On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:04:01 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote:

BUT those not paying taxes don't care so much as those that are paying
taxes who get elected.

The "grabbing whatever the gov't will give me" concept is one of the
largest trashers of our country.

In case nobody noticed, that's exactly the way our government was set
up. Each state tries to grab as much as it can. For example, here in
Washington there is great joy over the new free trade pacts. Being a
coastal state, we stand to gain quite a bit. Not good for the rest of
the country - who cares?

And corporations certainly aren't adverse to the "greed is good"
philosophy :-).

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