[Biblebelter]

This article is quite a find. Considering it is from SF, it is surprising to find it provides more fact than opinion. The effect of the income tax has been to increase direct employment in the public sector and by other spending make many other jobs dependent on public spending. This means we are becoming a socialist nation. We are getting to the point where one of the main functions of government will be to provide employment for workers of today and retirement benefits for former employees. I am constantly amazed that business in the private sector has become more productive, and we have many government agencies which are operating as they did when their agencies were created. Enron would be an accounting model of fiscal responsibility compared to the USDA which has literally billions unaccounted for. If only we could keep the manufacturing jobs here and ship the government bureacratic jobs abroad.

[sfwarrior]

If you look at this thread, most freepers and conservatives don't get it. They've all been brainwashed to think that protectionism and conservatism are oxymorons. It's the opposite. Republican use to protect American workers now they're protecting who knows what?

[Orbiting_Rosie's_Head]

The effect of the income tax has been to increase direct employment in the public sector and by other spending make many other jobs dependent on public spending. This means we are becoming a socialist nation. We are getting to the point where one of the main functions of government will be to provide employment for workers of today and retirement benefits for former employees.

How true. We are becoming the police station, fire station, and public works department for the rest of the world.