and your assertion is a lie in any case. Robert Reich, Clinton's secretary of labor, has admitted that the administration didn't adjust the poverty level during the Clinton administration for fear that it would make the poverty rate would look worse. Check out the May 26, 2001 issue of the New York times for proof of his statement
I didn't know about that one specific Clinton strong arm tactic. I wonder what sort of initiatory threat of force Clinton used. Perhaps evidence is in the 900 illegally obtained FBI files that the Clinton's had possession of.
My claim that the HHS has a long track record of honesty was not a lie. It was an error. Since you don't know the difference between an error and a lie here's a quick lesson: Person A asks person B what day of the week it is. Person B responds, "it's Tuesday". Unbeknownst to person B it is actually Wednesday. Person B made an error not a lie. Had person B said "it's Tuesday" knowing full well it was actually Wednesday that would be a lie not an error. Now's your chance to correct your error and apologize for claiming that what I wrote was a lie.
That's one fraud compared to how many thousands of frauds and abuse by the IRS? IRS Abuse Reports -- The Case Against the IRS
Do you realize what you are saying? You essentially admit that the bureaucracies have misused powers that Congress has granted them, but you somehow believe that the HHS will be magically immune to this abuse of power.
I compare the track record of the basically honest HHS to the basically corrupt IRS. They are miles apart. Do you realize what you are saying? You, with your tin-foil hat assert: "They [HHS] can simply say the poverty level is $150,000." Thus overnight turn into a monster that the NRST is intent on kill a monster IRS in the first place. That you fail to acknowledge the wide disparity in the comparatively honest track record in the HHS calculating the poverty level from the track record of fraud perpetrated by congress regarding the graduated income tax is to be expected from persons that chose deceit over honesty.
Zon: You demonstrated your intent to deceive the reader. Thus rendering yourself not to be trusted or respected because you disrespect the reader. You probably think you can mislead and try to deceive the reader and that they should just comply with you and answer your questions or take you seriously. You deserve no person's attention in a discussion. Scorn. That's what you deserve. 936
Technogeeb: Your lies and personal attacks do nothing to refute the clear flaws in the system you are advocating. Government handouts to every household in the United States (the "prebate" mechanism) is socialism. To claim that it is otherwise is a lie. And since that system allows an unelected bureaucrat to determine the value of those handouts (with no additional action by Congress once the system is enacted), the only thing preventing it from becoming pure communism is the goodwill of the bureaucrats. 939
Your comments are on record; I'm glad to let the reader juxtaposition our comments.