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     Kommentar till en text av RICHARD WEBB
Ärende: Re: Taxes (was: Australia
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-=> RICHARD WEBB wrote to BOB ACKLEY <=-

 RW> HI Bob,

 RW> On Thu 2039-Apr-21 06:34, Bob Ackley (1:300/3) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RW> <snip>

 RW> I say this because both major political parties have blown
 RW> so much smoke up the butts of the people here just to sell
 RW> voting for the party that these folks wouldn't know
 RW> excrement if they had a mouth full.

 BA> Was listening to Dave Ramsey yesterday afternoon (he originates in
 BA> Tennessee, BTW)
 BA> and he noted that in order to eliminate the US annual deficit the
 BA> government would have
 BA> to cut its spending by 27%.  That ain't gonna happen, the government
 BA> won't cut its
 BA> spendiung by 2.7% despite all the rhetoric.

 RW> INdeed, and that ain't gonna happen.

 BA> They'd better hope somebody like me never gets into the White House.
 BA>   Immediate halt
 BA> to govertnment hiring, requirement that ALL US civil service
 BA> employees that are eligible
 BA> for retirement do so within 30 days.  Within 4 years elimination of
 BA> ALL civil service
 BA> employees in DoD below Assistant secretary level; abolition of
 BA> hiring contractors for
 BA> government projects, massive RIFs - hopefully reducing the civil
 BA> service work force by
 BA> at least 25% in 2 years and 40% in four years, and cutting the
 BA> military as I noted in
 BA> an earlier post.  Elimination of government payments to colleges and
 BA> universities.  Closure
 BA> of all US government offices except military installations outside
 BA> the city limits of
 BA> Washington DC - and a requirement that all US government civilian
 BA> employees reside
 BA> within those city limits).  Abolition of the entire Code of Federal
 BA> Regulations.

 RW> Same here for the most part.  I'd have to look at some of
 RW> the cfr though, as there are some things I don't know how we could
 RW> totally turn those regulations off without chaos
 RW> resulting.

 RW> When I was a young man looking at college and a future I
 RW> tried to enlist in the navy.  Figured that those folks still needed
 RW> radio ops, and still used the MOrse code back then.
 RW> My draft card stated I was "subject to call" and I figured
 RW> getting that gi bill education or a career there would be
 RW> alright.  IF nothing else a good antidiscrimination test
 RW> case might result.  YOu gotta remember I was a young man,
 RW> and actually believed all this stuff they taught me back
 RW> then, still thought there was some salvation for this mess
 <g>.

 RW> After that trip to naval recruiters in Des MOines I soon got another
 RW> draft card labeled 4f.


 RW> But, the code of federal regs, don't know how we'd really be able to do
 RW> without the code of federal regs relating to
 RW> radio spectrum, waters that transcend state borders, i.e.
 RW> MIssouri and MIssissippi rivers, etc.  TO retain usable rf
 RW> spectrum, etc. we'd just be shifting that regulatory, and
 RW> financial burden to the individual states, who would then
 RW> need to hire the savvy folks that got riffed by the feds.

 RW> But then, our fcc is more interested in hiring pencil
 RW> pushing paper shuffling lawyers than engineers to make
 RW> engineering based decisions, so go figure.  YOu might have
 RW> the only real solution, throw all them bums out.

I started a reply to Bob much along the lines of your reply
however he goes just a bit further than I'd be comfortable with.

That said if were either or with no grey areas or compromise
allowed I'd favor his way over the current course and direction. 

... It is the best of all possible worlds said doctor Pangloss to Candide.
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