Did you know that the US Government collected $1.2 trillion dollars in taxes in 1990? That's about $4800 for every man, woman and child in America.
But that's not the astonishing fact. What's astonishing is that 70% of that money went to transfer payments:
$840 billion dollars was money taken from one person and given to another on the 'Basis of Need.' You may remember that 'Basis of Need' is what got Russia and the Eastern bloc in the mess they are in today.
(And you thought you just wanted to print Envelopes!)
