Are you a domestic terrorist?

[kandrathe]

Yup. Means that the poor folk on the bottom of the pyramid don't get stuck paying taxes they can't afford, and instead, the burden is shouldered by those that can. The marvels of progressive taxation!

The bottom 50% of workers pay nothing, or actually get more back than they pay in.

Sounds about right. Your taxes at work! You still pay less of them than nearly any other developed country. Of course, you also get less for them, notably in health care. But we've already had that thread.

My frying pan is less hot. How nice.

Hey, you wanted the Iraq war, remember? The WMD you were so darn convinced were there? Look at that table you showed - Bush very nearly *doubled* the national debt. (Reagan did the same - the only other guy on the big spenders list is FDR, and he had what you might call "a good excuse".) Bush sure didn't spend all that scratch on poverty reduction and foreign aid.

I'm not picking sides here. All of the politicians are complicit in feeding the beast. Oh, and to clarify, I still am convinced the WMD were in Iraq at one point. I was not in favor of the occupation, and the nation building portion we were sucked into. Then again, perhaps you shouldn't break it if you don't want to buy it.