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That would probably be a better focus, asking if you like paying taxes is  
like asking if you like
getting a root canal, or would you like a poke in the eye with a sharp  
stick. The answer is obvious
and nearly universal. It is a politicians trick to make you think they are  
like you, by stating support
for the obvious. 
 
Personally, I think we either really fight drugs, or legalize them and take  
away the criminal elements profit
motive. If we do that, we need to require more personal responsibility. If  
one commits a crime, the punishment is increased for having a gun, whether it 
 
was used or not. If one commits a traffic violation, it is dramatically more  
severe if drunk. If one commits a crime on drugs, rather than be a mitigating 
 
circumstance it should also increase the punishment. That would encourage  
personal responsibility for ones actions and help limit some of the negatives 
 
against legalizing drugs. 
The military will be cut again as soon as the war is over, but can never be  
eliminated. As far as picking
one to fund more than the others, that should happen every year, it should  
be need based. We cannot just
shut down the Navy, but they don't need the same amount each year. 
The federal govt. should NEVER build hometown museums, and should build  
bridges on highway systems that benefit all people, but not local bridges. I  
could support a federal loan program to states and localities that need such  
things, but that is it. 
 
Drew
 
 
In a message dated 10/28/2008 11:39:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
don.bowen AT earthlink.net writes:

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. 

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