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Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts) Mon Oct 13, 2014, 05:39 PM Oct 2014

There are consequences to a "government so small you can drown it in a bathtub"

And I would point out that $1 billion 2002 dollars adjusted for inflation is $1.32 billion, so this is worse than it looks.

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There are consequences to a "government so small you can drown it in a bathtub" (Original Post) Kelvin Mace Oct 2014 OP

yeah, people drown in bathtubs. unblock Oct 2014 #1

That's terrible. But you can also drown a whole city like Bush did with New Orleans. Louisiana1976 Oct 2014 #2

How many millionaires used their tax cuts... lastlib Oct 2014 #3

Who'd of thought??????????????? HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #4

unblock

(52,188 posts)

1. yeah, people drown in bathtubs.

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Original post)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 06:07 PM

Oct 2014

ok, it's snarky, but that's right, people have accidents, sometimes in bathtubs, and government-funded ambulances staffed with people who are often government employees and often government-trained come to their rescue and save lives.

it's just one tiny example of government helping people, often to the point of life-saving help. there are many others.

unless there's not enough funding for that sort of thing.

Louisiana1976

(3,962 posts)

2. That's terrible. But you can also drown a whole city like Bush did with New Orleans.

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Original post)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 06:08 PM

Oct 2014

lastlib

(23,204 posts)

3. How many millionaires used their tax cuts...

Reply to Louisiana1976 (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 07:10 PM

Oct 2014

...to rebuild New Orleans' levees after Katrina???

Some things take GOVT initiative.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

4. Who'd of thought???????????????

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Original post)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 07:15 PM

Oct 2014

Just remember, e pluribus unim, does NOT suggest we are in it together.

It only suggest that from many ONE benefits.

I have a feeling THE ONE has a surname: KOCH

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