Comment Re:not New news (Score 4, Insightful) 577
just because you are paranoid, doesnt mean you are wrong. I think the monitoring of our communications has proven as much
"The proposal in the email was only a suggestion. It was never authorized by DEA, and the idea under discussion in the email was never launched,'' says DEA administrator Michele Leonhar
Sure, just like we never gave guns to cartels, and we have never been monitoring all americans communications either....
There's no point. 99% of them will never use that knowledge. When it's broke, they either get someone else to fix it or buy a new one.
and thats the difference between now, and 100 years ago. Why should i get a new fridge or pay someone to replace a simple broken blower or fan? its not hard and its a part of life. Knowing these things is good unless you like to waste money
. Implying that they didn't object to paying taxes as much as they objected paying taxes to the wrong people for the wrong reasons and without any say-so in the matter.
I know its not relevant to what the guy you are replying to said, but this line is a perfect fit for the issue at hand. The issue is that the feds want to tax something that they have no legitimate reason to tax, meaning money that was made outside of the country.
Cobol programmers are down in the dumps.
