chu@lasspvax.UUCP (Clare Chu) (03/05/85)
> And, let us not forget, the whole thing star- >ted when whites enslaved blacks, took them OUT OF THEIR HOMELAND AGAINST THEIR >WILL and forced them to work their land, with NO PAY, with NO HOPE of freedom. >They were OWNED by their masters, treated as CHATTEL, sold at the master's >wills, families split up, some were raped, some were killed trying to escape >(I digress ...). >-- >If you wanna ride, don't ride the white horse. > >Greg Skinner (gregbo) >{allegra,cbosgd,ihnp4}!houxm!gregbo Guess what??? We are ALL slaves now. Did you know that an average American tax payer pays total taxes of 45%? The return on slaves in the pre-Civil War South was only 12%..Wow!!! Yep, it all started when the IRS took us out the wilderness and forced us to work for them until June 12th of each and every calendar year. So how does it feel to be a slave? ;-) Clare ----- (standard disclaimer in effect)
rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) (03/11/85)
> > Guess what??? We are ALL slaves now. Did you know that an > average American tax payer pays total taxes of 45%? The return > on slaves in the pre-Civil War South was only 12%..Wow!!! Yep, > it all started when the IRS took us out the wilderness and forced > us to work for them until June 12th of each and every calendar > year. So how does it feel to be a slave? ;-) > > Clare > ----- > (standard disclaimer in effect) Well I'm sure glad someone cleared that up! I never knew paying for the services we expect our country to provide was worse than having no control over your life. This being a slave thing isn't so bad! I don't know why those black people had to do all that bitching. BTW, can I still get that 12% return rate? Sure beats my CD! (guess what goes here?!) *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
sohan@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ramakrishna Pillai, Sohan C) (03/18/85)
***for the hypothetical line-eater bug*** > Guess what??? We are ALL slaves now. Did you know that an >average American tax payer pays total taxes of 45%? The return >on slaves in the pre-Civil War South was only 12%..Wow!!! Yep, >it all started when the IRS took us out the wilderness and forced >us to work for them until June 12th of each and every calendar >year. So how does it feel to be a slave? ;-) > > Clare The returns on slaves in the pre-Civil War South was only 12%. What about the slaves, dummy? What did they get for this 12%?