It was Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, John McCains good friends, who said that 9/11 was God's righteous punishment of the United States for tolerating gays and lesbians.

The only difference was they were serious, while Moore was being satirical............
A fine point I wouldn't expect the right to grasp.............

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address