I'll have to answer this later. I thnk you are wrong but it would be a complicated explanation and I'll have to look some things up. Need to get some work done now.
Dana Nick McClure writes: > The system doesn't take money from the poor and give it to the rich, it just > doesn't take as much from the rich, or anybody else for that matter. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 4:08 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: What the Bush tax cut could have paid for > > > > Well, first of all, such a measure has no hope of passage. To discuss the > > hypothetical however, I would be in favor of just about any means test as > > long as there *was* one. I just don't think it is right to take money > > from > > people who are struggling for survival and give it to people who don't > > need > > it. To stop doing this would not be punishing the rich for being rich, it > > would just be *not* giving them money they don't need. While we are at it > > maybe we could reform the structure of the tax, and maybe drop the > > retirement age so a black man an actual chance of benefiting from the > > system he is paying into. Do you honestly think the poor slob working at > > the minumum wage needs his money less than Bill Gates? > > > > Beyond all that though is the fact that the system is gonna go bankrupt if > > it continues as is. > > > > Dana > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
