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Re: Discussion (Was: Blue Hopper Car Mania...)
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Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:59:35 GMT
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On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:57:27 GMT, Scott Edward Sanburn
<ssanburn@aeieng.com> wrote:
> Well, that's not the government's job to enforce fairness. Look at the wonders
> it did in the USSR, etc.
Fairness was moist emphatically not enforced in the USSR. Marxism has
never happened.
> It's flawed thinking that the people who pay the most
> in taxes do not deserve some of it back. Most of the government spending (around
> 65%) goes to social programs, and most of it 70-80% of the costs are the
> bureaucracy running it. I'm mad about it, even if I am not rich, I still pay a
> good chunk of taxes.
I wonder where you get your figures. My figures say the costs of
administration of the US welfare system are about 2% of the total sum
paid out.
> To put this in context, here is what a few of our lawmakers are saying about the
> measly 1% tax cut, from the overcharging of taxes (The "surplus" of tax revenue,
> the term adopted by the left wing media) that was vetoed by Bill Clinton:
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> "It threatens Social Security and Medicare, makes it harder to pay off the debt,
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> and imperils the prosperity that has brought real benefits to American
> families.." -
> - Bill Clinton
> Man, I thought Y2K was horrible! Oh no, its the 1% tax cut!!! Were all gonna
> die!!!! ;)
You know, getting rid of that debt of yours should be a primary
priority. ghetting more money in taxes than money flows outward is a
much more ideal state tham a state where taxes fluctuate randomly to
keep up with ups and downs in spending.
Jasper
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| John, (...) Pointless, yes, as always, but still there. I'm used to getting crispy every now and then, part of debate, I guess. (...) I don't think it is wrong. If that's the way they want to be, that is their right, unless the government intervenes (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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