Stiff Right JabJust Taxation: An Early American Primer Steve Farrell June 20, 2002 Sad fact of life: The current administration, and the "conservative" party that backs it, has an out-of-control penchant for multiplying your tax burden. All propaganda aside: Compassionate conservatism is about socialism, not Americanism. From AIDS relief for Africans, to foreign loan "forgiveness" plans for deadbeat nations, to multimillion-dollar poppy reduction subsidy programs for Afghan farmers, to U.N. donations that end up in the hands of Palestinian terrorists, to welfare benefits for illegal immigrants, to school vouchers for poor kids - but not your kids, to prescriptions...