Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Well, Mitch, nobody =likes= to pay taxes. But adults know there are some things we need that we can't do for ourselves--i.e., cops, firemen, teachers, armed forces. Needed guys and gals. So we pony up. Don't get me wrong--I like Jack mucho. But I'd like him even more if Paul would slip in a line like, "Jack walked away from the mailbox. A couple of money orders to the feds and state and city. Didn't like it, but... A fire truck came around the corner. Jack waved to the guys. They waved back."

Scott Miller Wrote:Call me sick and twisted, but mine is Jack getting revenge on the scumbag who tossed the cinder block; the single sweetest moment of poetic justice it has been my pleasure to read.

KRW Wrote:You wanna show me the law that says we have to pay taxes?
Mike, if there is a need for anything, free enterprise will take care of it. Not only will it be taken care of, it'll be done cheaper and better than if government got it's mitts on it. Yes, I can say this. I have rural metro.

Government does not deserve diddley off of our hard earned money.

Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Some things private enterprise =can't= do. Not enough coin. How would you have private enterprise handle national defense? Or should not the country be defended?

KRW Wrote:I also never said all taxes were bad. But mike, if there was ever a war that needed to be fought, I would doubt you'd find the lack of volunteers to fight it in America.

Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Then what does "Government does not deserve diddley off our hard earned money" mean, Ken? Just quoting your own words.

KRW Wrote:No profit off of labor. You getting it yet?

KRW Wrote:No profit off of labor. You getting it yet?

Barry Lee Dejasu Wrote:I loved when Jack was playing Tiptoe-Through-the-Rakoshi in the hull of the ship...creepy! Being trapped in a room of (malignant foes) where you were lucky they didn't notice you (yet), but if you try to escape, or if you try to move through, they might notice you...yikes. Good scenes!