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Well, now you have. :-) Those better off may (and I dispute this) use
the infrastructure more, but certainly they don't use it
proportionately more. An example is the long commute the less well
off have to endure to get to their low-wage jobs. The majority of tax
for these things comes from the better off.

Hardly the same as taking money from one individual's pocket and
placing it in another's.

Does welfare or social security do that? I haven't written any checks
lately to any homeless. Have you?

Do you not pay federal income taxes??

Sure do. When you write your check, do you leave out the part that goes
to the military and infrastructure?

No. Do you leave out the part that goes to welfare, etc.?

Of course not. That's my point.

I'm assuming you don't mind that portion of weath/benefit redistribution,
but feel free to correct me.

You are correct. I'm more than willing to pay my fair share for
infrastructure, national defense, scientific research, the arts, etc.
What bothers me is contributing welfare funds given to anyone who doesn't
need them, and that includes corporations as well as lazy individuals.

But, you're paying MORE than your "fair share" for those things. There are
lots of people who don't need scientific research, the arts, etc. Everyone
feels bad when they give funds to people who don't need them or don't
appreciate them. However, it's illogical to say that welfare and social
security should be singled out.

Do you deny that the democratic party has traditionally used giveaways and
entitlements as a vote-getter?

Of course I don't deny it. The Republicans do the same thing. And, lately,
they're much more interested in doing that than the dems. They *control*
Congress and the White House. I don't see any of Bush's claims of smaller
gov't. I do see out of control spending.

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"Maxprop" wrote in message

Do you deny that the democratic party has traditionally used giveaways
and entitlements as a vote-getter?

Of course I don't deny it. The Republicans do the same thing. And, lately,
they're much more interested in doing that than the dems. They *control*
Congress and the White House. I don't see any of Bush's claims of smaller
gov't. I do see out of control spending.

Sadly you are right.

Max