# For those who think Moore is pocketing all the profits **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 5, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583 "2004-07-05T02:49:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/21 "2004-07-06T02:35:46Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > Interesting. As a democrat, why do you care so much about spending MY money then, like Hillary wanting to “take things away from me for the common good”. My money is my money, same as MM’s. You’re right, it ain’t any of your business. So keep your’re filthy, grubby, evil paws off of it, thank you very much. I think the question whether the state should tax people is an entirely rant in its own right. ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/22 "2004-07-06T02:37:03Z")
> [@Optihut](#): > > I think the question whether the state should tax people is an entirely rant in its own right. Meh, that didn’t even make sense. Let me try again: I think the question whether the state should tax people would warrant an entirely new rant in its own right. Marginally better at least 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/23 "2004-07-06T03:00:17Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > Interesting. As a democrat, why do you care so much about spending MY money then, like Hillary wanting to “take things away from me for the common good”. My money is my money, same as MM’s. You’re right, it ain’t any of your business. So keep your’re filthy, grubby, evil paws off of it, thank you very much. Especially using **your** money to invade countries whose actual threat to the United States was wildly exaggerated. I hope you’ll join me in being outraged by that. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/24 "2004-07-06T03:04:33Z")
> [@Blalron](#): > > Especially using **your** money to invade countries whose actual threat to the United States was wildly exaggerated. I hope you’ll join me in being outraged by that. Meh, Iraq needed a smack-down, and it got one in spades. Do you have anything else? ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/25 "2004-07-06T03:12:00Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > Meh, Iraq needed a smack-down, and it got one in spades. Do you have anything else? So confiscating your money is ok for social programs in Iraq, but social programs in the United States are bad? ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/26 "2004-07-06T03:17:00Z")
> [@Blalron](#): > > So confiscating your money is ok for social programs in Iraq, but social programs in the United States are bad? No, there shouldn’t be social programs anywhere. Here’s a novel idea, why doesn’t everyone take care of their own fucking self? ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/27 "2004-07-06T03:21:15Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > No, there shouldn’t be social programs anywhere. Here’s a novel idea, why doesn’t everyone take care of their own fucking self? Why didn’t Iraq take care of itself? ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/28 "2004-07-06T03:24:47Z")
> [@Blalron](#): > > Why didn’t Iraq take care of itself? OK, that makes sense, NOT. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/29 "2004-07-06T03:28:02Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > OK, that makes sense, NOT. Why didn’t the people of Iraq liberate their own fucking selves? Why should our government force **us** to pay for **their** liberation and rebuilding their country with hundreds of billions of dollars in tax money, and run up huge deficits in the process? ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/30 "2004-07-06T03:34:20Z")
> [@Blalron](#): > > Why didn’t the people of Iraq liberate their own fucking selves? I dunno, why didn’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/31 "2004-07-06T03:35:39Z")
> [@Blalron](#): > > Why didn’t Iraq take care of itself? **Blalron** , 1. **milroyj** , 0. Give it up **milroyj** , what little argument you had has just been bitch-slapped. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/32 "2004-07-06T04:18:13Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > I dunno, why didn’t they? Who cares? They couldn’t do it themselves, why are we footing the bill and doing it for them? If they can’t liberate themselves, then they don’t deserve to be liberated, right? Right? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/33 "2004-07-06T04:19:33Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > Interesting. As a democrat, why do you care so much about spending MY money then, like Hillary wanting to “take things away from me for the common good”. My money is my money, same as MM’s. You’re right, it ain’t any of your business. So keep your’re filthy, grubby, evil paws off of it, thank you very much. Truly moronic. I am fiscally conservative democrat. I do not like spending more than we take in. I also do not like corporate welfare or a 200 billion dollar rescue operation that my (and yours) great great grandkids are gonna get stuck with the bill for. Do you have any more assumptions to deal with? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/34 "2004-07-06T06:54:08Z")
Forget Iraq taking care of itself, I don’t understand why conservatives shudder at the idea of taxpayer dollars going to programs that benefit taxpayers, but are eager to see taxpayer dollars go to programs that benefit big wealthy corporations. Airline bail-out, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/35 "2004-07-06T07:03:13Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > …Airline bail-out, anyone? Is that the same bailout that Tom Daschle’s wife lobbyed for? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/36 "2004-07-06T07:37:56Z")
What makes you think I give two toots what Tom Daschle’s wife wants? (This is what’s known as _thinking for yourself,_ **Brutus.** If you stop listening to Rush and Bill and Ann, you can try it sometime) ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/37 "2004-07-06T07:58:18Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > What makes you think I give two toots what Tom Daschle’s wife wants?.. I never claimed that you did. For you to give one toot, much less two, for Mrs.Daschle’s lobbying efforts would take some measure of objectivity from you. I would just as soon expect pigs to fly or Moore to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/38 "2004-07-06T08:12:53Z")
> [@Blalron](#): > > Why didn’t the people of Iraq liberate their own fucking selves? Uh… in case you didn’t notice, they tried. Saddam murdered them. I agree, though, it’s not our job! After all, who casme to help us when we were trying to get out from under the thumb of King George III of England? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/39 "2004-07-06T10:48:41Z")
> [@Snakespirit](#): > > I agree, though, it’s not our job! After all, who casme to help us when we were trying to get out from under the thumb of King George III of England? The French? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583/40 "2004-07-06T10:57:04Z")
> [@Snakespirit](#): > > Uh… in case you didn’t notice, they tried. Saddam murdered them. > > I agree, though, it’s not our job! After all, who casme to help us when we were trying to get out from under the thumb of King George III of England? The French. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-think-moore-is-pocketing-all-the-profits/253583.md?page=3)