Why again should golf be exempt from taxation while other recreational and entertainment products be subject to it?
Perhaps Craig Sweet can name the "Wall Street buddies" who have been bailed out by his tax dollars. It was my impression that the President was bailing out creditors, some debtors, and mostly lower-level employees- particularly those with union affiliation. Executives and those under performance-based compensation are told to rip-up their contracts and take but pennies on the dollars due to them.
And Craig, you've told us in the past that you don't make very much money. Some 40%-46% of American "taxpayers" don't pay ANY federal income taxes (no fair bringing up payroll tax- social security is forced savings not a tax to pay for other purposes). I never did understand the President's promise that 95% of Americans would get a tax cut under his plan when nearly half don't pay any taxes to begin with. I suspect that semantics and not math was Obama's strong suit and his mendacious, tax-adverse Treasury secretary has made the astonishing confession that he doesn't like numbers very much. It must take an article of faith or a suspension of disbelief, but I've never claimed that we are a particularly smart people.
So, for my edification, please provide some detail on how much of your taxes are going to pay for the WS fat cats, or the Iraq war for that matter. I know, the words "general welfare" are in the Preamble. Our founding fathers must be doing loops in their graves. But, I forgot, these guys tolerated slavery so how can we hold them in any kind of favorable light? They must be now just getting their comeuppance.