tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post5454417735901213167..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: Quote of the Day - taxation and the RepublicMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-89428390259126557742011-06-07T16:53:40.769-04:002011-06-07T16:53:40.769-04:00The politicians are not bribing people with their ...The politicians are not bribing people with their own money; politicians are bribing people with <i>my</i> money. Mine and yours, anyway. The truth is that <i>we</i> (and people in this group, this 'we', know who I'm talking about) receive far less from the government(s) than we are forced to contribute. <i>We</i> don't even get a say in how the government spends the money they take from us, and <i>we</i> are never likely to get a say, either. This is mainly because <i>we</i> are very likely to spend money is such a way so as to have the best infrastructure in the world, bar none. <i>We</i>, at least a few of us, will provide more than adequate care for the mentally ill, the destitute aged and the hard core unemployable, and <i>we</i> will cheerfully do so at the expense of funding the largest, most expensive military the world has ever seen along with foreign governments and elected official's retirement.Mad Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190137186843630543noreply@blogger.com