Russell, at 17:12 on Apr 21 1996, you wrote ...

RS>>> I was under the misapprehension that (as the term is 
RS>>> usually used in a disparaging way) you were actually 
RS>>> suggesting how  (he of the original post)
should/not spend his 
RS>>> money. But you wouldn't be doing that now, David, would you?

DD>> I would be suggesting what he do with the money that the 
DD>> government gives him to live on, on my behalf as a taxpayer 
DD>> though.

RS> ROFL! Your corolary:

RS> 1. My mother receives an age pension from the government.
RS> + 2. David Drummond works his fingers to the bone and pays 
RS> copious amounts of tax.
RS> ----
RS> = 4. David Drummond has the right to tell my mother how to 
RS> spend her ---- money.

RS> Sorry, David, it just doesn't add up. You don't have the 
RS> luxury of being able to tell someone how to spend their 
RS> money.

I said "suggest" not tell.

The taxpayers vote the governmant in.  If they don't like the way the
government is managing the countries affairs on the tax payers' behalf,
they can vote them out again.

David
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