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glad to see my tax dollars being put to use on such a practical exercise
by WorldPeas 6y ago
glad to see my tax dollars being put to use on such a practical exercise
- eqvinox 6y agoAre you old enough to have paid taxes in the 1960s? :)
- pfundstein 6y agoHe used present tense so I'm not sure he was aware it occurred in the 1960s before jumping the gun to complain about taxes.
- eqvinox 6y agoYou have grasped the purpose of my tongue-in-cheek comment! (And given me an opportunity to make another one!) Really, though, ... there's worse things tax dollars have been spent on in the 1960s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentation_in_the_United_States#1960s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentatio...
- hexbinencoded 6y agoIf they are to add the word "were," it would be consistent. ;)
- tuckerconnelly 6y agoNope, young enough to be paying interest on the debt ;P
- usefulcat 6y agoNo worries, the interest on the debt is being paid with more debt. You're off the hook!
- ARandomerDude 6y agousefulcat comments on the Accoustic Kitty thread. Wheels within wheels! :)
- nullc 6y agoThe poster being old enough to have paid taxes that paid for bonds which funded those activities doesn't seem unlikely.
- raverbashing 6y agoDon't worry, your tax dollars are fulfilling much more noble goals today like subsidising fossil fuels or autonomous attack drones.
- ENOTTY 6y agoThese sort of exercises have motivated investments in miniaturization of electronics so they can end up being practical on occasion.