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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Well, it does. Look at that tax base article I posted earlier. When times are good, the various govt.'s make tons of money as well  |
But tax revenue is collected no matter what. From everybody. So does that mean if I was reckless with my money and bought millions of dollars worth of dot-com stocks in the late 1990's, that I am entitled to a government-sponsored bailout because I paid my taxes?