[dighton]

A few more unpleasant truths, freepers.

Here's an unpleasant truth for Mr. Pierce: typing is not writing.

[dighton]

Sorry, P e-i rce.

[Orual]

Government most certainly did not make America great. We are, or were, great because of what we as Americans did, what we built and produced, and what we believed. We as a people were fairly devout and honored God, family and country. We worked hard and earned money that we kept for our own families. When the government clinched its fist against the Southern states there was a fringe benefit – the income tax. American no longer had control over their own finances. World War I, that least necessary of wars, sealed the tax in gold and FDR brought us the glory of income tax withholding. Nixon took us off the gold standard without so much as a "by your leave."

Third Grade essay on "How I Misspent My Summer Evacuation."

[aculeus]

Here's an unpleasant truth for Mr. Pierce: typing is not writing.

Here's another brain-o: I never read your articles, only the funny comments made by freepers.