| | There were some protests today all over the US, orchestrated by an outfit called "FreedomWorks." I heard one guy on the radio saying that he objected to paying taxes when he "doesn't get anything for his money."
I heard that and I thought , really? You don't get anything?
I guess clean water, food that isn't full of mercury, highways, national defense, buildings that don't fall down, medicare (so you don't have to pay all your parents' medical bills when they have a triple bypass), social security (so your parents don't have to eat dog food) , kids toys that aren't coated in lead paint, breathable air (because we don't put lead in our gasoline anymore), cars that don't kill you (because the inside is all chrome which looks great but stabs you in the face when there's an accident), are worthless. I almost forgot-- storm drains and sewers that don't dump raw sewage into your work parking lot when it rains.
Maybe if you are a John-Galt-like small business owner who can provide all those things for himself ,that stuff is lame. There is that whole FDIC thing too, insuring bank deposits so that people have confidence in the bank. But maybe some people don't believe in banks, because they are keeping it all in gold in their house.
Some people are just really spoiled. They should try living somewhere with no taxes and no services.
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| | Posted 4/15/2009 10:51 PM - 47 Views - 8 eProps - 4 comments
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