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To: tejek who wrote (134400)	3/11/2001 6:52:07 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 1576807

No desire to keep what your own wealth is not greed. Yes, it is when its at the expense of the civilization of which you have chosen to be a part. Our civlization is not in danger from this tax cut in fact in some ways it will benefit. Even if there is a net loss (and IMO there is not) you are not taking from others when you get a tax cut you are stopping them from taking from you. Or for that matter you can even give it to charity or invest in and create new jobs, either of which might help society more then the federal government spending it. And yet weren't you a proponent for increasing military spending? Can't have it both ways. Military spending has been slashed all ready while other areas of government grew enormously. I am a supporter of only modest increases in military spending. "The non-gun murder rate in Japan is also much lower then the non-gun murder rate in the US. Japan's culture and society is different, as are their law enforcement practices." What's different are their gun control laws...they are much more restrictive. There gun control laws reduce the number of murders with knives, clubs, and poison? Tell that to the parents who just lost their kids to guns. The greater the number of guns in our society, the greater the chance of being shot.....just standard mathematical probabilities. Its not as simple as addition. Most guns never are used to shoot anyone. Most gun owners never shoot anyone. If someone tries to shoot me and I have a gun my chances to get shot go down. This can also apply to other people that are with me. It matters who has the gun. Guns in the right hands can make things safer. They frankly admit that they don't care about other people and do not want to have their $$$ fund programs that provide $$$ for unemployment, food and shelter for the homeless etc. These are the Reagans of the world who released the mentally incompetent on an unsuspecting population in the 80's. We continue to bear the unpleasant consequences of that act. Social spending exploded under Reagan. Thats why we has such large deficits. He never tried hard to restrain it and when he made half hearted efforts they met with no success. No one said to ignore the Constitution when it becomes inconvenient. The Constitution was written over 200 years ago when slavery was permitted and women were not allowed to vote. Times change and the Constitution's appropriateness may change as well.....requiring updating and amending. While I would be against any such ammendment, controling guns after the reapeal or modification of the 2nd ammendment would at least respect the rule of law. Tim

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