> The idea that the poor pay the lion's share of taxes is absurd. Aside
> from state and local sales taxes, which do tend to be regressive, the > poor pay almost nothing. We've got some 50 million people without health insurance and some 25 million getting food stamps. We don't hear about people starving to death, but with something like $10 a day, there's probably some dog food in that diet. I'm not against capitalism. I work hard, invest, and expect to be fairly rewarded for it. What does bother me is that I look around and see the cumulative benefits of all mankind's inventions since the very beginning, in farming, manufacturing, technology, medicine, etc., and then I notice that it's all controlled by our ruling class, people who find it impossible to part with more then crumbs for people who are desperately in need - while at the very same time can magically come up with hundreds of billions for their pet, colossal failure, war project. It's how we treat the losers, not the winners, that is the real measure of our worth. If we're feeling shitty about this country and ourselves these days, we should be. Bill > Lee Scott _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
