> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Barnes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 2:25 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Federal Budget Surplus....
>
>
> I thought Congress was only to create taxes need to 'protect'
> us from our
> enemies and to build our infrastructure?
>
> Where did all these social taxes come from?  When did
> Congress decide they
> needed to meddle in social problems (and attempt to eliminate
> them with a
> tax)?
>

That is the question.

When the depression hit it injured the country and so the goverment gave the
people a crutch to lean on in the form of Social Security and welfare
programs. But, we have continued to rely on that crutch for so long that the
pain of throwing it away now would be extreme. The result being that now
many Americans are afraid to try and stand on their own without it.

Unfortunately it is sometimes necessary to endure pain and fear in the
return to full health. How can a country be strong if it's citizens are
weak?


Comments are my own.. not my employer's..etc

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