Sources and Sinks
Tim May
timcmay at got.net
Thu Jan 1 21:46:43 PST 2004
On Jan 1, 2004, at 8:26 PM, Justin wrote:
> Tim May (2004-01-02 02:42Z) wrote:
>
>> Bob, a crack addict collecting "disability" or welfare or other
>> government freebies, works 0% of his time for the government/society.
>> ("Dat not true. I gots to stands in line to get my check increased!")
>
> Do those who have previously been in the workforce, in your opinion,
> have the right to reclaim through welfare any amount up to that they've
> paid through taxes to the entity providing welfare/unemployment? Or is
> all unemployment money Pluto's fruit?
>
No, as there is no "fund" that this money is in. Once taxes are paid
in, the money has gone out to crack addicts, Halliburton, welfare
whores (excuse me, "hoes"), foreign dictators like Mubarek and Sharon,
and so on.
In fact, the estimated overall debt is something like $30-40 trillion.
I've outlined how this number is arrived at a few times in the past. As
there are about 100 million tax filers in the U.S.--the other 175
million being children, spouses, prisoners, welfare recipients, illegal
aliens, non-filers, etc.--a simple calculation shows the average
indebtedness per tax filer is around $300,000 or more. This is far, far
beyond what the average household owns in total. Because the U.S. has
been "charging it" for the past 40 years. Quibblers will say we can
reduce this indebtedness by selling off government-owned lands, which
would be a good start. Or be taxing corporations more, but this still
ends up with the individual tax filers, ultimately. Or by devaluing the
dollar dramatically, which is the likeliest strategy the kleptocrats
will follow, after gettting enough advance warning to get their own
assets out of dollar-denominated vehicles.
So, you see, there IS NO FUND one can withdraw money from.
Anyone claiming new welfare benefits requires even more thefts from
those still working.
Just because money was stolen from you doesn't give you any right to
steal from me.
--Tim May
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