Or they are redistributed to the largest defense organization in the world to pay the salaries and benefits to our military personnel, eh Marlin? The idea that all those less fortunate than you are Sick Lame and Lazy is pretty... silly would be a nice word. Particularly given that the income tax rate and overall tax burden is not only one of the lowest in the developed industrialized world, but also lower than it was during the Reagan era and nearly any other time in the modern period.