GUEST G:

First of all, no one qwho breathes air in the United States and spends any money excapes paying taxes... Taxes are hidden in cost of goods... taxes are levied on produicts... Taxes are levied on some services... Taxes are levied on phones, internet use, cable tv, etc... And all of these taxes are paid by everyone, irregarless of income... And, BTW, these taxes are horribly regressive and effect those of limited income much more than those of higher incomes...

As fir the dollars in... Why sure there are more actual tax dollars coming in but because of the tax cuts the increased actual tax dollars are not keeping up with expeditures... This ain't real complictaed, here... If this is yer familee, you'll probably end up in a bankruptcy court...

John Harly:

I agree with you wholeheartedly that we really need to have an open discussion about policies that will not only deal wioth the basics buty go well beyond the basics and find creative ways of ending this cruel cycle... It is like a cancer in our country and this discssion is well overdue...

Andas for rebuilding New Orleans???? Why???? I think wwe need to have a real disxcussion about the smartness of rebuilding New Orleans... Einstien said that repeating a behavior expecting different results is the defination of insanity... No, before we go craeting a big mess, why not step back and give New Orleans some serious thinking??? Especially rebuilding it as a population center...

Bobert