17th June 2003, 9:33 PM
You know, all kinds of things are taxed... almost everything, really... what is so horrible about junk food?
And Weltall, most of those "undeserved" programs I imagine you are talking about are probably much, much closer to being underfunded than overfunded, that's for sure. That's because the only truly overfunded government program is the military.
Sure, some have some corruption. But in most cases (this is very general, of course, but so is saying "we have lots of overfunded agencies and programs"...) they do far more good than harm.
And Weltall, most of those "undeserved" programs I imagine you are talking about are probably much, much closer to being underfunded than overfunded, that's for sure. That's because the only truly overfunded government program is the military.
Sure, some have some corruption. But in most cases (this is very general, of course, but so is saying "we have lots of overfunded agencies and programs"...) they do far more good than harm.