"NOBBY" wrote
Since when are facts considered partisan? When they don't
substantiate your argument?


I can understand your glee in finally seeming to have a
solid FACT on your side, when all these long years it's
usually been the other way.


From Jackson Hewitt:

Fact:
a.. Americans spend more dollars per capita on taxes than on food,
clothing, and shelter combined.


That's a statement from Jackson Hewitt, not a definite fact.

Fred Dehl wrote:
Jackson Hewitt is a corporation that makes a profit. Therefore it is
obviously a partisan right-wing cabal.

Ya think so?

Well, I'm more inclined to believe Jackson Hewitt than I am
to believe you, but that is still not proof, not given as fact.

Considering that the percent expended on taxes is quoted as
being in the mid-30s, and many (many many many) American's
are paying 30% of their income on mortgages, I'm not
inclined to believe even Jackson Hewitt's claim that shelter
+ food + clothing (including $100+ tennis shoes?) claims
less than taxes.

DSK