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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: the future long term financial apocalypse of the USA Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 19:02:39 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <36cea8a5-5e3f-22ba-a79d-808792e295c1@example.net> <421ffe79-ef30-1e1d-4580-288792c48eea@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 02:02:40 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9298cf12d7253c8e9fcee99f23b68b58"; logging-data="877016"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/jZElEyxnGWW2tSE9cP1EBdIuJ6XPC1mc=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:WvsSSAD/nOL6hxEh6K4c8KctYUc= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1903 On 5/20/2024 8:02 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: > D wrote: >>> >>> I am okay paying my share of taxes, as long as everyone else is paying their >>> share too, and I used to think most people are like that. It's definitely >>> different from place to place. >> >> If you think taxes go towards a good thing, why would it change your >> position if others pay or don't pay? Your money still does good. > > Because I am human, and humans get resentful when they feel like they are > being treated unfairly. (Lazarus Long had something to say about this.) > --scott Lazarus Long kept on moving out further every time the tax system became onerous. Onerous was about 2%. Lynn