How did I imply it? I pointed out that the US has been a decent society without tax.

I never said they were better, I never said they were worse. I merely pointed out that there weren't any income taxes in the USA for better part of the first 100 years, and the country was pretty well off overall.

They did not in the USA under the Constitution.

I was just pointing out that people have lived in the USA without income tax. They did for about a century.

Was the USA a decent society before 1861? How about 1894? Those were the years of the first income tax (Wartime and peacetime). 3% During the Civil War. Then 2% in 1894, which was the first peactime income tax.

Maybach Ecelero.

V10 Challenger

34hp on top of 101hp is a big jump. Percentage wise, that is like going from a 300HP v6 to a 400HP v8. Not saying that they are equal though.

I wish I could have worked on Endeavor, that was a great shuttle.

Basically

The easiest thing to do would have been to use a mask:

Except the part where I have spent years as a government contractor working on scientific endeavors. Therefore I see first hand the bullshit that is going on.

Looks like I touched your soft spot.

Most of the science is coming from University of Colorado. Setting direction and outlining deliverables are management things.

Lockheed is Building MAVEN. All NASA is doing for that is planning meetings and funding.

Was this ever more appropriate?

"full color picture displaying the effects of smoking in a graphic way"

What does every kid going to med school drive? A 3 series BMW.

I believe you are confused, I never wrote that.

I was pointing out that this benefited them. Where is my blanket statement?