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money money honey

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From: Not For Smoking!
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2000 07:12
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On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 18:18:22 -0400, The Wizard of Oz
<never_was@aol.com> wrote:

>	As for the payroll deductions, you might wish to check to see if the
>study on "The Sex Life of a Mediterranean Fruit Fly" was funded with you
>bucks. Once your money disappears into the "black hole" of Congress, and
>the IRS, no telling where it will emerge, or in what form. One thing for
>sure, when it *does* emerge, it has been transformed from money STOLEN
>from you, into a gift from your friendly neighborhood politician, a warm
>display of largesse to prove he/she/it cares about you. A gift that can
>be taken away if you aren't properly appreciative.

You may not agree with everything your taxes are spent on, but without
taxes, there would be no government, and without government, there
would be none of that lovely money you are so fixated on.
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From: UCB@miles.under.ground (Not For Smoking!)
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Subject: money money honey
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