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Article #51Re: national debt threatens America
From: Frederick Arthur Furia
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 07:20
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 07:20
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In article <1992Nov12.124036.3880@sadtler.com> rick@sadtler.com (Rick Morris) writes: >techie@cellar.org (William A Bacon) at it again!: >> >> The Society President noted that, since there are about 250 million >>Americans, "Simple arithmetic shows that the bill for interest alone this >>year - a burden we all pay through various forms of taxation - comes to >>$1,300 for every man, woman, and child in this nation. We are mortgaging our >>future and that of our children and grandchildren." > >Hey! I pay 10x that amount annually to the FED. I guess the deficit is not >that bad after all! Okay. Just spend 250 million times that this year and we'll be done with this silly little debt problem in no time! Something else interesting about taxes... Did anyone else hear Perot say in a debate that he has spent over a billion dollars in taxes in his lifetime? I found that simply amazing! Fred
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Newsgroups: phl.misc,pa.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!udel!princeton!der.Princeton.EDU!fafuria From: fafuria@der.Princeton.EDU (Frederick Arthur Furia) Subject: Re: national debt threatens America Message-ID: <1992Nov19.072011.29917@Princeton.EDU> Originator: news@nimaster Sender: news@Princeton.EDU (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: der.princeton.edu Organization: Princeton University References: <LHy3TB1w164w@cellar.org> <1992Nov12.124036.3880@sadtler.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 07:20:11 GMT Lines: 20