[lit-ideas] Re: Big Pharma's competition
- From: Brian <cabrian@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 21:22:53 -0500
On May 10, 2005, at 8:23 AM, Andy Amago wrote:
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Brian <cabrian@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: 5/10/2005 8:50:42 AM
>> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Big Pharma's competition
>>
>>
>>>
>>> A.A. Big Government is bigger since Bush. Government shrank under
>>> Clinton, as did the deficit. The deficit grew enormously, if not
>>> astronomically, from surplus to extreme debt. What relic are you
>>> talking
>>> about?
>>>
>>
>> It is definitely bigger under Bush, a big-government conservative.
>> I'm talking about the post-New Deal explosion in federal spending.
>>
>>
>
>
> A.A. How does that translate to reality?
It translates into exponentially higher federal spending. Hence big
government, as opposed to small government before that. Do you
really not understand that concept?
>
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A.A. What in your opinion is a free society? Free to do what?
>>>
>>
>> I don't understand your question. America, for most of its history,
>> has been a free society.
>>
>>
>
>
> A.A. In other words, you're using words you don't understand.
I understand freedom. I still, however, don't understand your
question since freedom is a common enough word and you want a
definition of it. Do you not know what a free society as opposed to
a totalitarian society is?
>
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A.A. How would society be improved without Social Security?
>>>
>>
>> Society is improved anytime people are allowed to keep their own
>> money to do with as they see fit. Unless you are James Michener who
>> believes that governments he's lived under have distributed his money
>> far better than he could.
>>
>>
>
>
> A.A. Great sounding platitude.
Thank you.
>
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A.A. Wow, do you have your facts screwed up. The ultra rich pay no
>>> taxes or
>>> next to no taxes at all, let alone 80%. The middle class shoulders
>>> the
>>> entire tax burden of this country. Kindly supply sources for your
>>> 20/80
>>> figures.
>>>
>>
>> http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/57xx/doc5746/Report.pdf
>>
>>
>
>
> A.A. Raw undistilled facts mean nothing at all. Even members of
> Congress
> have no idea how outdated and ineffective the tax code is. Try the
> book
> Perfectly Legal, by David Cay Johnston.
What a typical dodge when presented with the facts. As long as book
recommendations are being proffered I suggest Hayek's ROAD TO SERFDOM.
>
>
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>> A.A. Given how filled your post is with misinformation, you are
>>> clearly
>>> from the factually challenged masses. Are you religious too?
>>>
>>
>> What misinformation?
>>
>>
>
>
> A.A. Everything you said is a baseless opinion. For example, that
> 20% of
> Americans pay 80% of the taxes. That is pure fantasy. That we
> import high
> paying jobs. That China is a slave labor economy. You're kidding,
> right?
> That we're a "free society" yet you define free by telling us it's
> always
> been that way.
You really are silly and pathetic when cornered with the facts.
~Brian~
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