Pubdate: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 Source: San Francisco Examiner (CA) Copyright: 2003 San Francisco Examiner Contact: http://www.examiner.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/389 Author: Henry Knowlton Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n234/a04.html GETTING OURS BACK Samantha Spivack cleverly tries to convince us that Ed Rosenthal fell victim to federal drug laws because California accepts about $50 billion in federal funds for things like highways and other items ("The feds versus Ed," Feb. 11). A "sugar daddy," she calls the feds. What she doesn't say is that Californians paid more than $96 billion in federal taxes last year. We're not getting charity; we're not even getting our share. Henry Knowlton Daly City - --- MAP posted-by: Alex