"Jeff Franks" wrote in message
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Our second amendment is there not for the personal protection (thats a
by
product), but specifically to keep our government from growing so
corrupt
that the people can't defend themselves against it.

it seems the time is coming closer to use them (?)

But....if we only let the "professionals" have them, where does that leave
us? Seems Europe shoulda learned that lesson about twice last century.


Our founding fathers
were revolutionaries. And the last thing they wanted was another
tyrannical
government out of control running their lives. But coming from a
quasi-socialistic society with a 96% tax bracket, I wouldn't expect the
Brit's to understand.

96% tax bracket? where? and sources, please.


I was referring to the UK. I can't find any print to back it up. Where I
got it from was a news report (Dan Rather/Tom Brokaw National news type)
from a few years back. The report stated that at the time the "Spice
Girls"
were moving out of the UK to avoid the high tax rate. The numbers they
used
were that they were already in the 40% tax bracket and if their movie
"spice
world" did well at the box office, then they would be up in the 96%
bracket.
I about fell out of my chair, but they said it twice. I will allow the
possibility that they were completely wrong, but this is my source.

Totally wrong asshole. The top rate of tax is 40%, the bottom rate is 20%.

30 years ago there was a top rate of 98% on unearned income over £1m (i.e.
investment income) but who would be worrying about them.