I've become very tired of this paying too much taxes argument. Its simply not the case. Compare what the government takes in and then spends per taxpayer and compare it to other countries, the typical taxpayer in the US gets far more per dollar spent in taxes than taxpayers in the EU or Japan.
larry On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:28:44 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gruss opined: > > > > The CIA says the answer to that question is yes and I'm going to > > assume they know more about this topic than us. > > Trusting US intelligence agencies is part of the reason we're in this mess > :) > > > My point would be that the reason we should've stayed out of Iraq was > > because we can't afford right now. > > Now that's an argument i 100% agree with. > > > > > Succinctly, the CIA is saying that invading Iraq IS NOT decreasing > > terrorism; in fact, it's creating MORE terrorists. If that's true, > > then what has invading Iraq accomplished? > > I'm not really sure. > > I'm pondering this analogy: There is a wasp nest in the barn. Occasionally > people get stung. You decide to send in a group of exterminators. They > disrupt the wasps. Many wasps are killed, but many escape and go on to sting > people. The number of wasp stings goes up sharply in the area. What have you > accomplished? > > Well, you've accomplished a lot if you've addressed a problematic nest that > already existed. > On the other hand, you've only exacerbated the problem if while distrupting > one nest, you've convinced hundreds of wasps to descend on your barn and > start their own nests. > > > >There were no WMD and the > > CIA says we've got more terrorists than when we started. And it's > > probably going to cost US taxpayers $1 Trillion before it's all done. > > Iraq wasn't a threat, and we can't afford a war that isn't absolutely > necessary. This hits the bullseye for me as to why the war is wrong. > > > > > My point is that you, as a US taxpayer, got royally screwed and will > > keep getting screwed as all of Mr. Bush's loans in your name come due. > > > > Which proves why Mr. Bush is NOT an idiot - he's been peeing on all of > > our legs and a majority of the voters believe him when he says it's > > raining. > > Yep. > > > > > But, hey, millionaires are loving their new tax breaks. > > > > Hey, tax breaks are great. All classes pay too many taxes, and by > proportion, millionairs are paying WAY too many taxes. The problem is tax > breaks can't be accompanied by huge spending explosions! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:147503 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
