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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

They can't "spend" money they don't have.  Well, yes they do, but that could 
only last for so long if there were no promises of future taxes from working 
people to pay back the money.

If you say "pay for programs" on a state and local basis, if you "choose" to 
live in that state or locality; then ,I have no problem with not discussing 
taxes.  

They only waste the money on things you 'don't' like, and some that you 'do', 
because they have the power, backed by men with guns,  to tax.  
The power to tax, as it is now applied, is an affront to the Constitution, as 
well as to reason and logic .....bobf

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--- On Tue, 10/28/08, Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: RE: [Homestead] Upcoming - under Dem/Obama reign  - wsj
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 9:38 AM
> I think the whole discussion should be moved away from taxes
> to spending.
> It is very easy to sing the reduce taxes song or the Your
> taxes are too high
> refrains.  No one likes to pay taxes.  I spend a small
> amount of time
> looking at future purchases and the sales taxes of the
> states I am passing
> though.
> 
> What we should be doing instead is questioning how the
> money is being spent.
> Do we really need to spend all that money on fighting the
> drug war against
> Marijuana?  Do we really need to spend the exact same
> amount on all three
> military services?  Do we need to spend federal money for a
> hometown museum,
> or a bridge that benefits only a few campaign donors? The
> list goes on but
> that is much harder than saying "cut taxes."
> 
> We all have different ideas on what the Government should
> provide but we all
> have similar biases against paying taxes.  
> 
> Don Bowen  KI6DIU
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html