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To: tejek who wrote (263)	11/11/2002 12:11:15 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7936

For an example the demand for former missile silos is a very, very small, almost non existent one. "Missile silo-turned-luxury home for sale on e-Bay" theage.com.au :-)

To: tejek who wrote (263)	11/12/2002 9:51:46 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 7936

You asked "What is wrong with living within your means". It was my intent to answer that. Most government properties are not at all like missile silos. In fact, of course, even a lot of military surplus is saleable on the civilian market. How much more so car fleets, office buildings, land itself, and so on? If a program is wasteful, that is one issue. One cannot judge whether or not it is wasteful by whether one can "pay as you go", or have to borrow. That is my only point. Borrowing makes sense in preference to raising taxes, if one cannot trim the budget enough, for whatever reason, to bring it into balance.......