Re: [Mid] Re: sca-middle-digest V11 #164

It's called keep them stupid and poor so that we'll have willing troops for pointless and uncessary wars. No education and no public broadcasting to make you think critically and ask questions, nor will you be able to find a decent job to survive on, nor be able to afford to take yourself to the doctor when you get sick, so that you'll willingly go into the military just so your family can eat and afford government provided healthcare.

Fionnuala

>>/peeks his green fuzzy head out of the trashcan again

>I know how we can fund it -

>1) Don't cut taxes at war time.

>2) Don't blow a few hundred billion on an unessicary war.

>It's interesting - the Brookings institute (a generally left or
>liberal economic think group) and the Heritage Foudation (a right-wing
>economic group) got together recently, and through the din of their
>debate, one thing was very clear. Because of our spending and our tax
>cuts, in the future we're going to have to raise taxes *and* cut
>programs.

>It's preposterously stupid fiscal policy that has gotten us into a
>situation where we have to cut funding to public broacasting,
>medicare, education, and other essential programs.

>alright back into my trashcan now.<<

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