tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post112316508805529022..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Taxpayers Porked AgainHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1123264056537553442005-08-05T13:47:00.000-04:002005-08-05T13:47:00.000-04:00Kathy, I'm going to have to ask where the hell you...Kathy, I'm going to have to ask where the hell you got that difference between us from? I was just pointing out one demonstration of particularly egregious pork. Kind of like bad pork chops, only worth billions of dollars.<BR/><BR/>In fact, I agree with you for the most part. Any subsidies that, say, a small business (say, your goat cheese farmer) might need to survive could come in tax breaks. But if Hunter can have a scale of relative evil on torture, I can have a scale of relative egregiousness on subsidies. So, subsidies going to industries and companies that are not struggling is bad, and subsidies to a poor independent goat farmer who's struggling to make ends meet are less bad.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1123258307573414832005-08-05T12:11:00.000-04:002005-08-05T12:11:00.000-04:00So, what's with giving $2.5 billion in tax rebates...<I>So, what's with giving $2.5 billion in tax rebates to an industry where one company (ExxonMobil) can clear over $7 billion in PURE profit in a single fiscal quarter?!</I><BR/><BR/>Apparently the difference between us, James, is that I oppose corporate welfare <B>in principle</B>. I don't seek out particular industries, which happen to be either "too profitable" or undesirable for some other left-wing reason, and oppose their handouts. <B>It's all bad.</B> Exxon/Mobil doesn't need welfare. Neither does the organic goat cheese maker down the road.Kathy Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851875819094837357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1123210007810183342005-08-04T22:46:00.000-04:002005-08-04T22:46:00.000-04:00Nope, sorry, I'm going to be stubborn about this. ...Nope, sorry, I'm going to be stubborn about this. Lederhosen subsidies must go.S. T. Karnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971214612730402709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1123208163236034332005-08-04T22:16:00.000-04:002005-08-04T22:16:00.000-04:00I am for ending all subsidies. Every one.I am for ending all subsidies. Every one.S. T. Karnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971214612730402709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1123206770728581292005-08-04T21:52:00.000-04:002005-08-04T21:52:00.000-04:00OK! So, what's with giving $2.5 billion in tax reb...OK! So, what's with giving $2.5 billion in tax rebates to an industry where one company (ExxonMobil) can clear over $7 billion in PURE profit in a single fiscal quarter?!James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1123202966164019462005-08-04T20:49:00.000-04:002005-08-04T20:49:00.000-04:00So true, Kathy.Mr. Elliott, feel free to add your ...So true, Kathy.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Elliott, feel free to add your comments about the energy bill. Pork is pork, and reminders of federal profligacy are always useful.S. T. Karnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971214612730402709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1123201958329285762005-08-04T20:32:00.000-04:002005-08-04T20:32:00.000-04:00It was when I lived in Indiana that the impulse to...It was when I lived in Indiana that the impulse to vote LP was strongest. Every 2.5 years you're either looking at a porker highway bill or an even more porcine agriculture bill. Viewed from the vantage point of a flat red state, it's like the Summer and Winter Olympics of Republican fiscal hypocrisy. Bleh.Kathy Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851875819094837357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1123201661363788542005-08-04T20:27:00.000-04:002005-08-04T20:27:00.000-04:00Hey, while we're all mad about the ridiculous pork...Hey, while we're all mad about the ridiculous pork-barrel highway bill, can we talk about the most ridiculous energy bill ever?James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1123190225991200892005-08-04T17:17:00.000-04:002005-08-04T17:17:00.000-04:00Thank you. I greatly appreciate it.Thank you. I greatly appreciate it.S. T. Karnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971214612730402709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1123188169303913272005-08-04T16:42:00.000-04:002005-08-04T16:42:00.000-04:00Mr. Karnick, I'd like to commend you for the level...Mr. Karnick, I'd like to commend you for the level of integrity in this post.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.com