-=> Quoting Charles Murray to Karolina Stutzman <=-
 
 PMFJI again...
 CM> Yeah Karolina , bet here is the kicker! All of the taxes we now
 CM> are paying did not come about untill the 1930's ...............
 
 Yep. It was called the "New Deal". As I recall, the TVA was part of the "New
 Deal". The alternative to the "New Deal" was continued Depression and
 Hoovervilles.
 CM> Go back and read a little history and you'll find inflation and
 CM> all this other stuff was non-existent . Remember the 3 cent
 CM> stamp? 
 And just what _was_ the average wage when there was a 3 cent stamp? What
 _was_ the Social Security benefit at that time? How many people were on
 federal welfare? Did Medicare and Medicaid exist at that time?
 
 And just what was the cost to send a letter from St. Joseph, Missouri to
 Sacramento, California in 1860? And, don't think for a minute that the
 current Postal Service is a tax-supported bureaucracy.
 
 Jim
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