> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:34:51PM -0600, DvB wrote: > > "James Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Famine victims OK, but nobody has mentioned the people living in > > > poverty in America. Boost welfare, more education funding, subsidise > > > pay rises for the lowest paid workers... ooops, America's budget all > > > gone ;-) > > > > > > > <sarcasm> > > Of course! If we spent that much, people with enough money to have > > significant amounts of it in taxable stock accounts wouldn't be able to > > keep it all! > > </sarcasm> > > Yeah, after all it's not their money .. they just worked hard to earn > it.
I've lost the thread here, I don't really "get" the joke - can someone explain this for me please. Maybe it's because I'm not American. :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
