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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: TigerPaw who wrote (5737)8/4/2001 3:12:49 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 93284
 
Are you are slow as you appear or does it satisfy your needs to appear obtuse?

The original point being raised here is that if you use a graduated tax system and cut taxes, the highest earners will get the most benefit from the cut- -because they are paying the most in the first place. This issue is independent of the justification for a religious exemption.

Can you point to an example where a poor person left the country because those who were more successful were not buying him enough free social services?

You forgot about the third day when the hungry crowd that didn't get fed on the second day mugged the rich man for his wallet.
We pay police to take care of hooligans like you and yours. Ask that nut who got killed in Genoa as he was attempting to throw a heavy fire extinguisher through the windows of a trapped carbinieri cruiser.