Ray Evans Harrell wrote:
>
> Published on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 by CommonDreams.org
> My Tax Dollars
> by Jacob Lerner
>
> With April 15 fast approaching, all thoughts turn to taxes. I entered the
> American workforce over thirty years ago. Since then, my tax dollars have
> been used to support, in no particular order:
> * The Cold War
> * The War against Palestinians by Israelis
> * The death of hundreds of thousands in Indonesia, Chile, Kosovo, El
> Salvador, Iraq, Columbia, Afghanistan, Chechnya
> * The bailout of multi-billion dollar multi-national corporations
> * The War in Vietnam
[snip]
And, after all this sacrifice for the common good,
then we are still expected to voluntarily give
charitable donations for social welfare services,
the arts, etc.
As somebody says somewhere in the media:
Give me a break!
\brad mccormick
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that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16)
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21)
<![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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