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Re: What America Owes its 'Illegals'

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From: Ed
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:09
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In article <J-qdnYY2x_CQl-rbnZ2dnUVZ_umlnZ2d@rcn.net>, tonyp
<tonyp@world.std.com> wrote:

> "Brian" <drmorrisnospam@comcast.net> wrote
> 
> > How do you figure that?
> >
> > The wealthy don't have more children than the poor and often
> > send them to private schools. That's half of the budget of
> > most communities.
> >
> > The bottom 50% pay 5% of federal income tax.
> >
> > The benefits of Social Security are weighted toward the lower income.
> > Someone earning $80,000 doesn't draw 4 times what someone
> > making $20,000 does even though they pay 4 times as much
> > into the system.
> 
> 
> "Into the system", Brian says.  That's an important conception:  if you're a
> taxpayer, all the different federal taxes you pay come out of the same
> pocket;  if you're the federal government, all your tax receipts go into the
> same pot.
> 
> Now,  Brian trots out the tired old class-warfare talking point....


The irony meter pegs.
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Subject: Re: What America Owes its 'Illegals'
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:09:02 -0400
From: Ed <nospam@nospam.nospam>
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