ah but is it the spending you want, though. There's the rub. Dana
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:14:56 -0500, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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! > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Captivate from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=52 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:147602 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
