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Source: ABC News

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RE: Sure -
By phantom505 on 10/4/2011 9:11:37 AM , Rating: 0
Where did he say it was his money?

You're a tool. You think everything is a waste of money. I'm sure you had to shoot at bandits on your way to work, assuming you have a job. Fire department shows up right? 911 still answers? You have a dedicate military that protects your interests?

Yeah, that's all they do, tax and spend.... on things you need. Including trying to keep the economy going when private investors decide to get stupid.

RE: Sure -
By Dr of crap on 10/4/2011 10:37:40 AM , Rating: 2
What you're problem??

I NEVER said it was his money, I said it's easy to spend someone elses money- yours (maybe) and mine - from taxes. You must have heard of taxes in your world.

How you equate that to spending on police, and services we NEED to spending on a failing company I don't know.

You give money politicans don't you??
Also wasted money.

RE: Sure -
By Ringold on 10/4/2011 2:01:51 PM , Rating: 3
Even a lot of devout libertarians would admit to the need and efficiency of the government providing certain public goods.. Economic liberals (modern political conservatives) despite being small-government, believe in infrastructure and maintaining law and order.

There's a huge leap from making sure firms can get goods from the interior to ports on the coast, cities down burn down, and looking over national security to a belief the government should actively pick technological and corporate winners and losers.

Also read an article about the Bureau of Land Management maintaining a 'welfare ranch' of sorts with thousands of horses relocated from over-grazed government land. BLM shies away from selling them for slaughter. Yeah, thats what I "need," to be protected from feral horses, and then have those horses pampered. Is there any grey area in your world, or all government spending is simply good?

