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To: TimF who wrote (357444)	11/7/2007 5:44:35 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573902

re: It doesn't matter what taxes are dedicated to what spending, or how the budget is sliced up in to different budgets, or unified in to one. I have no clue how you can say that. It's a line item tax with a specific promise, no different than an insurance payment. Take away the program you take away the tax. If you end the war your income taxes do not automatically decrease. re: So called "non-discretionary" <spelling corrected> spending could be stopped by a single act of congress. The only difference between it and normal spending is that if congress does nothing, it continues. It is termed discretionary and non-discretionary for a purpose. That seems to elude you. re: Every penny spent on social security increases the deficit. No it doesn't. re: Also remember in the not to distant future, even if you consider SS taxes and spending to be one insurable thing, that doesn't have parts that can be considered separately, the program as a whole will contribute to the deficit. That's contrary to the SS hawks who say that once SS has a net outflow, benefits will have to be cut. I'm not positive but I think that is the way the law is written. Either raise the dedicated tax or cut the benefits. Why don't you support a dedicated tax for the wars? It would certainly increase transparency. It might even result in lower taxes, a favorite of yours. Or do you just like the wars better than the Social Security program?