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"A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support
of Paul."
Quote by George Bernard Shaw ( a socialist by the way)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Rollins" <kentr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OmegaList" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: CURRENT TAXES
> The military is currently less than 10% of the total budget. Not to
mention
> that fact the "providing for the common defense" is one of the legitimate
> purposes of the federal government. Entitlements are not a legitimate
> purpose of the federal government. They are vote-buying programs
sponsored
> by career politicians.
>
> Kent Rollins
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Fritz" <fritz@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 12:21 PM
> Subject: Re: CURRENT TAXES
>
>
> > and we had virtually no military
>
> That's certainly a big part of it. 100 years ago we were a
> modest little country. Prospering, on the seemingly unlimited
> resources we were blessed with, but practically still second
> world.
>
> Now we're running (or "influencing") the politics of half the
> world, and projecting military might around the globe. That
> doesn't come for free.
>
> 100 years ago there were also no entitlement programs. No Social
> Security, no Medicare, no welfare, no nothin'. Guess who pays
> for those.
>
> Gary
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