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I saw that about 6 months ago when right after I got a friend of mine to start playing DF.  We were both in awe of the bloody size of the thing. 

Criptfiend:  Maybe I am misreading you, but:
ummm, what?  Do you really think that taxes are the only goverment revenue?  Do you really think that when the goverment pays for your _________-care bill, you payed for your bill in full with your taxes?  Do you really think your taxes cover your costs equally?

Do you really think that the goverment has enough money for everything:  Education, homeless rehabilitation, criminal rehabilitation, Health Care, national defense, infrastructure maintenance and creation, waste management, welfare (helping sick/elderly/handicapped), salaries for the goverment employees, utilities, etc etc etc etc?

There just isnt enough money to go around.  Eventual, someone has to make the decision what to stop paying for.  It sucks, but, it is what it is, namely, REALITIES OF EXISTENCE.  Every single goverment in the world has to struggle with this.  Who gets what money, where, in how much quantity.  Oftentimes Most times Pretty much every time, its the supporters of the currently elected officials who get the biggest windfall (ie Obama administration - lol).  How big is determined by the morals and ethics and ideals of the elected officials.  Unelected buearacrats on the other hand........*shudder.

So, if the homeless get all their funding and shelters back, what, instead, should be cut from the national bill?
Dont say "defense".  You will just put 100,o00+ out of work on the spot and onto goverment welfare susidies, most likey costing more per person.  At least the military are actually doing something (ie safety, rescue, aid - see "Japan").

I would really like to hear some thoughtful answers here.  Although i am sure i will hear some "BUSHITLERBURTANWARBALRGITYBLARGZOMG111!!!!1!!!!RAGE"  But, I also might get some dialogue!  Maybe.  oh.........Drat!

I new about this a couple of weeks ago, when it was theorized it's gravitational pull with increase due to its relative "closeness" with the Earth and that earthquakes might happen.............oh.

Apparently about 1/4 times this happens, a(n) (big) earthquake follows.  Scientists are on boths sides of the fence on causality and coincidence.

Quote from: Gorjo MacGrymm on March 18, 2011, 04:41:51 pm

Farseer in his comments below hits it on the head and doesnt even realize it:  SOMETHING must be cut.  Education - cant do that,  FREE Healtch Care - oh hell no cant do that, Homeless shelters  - damn thats rough, but gotta start somewhere.  Cuz if you dont, it will ALL dissapear.  It sucks when Big Brother/Nanny/Mommy runs outta free money for ya.

Homeless without help will generally remain homeless because there is virtually no opportunity for them not to do so. It's just about the worst situation you can be in as far as upward mobility is concerned.

I like how if you "gotta start somewhere", you assume that homeless shelters are the place to start. Or that revenue can't be increased to compensate.

I wanst trying to imply that cutting homeless support first was my idea, I was trying to be sarcastic with my examples, and failed quite spectacularly apparently.  Sigh. 

Dont know if its been brought up befire, but scientists in,,,,I believe San Diego....have been working on the first Fusion Reactor.  As best i can remember (we studied it in Astronomy Class to learn about Fusion), it only currently puts out and amount of energy equivalent to the enormous amount of energy requried to contain and maintin it via GIGANTIC magnetic controls.  Anyone else know abou tthis?

To Thobal:  Quoting mytself from earlier in this thread:

B:LA  was a blast to watch.  No muss, no fuss, no "deeper" allegories, just gung ho military patriotic blowy-up type action.  If you were looking for anything else when you went to watch this movies, you went there to dislike it in the first place.  IMO of course.

That prison sounds better than my time in military school.

Anyway, I'm surprised that no one has really gotten into how ridiculous the criminalization of marijuana is in the first place. The fact that ANY percentage of my taxes goes to these "drug wars" infuriates me.

Cool, I will let the Crips know that.  They will be buy your place for the money instead.  Hopefully before the Machete's do.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2009/04/the_machetes_of.php  (check this gang out, they are truly terrifying adn completely nuts).

Watch Open Range.

One of the best gun fights in movies at the end.