-=> LEE LOFASO wrote to BOB BREED <=-   
      
    LL> Hello Bob,   
      
    BB>I listen to these pols yap and yowl and I wonder how long before   
    BB>the wheels come off this thing? We're so damn deep in debt I don't   
    BB>see anyway to pay it BB>off unless we unwind the war machine and   
    BB>that's not gonna happen.   
      
    LL> Ronald Reagan proved that debt doesn't matter.  George W. Bush   
    LL> proved that debt can be increased indefinitely, without ever raising   
    LL> taxes.  Reagan at least raised taxes - 11 times - in a vain effort   
    LL> to reign in spending.  But we all know that the Congress does not   
    LL> spend money.  The Congress allocates funds.  That's all.  I mean,   
    LL> you don't expect those congresscritters to spend *their* money,   
    LL> do you?   
      
   A billion here, a billion there -  pretty soon You're talking big money. :)   
       
    LL> You see, the way to succeed in life is to spend money.  Preferably   
    LL> other people's money.  If nobody spent money, there could be no   
    LL> progress.  So we hire folks to spend our money for us.  Only they   
    LL> never spend money.  They allocate funds provided to them so that   
    LL> we can all enjoy the benefits.   
      
    LL> See how that works?  Gosh, I'm a genius.  But please do not elect   
    LL> me to any political office.  I don't want your money.  I don't want   
    LL> anybody else's money, either.  Better to let them congresscritters   
    LL> spend it for us.  What do you think?  Is that a good idea, or what?   
      
       
   I have a son that practices that -  big time.    
      
      
      
       
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