Replying to a message of mark lewis to Jeff Binkley:

 ml> once it is given to the government, it is the government's money to do
 ml> with as it sees fit... once it is out of your hands, it is "out of
 ml> your hands"... think about it ;)

Money is given to the government only in the sense that it is given to a
mugger -
pay up or else.

God only insists on 10% to run the whole d*mn planet, the government should
be satisfied with half of that to run one country, but it takes about thirty -
or
more - percent.

--- FleetStreet 1.19+
 * Origin: Bob's Boneyard, Emerson, Iowa (1:300/3)