We're talking about 2 different things here. Money for the war on drugs (or whatever euphemism the current administration is using) is one thing and a reward is another. Money is assigned to specific projects, governments, or whatever. It's all earmarked (except for that black ops stuff). Rewards are open to interpretation and are designed to make people 'feel good'. The average person is very disconnected from the money that goes into the war on drugs. A reward is something that people can understand. It's something that says to them "who can turn down money. We'll have those bastards in no time". It's something that the average person can wistfully look at and say "It could be mine in only...". In other words, a reward is a psychological game.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Maureen<[email protected]> wrote: > > If you think the US isn't wasting huge sums of money on this so-called > drug war, you're the one who is falling for their game. > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Michael > Dinowitz<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Toss away? I guess you're falling for the political game their >> playing. Big rewards are offered all of the time and few (if any) are >> paid out. There are terrorists with million dollar bounties on their >> head who's locations are well known. We could go in any time and get >> them but we don't. And if someone actually did, I expect something >> will tie the money up. >> If there was a real 50 mil bounty (and it's just for info, not for >> capture) then someone would just hire a mercenary team, go in, and >> kidnap the target. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:300685 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
