Re: shuttle disaster

[DvB <imasu@earthlink.net>]

"James Buchanan" <jamesbuch@iprimus.com.au> writes:

> > 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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