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Subject:	Re: Rights to free goods? (was Re: What happened?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 30 Jun 1999 02:47:57 GMT
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Thomas Main <main@appstate.edu> wrote: > The government collects taxes and spends the money it gets for the > welfare of its people. Where would we be without this system? We need I don't have time to get into this fully, but I agree more with Larry than Thomas, I'm afraid. What I do have time to do, though, is assert that "the government" most certainly does NOT spend the money it gets for the welfare of the people. The people in government who make the biggest decisions about spending money, in other words the legislature, spend money primarily with one goal in mind - get as much pork as possible for their districts or their states while also satisfying the desires of the lobbyists and groups they have whored themselves out to, all with the goal of getting re-elected. All of them do it. I heard on the radio today about how Frist had gotten funding for some bullshit project in the smokey mountains that is cataloging all the plants and animals there. A huge amount of money to build some building to do something that will essentially be useless to the majority of the country. No, the "government" doesn't spend money to benefit the people. The money it spends may very well end up benefitting some people, but only at the expense of others. -- The pieces you want and nothing else - easy online bidding! http://jaba.dtrh.com/ - Just Another Brick Auction Lego Shop at Home: 800-835-4386 (USA) / 800-267-5346 (Canada) www.lugnet.com/news/ - Focused discussion groups for LEGO fans worldwide

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		Re: Rights to free goods? (was Re: What happened?
(...) Right. Bread and Circuses are not put on to benefit the participants, but rather to retain power. (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Rights to free goods? (was Re: What happened?
(...) I was hoping not to engage Larry in this debate because I believe my viewpoints are valid even though I might not be able to defend them as aptly as Larry can defend his. I am not a good debater and Larry, as I think we all know, is a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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