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[jainen]

Drunken sailor

Your analogy is colorful but untrue. I was in the Navy myself, and speaking from experience I can assure you that nobody let's a drunken sailor run a seven trillion dollar tab.

[Scarecrow]

We got along without the income tax until 1913. Now we think we can't get along without it. In other words, we can't get along without the government spending like a drunk sailor.

We also got along just fine with out-houses, no indoor plumbing, and a Sears Roebuck Catalog in place of TP.

Somehow I think I prefer paying for a few extra conveniences….

[Black Bart]

Good grief!

Another zealot (Joe ... I give up; what is it?). Look, in the first place we didn't get along without taxes. The 1913 model was preceded by one during the civil war, various on-again, off-again versions at times, and numerous and sundry taxes on booze, shipping, imports, etc. dating all the way back to Revolutionary War times. Besides, if we didn't have it, who or what do you think would pay for building and maintaining those highways you're so fond of running up and down on? Charitable donations from you?