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To: JHP who wrote (84727)	10/31/2000 1:00:04 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) of 132070

jhp, i didn't know social security paid to wealthy americans went for infrastructure. well, not in theory as we all know the govt steals from the social security fund to boost the gen'l fund. i'm not complaining about taxes in gen'l. in fact, as i make more money, i want to pay a higher % of my income in tax. i'm complaining about a guy or gal making $6.50 an hour sending a check to some guy worth $10 million. what does that have to do with providing "some of the best infrastructure in the world?" an important issue, just not related. i get the impression you mistook my statements as being anti tax in gen'l. i am not. i do not think either candidate should lower anybody's taxes (except maybe the very poor) and i think they are irresponsible for promising they will. i've been to canada, mexico and europe. some rich places, some poor places and some rich places right in the middle of poverty. i read where an amazing % of world of the world's population starve. i hear about the children of iraq. i see what israel and arabs do to each other on the news. all very important issues. i don't draw a correlation to the issue at hand, though. having the working poor / middle class support the rich elderly or living like a third world country are not the only two options. i don't need to accept luck (and where each of us was born is really luck and we should feel fortunate - more often than not - some folks in abusive families would be better off in loving poor families in a third world country) and sit on my butt and not try to improve things or keep quiet about what i think is not right. it just doesn't gell (sp??) w/ me.

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