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Re: shuttle disaster



> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:34:51PM -0600, DvB wrote:
> > "James Buchanan" <jamesbuch@iprimus.com.au> writes:
> >
> > > Famine victims OK, but nobody has mentioned the people living in
> > > poverty in America.  Boost welfare, more education funding,
subsidise
> > > pay rises for the lowest paid workers... ooops, America's budget
all
> > > gone ;-)
> > >
> >
> > <sarcasm>
> > Of course! If we spent that much, people with enough money to have
> > significant amounts of it in taxable stock accounts wouldn't be
able to
> > keep it all!
> > </sarcasm>
>
> Yeah, after all it's not their money .. they just worked hard to
earn
> it.

I've lost the thread here, I don't really "get" the joke - can someone
explain this for me please.  Maybe it's because I'm not American.  :-)



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