> > a lot of people called congress, against the bailout,
> but the people who didn't are the sheep and are
> > largely those who buy into the war and
> > straw man attacks against obama.
> I doubt very much that you actually know
> what was in the hearts and minds of every
> person who did not happen to call Congress
> to complain about the bailout, and yet you
> find yourself in a position to call us
> sheep and to claim that we are those who
> buy into the war (I don't) and the straw man
> attacks against (my preferred candidate) Obama.
> Perhaps I didn't call Congress because I was
> working a huge amount of overtime during the
> period during which the bailout was being
> planned.
> Perhaps I didn't call Congress because I am
> so sick and tired of a system that couldn't
> possibly care less about what I think that it's
> just not worth the effort.
> Perhaps I didn't call congress because I do not
> pretend that I have a better grasp of a financial
> system so complex that the world's leading
> experts on the subject were caught completely unawares.
> Perhaps there are 300 million other reasons, none of
> which is "because I am a sheep", as you blithely assume,
> that explain my fellow Americans' inaction.
you are absolutely correct, dave. i apologize, and should have not made such a
generalization. a lot of people do oppose the bailout but did not register
their protest for a variety of reasons. i did because i rec'd many e-mails
with easy and quick links to do so...
> > i have no problem paying any kind of taxes for the
> common good; i do have a problem paying for
> > bureaucratic waste, idiotic wars and bailing out
> crooked brokers, who commit insurance, mortgage and
> > financial fraud!
> It is beyond almost everyone (although perhaps not you)
> to know what portion of their taxes go to bureaucratic
> waste, idiotic wars, and bailing out crooked brokers.
> It is against the law to withhold that portion, even if
> you could calculate it. What would you have us do, then?
> Dave
i am not suggesting that we with hold a portion of our taxes. i actually pay
more than i have to for fear of reprisal. i have no idea how much of our taxes
go to bureaucratic waste, unnecessary wars, and bailing out crooked brokers,
but i have heard as much of 90%. I don't know what to do about that, except
better accounting, accountability and transparency...
jon
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