Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Here comes BO's 10 % US National Sales tax

[philville dejazzd.com (philville]

   Have I been demoted to just 'the other Rick' now?  ;-)

   How about:

   RickredS

   RicksilverB     (AKA Cooter)

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Rick Morris <rick.morris [at] brewhaus.com>
   Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009 4:37 pm
   Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Here comes BO's 10 % US National Sales tax
   To: Phil Tegtmeier <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
   Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
   > Have I been demoted to just 'the other Rick' now?  ;-)
   >
   > ________________________________
   >
   > From: Rick Lindsay [mailto:rolindsay [at] yahoo.com]
   > Sent: Thu 5/28/2009 3:11 PM
   > To: Rick Morris
   > Cc: The FerrariList
   > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Here comes BO's 10 % US National
   > Sales tax
   >
   >
   >
   >
   > Hello Friends,
   >    We are obviously of mixed minds here.
   > Discussions like this are often contested between the "haves"
   > and the "have-nots".  I'm not sure that's the case here in
   > FList land.  Most of us 'have' to some degree.  Hummm...
   >
   >    I think it just comes down to the fact that those
   > of us who went to school for a zillion years, have worked hard
   > all of our lives at good jobs, paid our bills, paid our taxes,
   > have a little coin tucked away and have no debt - are being told
   > that we don't deserve anything that we have and that we need to
   > redistribute it to the people who did NOT study, work, pay
   > bills, pay taxes and save - just so that we can all be equals at
   > some low, marginally acceptable level.  That just does not
   > work for me.  One doesn't get from life what one
   > deserves.  One gets what one works for.  (Please
   > pardon the preposition at the end of the sentence.)
   >
   >    I know I'm a hard-ass when it comes to this but
   > I've seen both sides.  I grew up poor, descended from an
   > even poorer Scottish family.  I have relatives who do
   > NOTHING but whine - at least when their Oxycontin starts to wear
   > off - and they get more government money than any of us - for
   > doing absolutely NOTHING.  They're ignorant and proud of
   > it, living a lifestyle of "Why work if I can get government
   > money for free?"  That attitude is why communism and
   > socialism does not work.  I've lived in Russia and have
   > seen it first hand.  I don't care if Tim Geitner says,
   > "Soon we won't care how much money we earn.  We'll care
   > about how we live."  That's just naive (and/or more likely,
   > intended for ears other than ours).   Hummm...
   >
   >    Socialism feels very "moral high-ground" in concept
   > but it fails because it is counter to basic evolutionary
   > forces.  Life wants to survive and replicate, even if at
   > the expense of others.  We want to win the
   > race/game/contest even though someone else has to loose.
   > Its how life works.  Just look at what people watch on
   > network TV!  We have to compete and we like to win!
   > Winning upsets the balance that socialism tries to establish.
   >
   >    The system being forced upon us now is counter to
   > all of that.  Its like saying that all the F1 teams can
   > compete but no one is allowed to win.  They must all be
   > equals.  Someone should take all of Toyota, Ferrari and
   > McLaren's money and give it to Force India so that all of the
   > teams will be equals.  This concept violates the Great
   > Truth of the Universe Rule #14: "No two anythings were ever
   > created equal."  That includes us, brothers.
   >
   > rick (That's rick with a small "r", not the other Rick with the
   > big "R")
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