He's just pointing out an ironic observation that many of the most rabid proponents of the free enterprise, and the ones that get the most riled up about welfare moms and federal taxes are sometimes employed by the largest socialist institutions in the world - that being the US federal govt./military/defense industry.
It's a trollish article, but he holds no punches and I admire that style. Reading so many authors with the PC stick up their butt gets tiring, it's refreshing to hear somebody just come out and say it like they feel. Of course not everyone will agree with it, but that's fine. As Tim would point out, that's why we have the military, to protect our right to piss people off with simple words. Don't you love this country? Lately though the military has been used by corrupt politicians to serve the interests of corporations and pork defense contractors - not the peoples'. Some anger will naturally be misdirected towards the messenger - like always.
Read how another veteran feels about things, maybe you share some of his sentiments:
http://truthout.org/docs_03/111703D.shtml
>Being a 12 year EOD veteran I find this article to be nothing more than a
>waste of 2 minutes of my life.
>
>Steve
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cantrl. a [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 2:27 PM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re:Bush resume
>
>I was amused by the trollish nature of this article, and felt it would be
>good fodder for this thread -
>http://exile.ru/123/123070002.html <http://exile.ru/123/123070002.html>
>
>>You know this how? It's never been fully implemented anywhere.
>>
>>Also lets look at two taxes here for a second.
>>
>>1. Capitol Gains Tax.
>>a. I make a wage from work. This is taxed as income.
>>b. I purchase stocks or bonds with some of this wage to invest for my
>>future. This may be subjected to sales tax (depends on where and why).
>>c. I chose a good stock and it profits so I sell it. This is taxed again as
>>a capitol gain, and as income.
>>d. I start over again, with the same original money which has now been
>taxed
>>as much as four times.
>>
>>This is insane.
>>
>>2. Estate Taxes
>>a. I work for 40 - 60 years and do well for myself. During this time I pay
>>all of my various income tax, sales tax, capitol gains tax, and about 1000
>>different "luxury taxes" like gas booze and smokes
>>b. I die
>>c. The gov't takes half of everything I built for no other reason than it
>>says so.
>>
>>Again insane.
>>
>>F*ck it why work hard?
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 1:31 PM
>> To: CF-Community
>> Subject: Re: Bush resume
>>
>>
>> Of course that's part of it - trickle down economics does not work and
>>never will.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Andy Ousterhout
>> To: CF-Community
>> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 1:21 PM
>> Subject: RE: Bush resume
>>
>> I wonder if this paragraph isn't the real issue.
>>
>> Lastly, the redistributive aspects of the package are extremely
>>worrisome. It
>> seeks to redistribute wealth in the wrong direction, in a very big way,
>>to the
>> very wealthiest end of the spectrum. The people who least need a tax
>cut
>>in
>> the U.S. economy are those whose major source of income is taxable
>>dividends.
>> The average tax dividend dollar will go to people who are already
>indeed
>>quite
>> rich. In terms of redistribution of income, this is probably one of the
>>worst
>> possible places to give money.
>>
>> And the rest is just cover.
>>
>> Andy
>>
> _____
>
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