[Rhodes22-list] This day in history

[Herb Parsons]

I think you missed Brad's point. He was saying that how much (or even 
how little) you spent of your money was your business, that the issue 
becomes when you want to spend HIS money on your causes.

That's the root of the problem of much of the left's social policies. 
They want me to pay my money for the causes they think are important. 
I'm perfectly capable of finding my own causes.

As for "subsidies for the corporate favorites" (again, pretty vague) I'm 
against all of them. I think all corporate taxes should stop. 
Corporations don't pay taxes, they collect them from customers and 
clients, then send them to the government. Of course, the "middleman" 
function costs them money and that further increases the cost.

But, there's the other option that so many seem to be fond of. Tax 'em 
right out of the country. That way, they decide other places are cheaper 
to do business, and we don't have to worry about them any more.

Of course, it's not much of a long term solution...

FCrawford0707 at aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 5/4/2008 10:27:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> flybrad at gmail.com writes:
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> May  I suggest you help those less fortunate with you own dollars and start
> with  your own family before you start spending other peoples money. Just  the
> other day Obama was commenting about the influence of his  paternal
> grandmother in Kenya who still lived without running water and  electricity.
> Dude!  Why don't you spend some of that 4.9 million you  and the wifey made
> last year and buy grandma a generator and well.   Hell, I've got a used one
> on the coast I'll sell for $500 and we've got the  talent to dig the well.
>
> Now as to Cuba, my sailing instructor used to  participate in sailboat races
> there (I think they sailed to somewhere else  first to make it legal).  The
> potential is there and the Europeans are  already building resorts.  I'm
> looking forward to the day that war is  declared over and we can travel there
> again.  Capitalism, what an  amazing thing!
>
> Brad
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> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Brad Haslett  <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey, Brad - we agree on capitalism - I'm just not a fan of all the  subsidies 
> for the corporate favorites that distort the free market.  And  maybe McCain 
> can send Barack's grandmother a case of Bud.  Actually, McCain  might do that 
> -who knows.   Really, though, how can you criticise the  amount that I spend 
> of my own dollars on my family and charitable causes without  any clue of the 
> truth ?  I am friends with a good many folks whose  political views are closer 
> to yours than to mine, but who also care - and put  their money where their 
> mouth is - for those less fortunate.  Maybe I do so  as well.  Maybe you do too. 
>  
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