Fwd: Re: The Appeal of Ayn Rand

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Subject: Re: The Appeal of Ayn Rand
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:50:53 -0600
From: John Galt
Organization: Forte Inc. http://www.forteinc.com/apn/
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Beam Me Up Scotty wrote:
> On 1/8/2010 1:33 PM, John Galt wrote:
>> China Blue Öyster Cult wrote:
>>> In article ,
>>> John Galt wrote:
>>>
>>>> 1) They have a very high military-to-state GDP ratio. Quite obviously,
>>> California has the most dead soldiers home from Iraq. California also
>>> has relatively minor military installations like Camp Pendelton,
>>> Travis. Miramar, Edwards, etc. California pays more in taxes than it
>>> receives.
>
>
> The rich pay more, that’s how the Progressive income tax works…
>
> It is the nature of the Liberals plan to steal from the wealthy and
> redistribute to the poor, I’m sure you meant to say that it feels so
> good to be a giving person.
>
> No Liberal State would complain about paying their fair share.

Well, that’s one of the unsaid hypocrisies of the “red states take more
than they give” canard. The people who disparagingly mention it are the
selfsame people who supported the policies making it so.

JG