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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BGR who wrote (77882)	3/15/2000 10:01:00 AM
From: Freedom Fighter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

BGR, >>I raised the issue of tobacco because you felt that improved computers are unnecessary, just as I fell that tobacco consumption is unnecessary<< I did not say they are unnecessary. I said some of the included software is not necessary to ME and many others. Yet ALL OF US are required to purchase it! Neither you or I are forced to purchase tobacco. (thank God) >As for your second point, remember, not everyone pays the same to consume a particular public good. As your taxes are going up, someone else is probably receiving EIC and other vouchers at an increased rate which may compensate for the loss of quality.<< You miss the point. It doesn't matter who receives what and who pays what. If the overall quality of the basket of government services declines and the overall cost of them goes up that is telling me something. Quality improvement is captured in the private sector, but quality decline and increased cost is not captured on the public side. With government at all levels equaling about 40%.... Wayne