Re: Well, duh!

Bart Goddard <goddardbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Mickey <Mickey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Bart Goddard <goddardbe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Joe <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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In fact, how do we really tell the difference between the
government and the filthy rich?

The government are the ones with the guns...

That's what makes it hard. Haliburton seems to have
quite a few guns. And seems to be collecting lots
of taxes from me.

B.

Haliburton isn't collecting any taxes, Bart.

Cite?

:-þ


B.(I just said "cite" to bug you. What I really
want to know is why getting a huge goverment contract
isn't tantamount to collecting taxes.)

Because with a contract, they are required to provide goods and/or
services to the government. Then they are required to pay taxes on
*that* income.

With taxes the government just takes your money at gunpoint, more like
a mugging.
.

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