure if the usage of “go you” was meant to be ironic or just a phrase along the lines of “attaboy”.
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> **An Gadaí** , “go you” is equivalent to “iontach” or “maith thú”.

It’s a bit comical. I once saw a picture of a protest in Pakistan opposing the US drone strikes that are blowing civilians to pieces very frequently, in case that bothers you. Some of the participants were holding a sign that said “Go America Go”, as in “Go Away.” In the American idiom, though, that looks like support!

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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-at-a-protest-today/706886/22 "2014-12-16T01:17:12Z")

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> [@An\_Gadai](#):
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> [Meet the Detroit Water Brigade Team](http://detroitwaterbrigade.org/team/)

Wait, Did Detroit pay these people to go to Ireland? The city that just came out of bankruptcy?

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**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-at-a-protest-today/706886/23 "2014-12-16T01:49:33Z")

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> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#):
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> Annual property taxes are a more progressive thing than they may seem - they’re one of the main factors that prevent the formation of a hereditary elite landowning class - as in Scotland, where a handful of families own over half of the country by stubbornly clinging to vast landholdings they may have acquired centuries ago. Property taxes are also a great way to fund schools and other public projects (and there’s no reason it couldn’t be used for trash collection)

property taxes _suck_ as a way to fund schools. if property values decline (and the last several years are proof that they do) then the kids in the affected areas get screwed. And then, of course, if revenue from property taxes goes down and schools need more money, people will dutifully vote down any millage increases. If education is mandatory, then funding for such should come from the general fund. Not from something which is at the mercy of clueless old people.

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