[Tommy]

Originally Posted by Gunner

I'll simply leave you to look up the massive amounts of federal support that has poured into Alabama in the last 50 years or so (approximately your lifetime), and list - just for yourself, not asking for a public reply - how much of it directly benefited you even though it came from, among others, me... and why I should give a rat's patootie about you or any other person, place or thing in Alabama. (If I remember correctly, Alabama is near the top in federal dollar inflow relative to tax rates.)

Not trying to start a pointless argument - just pointing out that the way the world works, the way the world keeps working, is for those who have to help those who don't. As one of the beneficiaries of a net federal support system, I think it's important that you understand that, and that maybe the flow should go both ways when necessary.

No sooner did I post a compliment about your communications skills than you wrote something I can't follow. Could you repeat your point so I can understand it better?