05-13-2011, 07:50 PM
This all started by Dennis S who said if you raise taxes on oil companies my taxes will go down. I am saying short of a legal contract there is no such reciprocity. You send money to washington and they spend it anyway they wish even if it collected for a specific program. For centuries rulers have come to power promising to soak the rich and give it to the poor. Often, only the first part of the promise has been carried out.