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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"WaIIy" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:05:46 -0400, Harry Krause
wrote:

The best thing that can happen to smug righties is horrific
personal
disaster, such as loss of a good job and inability to find a new
good
job, loss of a close family member with devastating bills to
pay,
loss
of a home due to a natural disaster, et cetera.

You are a true nutcase.


Smart people plan for the disasters. Although I've been blessed
with
good
fortune, I know that things could change in an instant. That's
why I
spend
tens of thousands of dollars every year on insurance...for life,
disability,
natural disasters, etc.



It's wonderful when the taxpayers subsidize you, eh?

The interest on half of my student loan was subsidized...but ONLY
WHILE
I
WAS IN SCHOOL. But none of the interest is subsidized for the next
25
years
that I'm paying it off.


What? You don't write off the premiums on your many insurance
policies?

A write-off is not a subsidy. It's my money that I'm saving...not
the
government's.




A write-off is a subsidy.

If you write off insurance or depreciation, it comes off your gross
income and lowers the number on which you pay taxes. It is a subsidy.




Agreed.

Ah.....no, unless you believe that all your money belongs to the guvmint.