"James Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:34:51PM -0600, DvB wrote: > > > "James Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > Famine victims OK, but nobody has mentioned the people living in > > > > poverty in America. Boost welfare, more education funding, > subsidise > > > > pay rises for the lowest paid workers... ooops, America's budget > all > > > > gone ;-) > > > > > > > > > > <sarcasm> > > > Of course! If we spent that much, people with enough money to have > > > significant amounts of it in taxable stock accounts wouldn't be > able to > > > keep it all! > > > </sarcasm> > > > > Yeah, after all it's not their money .. they just worked hard to > earn > > it. > > I've lost the thread here, I don't really "get" the joke - can someone > explain this for me please. Maybe it's because I'm not American. :-) >
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