Before you spend your tax-relief check from the IRS...

[Griff]

You know you're driving me nuts here!

You are correct about the debt but that should be solved from the spending side. Republicans bribe us with our own money, while Democrats bribe us with our neighbors money, which is more cynical? Remember that every tax dollar is taken under the threat of violence. I understand that my view is definitely in the minority in this age where the upper and middle classes hide assetts so their parents can go on medicare, where middle class kids look to the state for their education, where businesses look to the government to control competition and subsidize their every move, where state governments build ballparks and where the Federal government "invests" retirement money in government debt while spending the tax receipts... even Paddy Moynihan knows SS is screwed even if state radi...or rather NPR and its listeners haven't figured that out yet. As always, one mans emotional response. Good to hear from you again, Griff