On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:27:12 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>>
>> and what percentage of the awful, awful one percent of your taxes do they
>> absorb?
>>
>> christ, you begrudge these people the crumbs off your table. how
>> compassionate.
>
> One percent for that, one percent for another thing and one percent for
> something else. If they won't give 1%, why should the rest of us? If we
> all tried to live off the system there would not be any tax revenue to
> use to help those who need it.

oh, i don't know, why not bitch about the 21% of the federal budget that
goes to defense? the chart here is from o.m.b. figures:

<http://www.cbpp.org/4-10-07tax2.htm>

is there a reason that we spend as much as *the rest of the world combined*
on defense?

why not bitch about farm subsidies and other corporate welfare that give
money to people who already have plenty of it?

you strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

your pal,
blake