Who underwrote blackwater? You mean giving them contracts?
Thats not a subsidy. Dana wrote: > based on the last few years it seems to me that a "capitalist" is > someone who wants huge taxpayer subsidies without paying any taxes. > That is what gets me about the guys running around complaining about > the minimum wage and the earned income credit -- they are almost > always willing to underwrite Haliburton and Blackwater and Exxon. > > Yeah we are broke. The Treasury has essentially been looted the last > few years, with more to come. It isn't just that the drug subsidy > "isn't enough" -- it wasn't anything. Except a giveaway for drug > companies. So the problems it allegedly fixes are still here. That is > why people propose additional spending. > > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:56 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> > Why does the idea of hard working people who earn in the lower level >>>> > of the income spectrum being allowed to keep more of their money bug >>>> > you so much? >>>> >>>> Fair question. I would like people in the bottom of the income bracket to >>>> keep their money. I just don't want to give them mine. :-) >>> so again... why does this idea bother you so much. You waste a lot of >>> energy posting about this, you know. >> Here, Dana, you have identified one of the "core" differences between >> a capitalist and a socialist. >> >> As a capitalist, I say this: "If I am going to share my income with >> someone, I want to do it at my pace, with my time and to the >> individuals or organizations that I select. I don't want my >> hard-earned dollars going to something that does not help people >> improve their own condition on their own skills. I also don't want my >> money going to pay for any group who's operating expenses are more >> than 1/2 of the total budget!" >> >> That's not to say that I'm not for helping people... but I am against >> the Government forcing money from me and sending it to people and >> groups that I think need better programs. >> >> A socialist would say something along these lines: "I have the >> time/energy/understanding/intestinal fortitude (pick one or more or >> add your own) to help others but I want to see something done. The >> government is a good organization that can properly distribute what I >> pay in taxes to others." (I almost wanted to add, "they don't make >> mistakes with money!" but decided not to.) >> >> The concept of lowering taxes on the poor is a red herring... since I >> have started working where I do (a payroll company), I can say without >> question that there is a large percentage of employees that will get >> EVERYTHING they "paid in" over the year back. Obama's "redistribution >> of wealth" plan says that they are going to actually get more back >> from the IRS than they paid in. Why is this a problem? See my >> statement above... especially when you consider that just about darn >> near everyone on this list will end up realizing a lower income under >> the proposed plan. >> >> This is where we stand at a point of division. Today's Democratic >> party, especially those led and portrayed by Obama, are socialists. >> They don't even try to hide that fact, and the promises that Obama has >> made are right in line with that agenda. As a Conservative, I'm also >> an unapologetic capitalist. Most Republicans (except for liberal >> Republicans) fall in that category as well. From the looks of >> ratings, the American public is split 40/20/40 in a >> liberal/moderate/conservative split. >> >> Which means that it's going to be an interesting next few weeks! >> >> Until Later! >> Hatton >> http://www.eastcoastconservative.com >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:274782 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
