No disagreeing there. I'm imagining a trend where the government is shifting away from existing to serve the people and towards simply existing to serve itself.
Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Corrigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:53 PM Subject: Re: Nukes > Actually the entire quote goes something like this... > > > perhaps you're forgetting that the "tax cuts" were supposed > > to be coming > > from a SURPLUS > > which isn't there, and the government had to BORROW to pay for them. > > So, we need more? > > Methinks you're the one who needs the refresher math class, sir. > > -Ben > > The "them" in the statement "the government had to BORROW to pay for THEM." was referring to tax cuts. Therefore the basis for the statement that I used "paying for tax cuts." > > My whole point is that tax cuts are good. Lower taxes means that we keep more of what we make. That's a good thing. That means that it makes it easier for me to save for my retirement or my children's education or even buying a black Porsche Boxster one day. These are things that are important to me and higher taxes (not just income but gas, sales, property, etc.) take away my ability to do so. That's not good especially when so much is wasted and not necessary. Do you realize that if we got rid of just corporate welfare each year (about $150 billion) that we would no longer carry an annual deficit (about $130 billion)? Did you know that GM is the greatest recipient of corporate welfare payouts? What the hell do they need that for? IBM, AT&T, GE. They all get it. Tom Brokaw gets > it because he has a ranch!!! These do not include steel subsidies, farm subsidies, subsidies for the shipping industry. There is no need for them and they should be eliminated. Get rid of those and you've "paid"for the tax cut. > > Michael Corrigan ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
