In a message dated 11/1/2008 11:33:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Socialism is another bugaboo that is thrown around to scare people. America already has socialistic programs like Social Security. I pay into it every week and I don't get to collect it until I am older or unable to work. ==================== Great post, Jennifer. Thanks. The list of those social(istic) programs is quite long. You could call them unfair. Or you could say that they are for the common good. My problem is with the hypocrisy: "What really amazes me is that the states always complaining about the oppressive, big-spending federal government also seem to be the same ones with their lips securely and cheerily fastened to the federal teat. With the exception of Maryland and Virginia -- which, by virtue of proximity to the nation's capital, have many federal employees, military or otherwise -- many of the states that most benefit from the net difference between taxes paid to Washington and federal outlays from Washington are the poorer and/or Southern states. That is: red states." (Salon link below) ================= New Jersey spreads the wealth. We get the lowest return on federal dollars (61 cents) sent in. A non-partisan source: The Tax Foundation - Federal Spending Received Per Dollar of Taxes Paid by State http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/266.html The partisan view, showing the welfare states who get our tax dollars: _http://democraticactionteam.org/redstatesocialism/index.html_ (http://democraticactionteam.org/redstatesocialism/index.html) Also http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/02/teat_suckers/index.html ("And guess which state is perennially near the top of the list?") And the Electoral College weights a vote in smaller states more heavily than those in more heavily populated states. In many cases above, my self-interest is superseded for the common good. Good American citizenship. All-American altruism. **************Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
