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- From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
- Subject: Re: Back to Taxes again (was Re: Want _Your_ Blood to Boil too
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.152315.2150@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 15:23:15 GMT
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- In article <1VkcqB1w165w@entropy.mcds.com> morpheus@entropy.mcds.com (morpheus) writes:
- >> Me too, but I don't consider most of what is done with our "defense"
- >> budget to have much to do with common defense. How does it "defend"
- >> us to be over there attacking Iraq? Even if Hussein is a slimeball,
- >> you can't call this 'defense'.
-
- >It was defense of [rich] people who have money invested in Kuwait...
-
- Not exactly: The idea is to defend the country _before_ we get invaded.
- (Ask the Europeans how good an idea it is to fight a modern war in your
- own home...)
-
- >Now why the fuck can't we get the rich to pay for that?
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- Take a real close look at the tax structure: The rick _already_ pay
- for the defence budget, as well as everything else the government does.
-
- Frank Crary
- CU Boulder
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