So they should have been able to keep their places and skip out on their taxes? I'm not following.

Dave's idea is the best I've heard. A lot of the people yelling loudest against taxes (not necessarily on this board) are the same people that were the must gung-ho about heading overseas to bust some heads. They often seem blind to the ludicrous costs required to fund such ventures. Although some of them suddenly seem less blind to it now that Obama is president.