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To: JohnM who wrote (169905)	8/23/2011 8:47:18 AM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543632

Thanks John, interesting read....... <<<<<<we're not really having a discussion about taxes, yea or nay, in this country. We're having a discussion about the distribution of the tax and deficit-reduction burden, and the two sides' opinions on that question are driving their take on taxes.>>>>> If we get in the battle of the two sides trying to win - the country ends up the loser. Better to redo the tax code and just have a flat tax, sales tax or VAT and exempt a bunch of money for minimal existence - then we can stop playing games of one side vrs another.

To: JohnM who wrote (169905)	8/23/2011 2:46:12 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543632

But whichever explanation you go with, the bottom line is the same: we're not really having a discussion about taxes, yea or nay, in this country. We're having a discussion about the distribution of the tax and deficit-reduction burden, and the two sides' opinions on that question are driving their take on taxes. I agree with this concluding paragraph. Weigel got part of the Tea Party argument right. The part he missed is this: Republicans think the Democrats plan is deliberately to increase the moocher class to more than half the voters in a bid to stay in power permanently as the party of handouts. However, once the class of moochers becomes a majority, the natural tendency for government spending to spin out of control becomes absolutely unstoppable in a democracy; it leads to societal collapse.