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 From: dorfman@rahul.net 
  
 ??????? (nowhere@now_here.com) wrote: 
  
 : "Merlin Dorfman"  wrote in message 
 : news:bgk4ga$7n2$1@blue.rahul.net... 
 : > ??????? (nowhere@now_here.com) wrote: 
 : > 
 : > : > Oh, I get it now...More Defense Spending = Smarter Kids! 
 : > 
 : > 
 : > : how about lower taxes, lower government spending, and maybe families 
 : could 
 : > : afford to have one parent stay home with the kids, which is far better 
 : than 
 : > : strangers taking care of your kids. 
 : > 
 : > : oh yeah, you demolib typse like it better when our kids are in 
 : government 
 : > : concentration camps. 
 : > 
 : >      If you want to lower taxes for "families," so one parent could 
 : > stay home, ending the estate tax and the dividend tax is exactly 
 : > the wrong approach.  So how come the "demolibs" opposed it? 
 : >      If you want lower government spending, start with the biggest 
 : > item in the budget: the Pentagon.  So how come the "demolibs" want 
 : > to do it? 
  
  
 : defense of the nation is one of the express duties for the federal 
 : government. taking care of your children is not. Check out article 1. 
  
      No objection to doing it, just how much (and how) it's spent. 
 Having a Congress is one of the express duties of the federal 
 government too, would you object to paying each congresscritter 
 $10 million a year? 
  
 : as for tax reduction, i.e. putting money back into the pockets of those 
 who 
 : earn it being the wrong approach, I'm open to suggestion. just exactly how 
 : do you put money into people's pockets? These days I can afford to work 
 : while my wife stays home, but ten years ago that was not the case. 
  
      Again, no objection to tax cuts in principle but (1) it seems a 
 bad idea just after W had turned a $600 billion surplus into a $500 
 billion deficit, and (2) which pockets is how much being put into? 
 Unless you are earning $300K a year or more, you are not getting 
 very much of it. 
  
 : the higher taxes imposed by our demolib legislature hurt the poor who can 
 : least afford it. 
  
      Hell, I'm in favor of a more progressive tax structure, but I 
 didn't think you would be...let's tax the poor less and the rich more. 
  
 : meanwhile, the budget continues to grwo, and the government bureaucracy 
 : continues to grow. 
  
      Are you talking about State or Federal? 
  
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