mornin Laur if u liked the n/m we left ya better read your email!! And da reason politicians can get away w/doling out money that they have no right 2 and that does NOT belong to them is that they have the morality of altruism on their side. According to altruism--the morality that most Americans accept and that politicians exploit for all it's worth--those who have more have the moral obligation to help those who have less. This is y Americans------the wealthiest people on earth------r expected 2 sacrifice (voluntarily or by force) the wealth they have earned to provide for the needs of those who did NOT earn it. It is Americans' acceptance of altruism that renders them morally impotent 2 protest against the confiscation & distribution of their wealth. It is past time 2 question----and to reject----such a vicious morality that demands that we sacrifice our values instead of holding on 2them. Ok time for my AM coffee