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Are you old enough to have paid taxes in the 1960s? :)

He used present tense so I'm not sure he was aware it occurred in the 1960s before jumping the gun to complain about taxes.

You have grasped the purpose of my tongue-in-cheek comment!

(And given me an opportunity to make another one!)

Really, though, ... there's worse things tax dollars have been spent on in the 1960s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unethical_human_experimentatio...

If they are to add the word "were," it would be consistent. ;)

Nope, young enough to be paying interest on the debt ;P

No worries, the interest on the debt is being paid with more debt. You're off the hook!

usefulcat comments on the Accoustic Kitty thread. Wheels within wheels! :)

The poster being old enough to have paid taxes that paid for bonds which funded those activities doesn't seem unlikely.

Don't worry, your tax dollars are fulfilling much more noble goals today like subsidising fossil fuels or autonomous attack drones.

These sort of exercises have motivated investments in miniaturization of electronics so they can end up being practical on occasion.