tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post4661762629317034227..comments2024-02-02T05:45:33.724-06:00Comments on Incoming: John Phippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-35365288053697142792007-12-18T21:52:00.000-06:002007-12-18T21:52:00.000-06:00Anon:I suggest your statement is a total non sequi...Anon:<BR/><BR/>I suggest your statement is a total non sequitur. .5% of a $1.4T budget is still a heck of a lot of money, and the question you do not address is why those recipients should get it and not others who perhaps want even less. <BR/><BR/>This is the rational of street hustlers, not entrepreneurs: "Spare change, mister?"<BR/><BR/>The $5B in cotton subsidies would buy about 50M bbls. by my rough guess. And your point is?...John Phippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-32363701386955490922007-12-18T19:40:00.000-06:002007-12-18T19:40:00.000-06:00Its still less than 1/2 of 1%, of the federal budg...Its still less than 1/2 of 1%, of the federal budget. How many barrels of crude would that buy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-61026662773958509572007-12-11T20:00:00.000-06:002007-12-11T20:00:00.000-06:00Agree 100% with last paragraph. It makes me think ...Agree 100% with last paragraph. <BR/><BR/>It makes me think of old people going to the nursinghome and thinking they shouldn't have to pay for the care they receive. You mean they give you shelter, and baths, and food and 24 hour staff support, but you can "hide" your assets and just let J. Q. Taxpayer pick up the tab?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com