Death & Taxes

While I was e-filing my 2004 taxes today I spent some time, as most of us probably do, thinking about where our taxes go. We've all heard the stories of millions of dollars in pork spread around by our Congress, and it makes no difference if they're Democrat, Republican, or Independent. But what about the biggest pork program in the history of the world: The War on Terror.

We know that Bush has no interest at all in protecting us, our borders, or our troops in Iraq or Afghanistan. This has all turned into a huge money-maker for Halliburton.

So I have an idea for tax relief. Why doesn't Halliburton fund the War on Terror? They're reaping all the profits, let them at least make the investment!

Alternatively, we could cancel the War on Terror, bring our soldiers and sailors home alive, and just write checks to Halliburton in the amount of the windfall profits they're currently making. We'd be just as safe as we are today, probably spend much less tax money on the effort, and our children would be alive.