Exactly. The government contractors, the ultra wealthy, the corporations (pharma, ADM, Exxon, etc. etc.) are now the receivers of taxpayers' money. The rest of us not only work for a living, but it's our taxes that they're spending, while the people's SS benefits (among other things) get cut because, you see, SS is such a huge share of government spending... The government doesn't exist for the people; the people exist for the government. That's the mentality that lost Iraq, our disdain for people. Imagine if we went in there putting the people first, securing their water instead of their oil? Who wouldn't have supported us? Instead, we headed straight for the oil that very first day, and the Iraqis noticed. It's said (Galbraith) that we lost the war the day we invaded exactly for that reason. -----Original Message----- >From: Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Jan 18, 2007 12:26 PM >To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Boeing and the Aviation Market > >> Military Keynesianism... > >Isn't it ironically amusing? The ones who decry socialists are the ones who >live from >socialist benefits? > >Meanwhile, the rest of us actually work for a living. > >yrs, >andreas >www.andreas.com > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, >digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html