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- From: lmh@world.std.com (Larry M Headlund)
- Subject: Re: Butt-Fucked in Massachussetts
- Message-ID: <By1HqJ.EMt@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <BxzHz8.HMq@world.std.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 00:08:43 GMT
- Lines: 36
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- In article <BxzHz8.HMq@world.std.com> rjk@world.std.com (robert j kolker) writes:
- >The Great and General Court of the Commenwealth of Massachussetts has done
- >it again. They (with their veto-proof Democratic majority) are repaying
- >all the effort of those sterling citizens who live off the blood of
- >Massachussetts taxpayers by pushing through a 13% raise in wages. When was
- >the last time you received a 13% raise in wages comrades?
-
- The general state employee's have not received any cost-of-living
- or other general increase for four years, managers for six.
-
- >
- >And that is not all. Jim Broudie the God-Father of the Broudie bunch has
- >rammed through a proposal to go to the graduated income tax. This will be
- >on the ballot in 1994 where I *hope* the still wise and sane folk of the
- >Commonwealth will knock it down for the fifth time. Broudie and his
- >tax-happy friends just don't get it. The vast majority of the middle class
- >(or what is left of it) do *not* want to support the basket cases of the
- >world through tax financed government programs. In additon to being
- >unloved and immoral, this approach is fraudulent, since 60 cents(at least)
- >of every dollar raised in taxes for the comfort of the poor, ends up in
- >the burocracy anyway. Besides how many of you wan't to support slutty
- >young woman in their occupation of making babies they can't afford to feed
- >and educate. Screw'em and let them starve.
-
- Assuming you are refering to income transfer payments, the ratio
- of direct benefits to administration is more like 4 to 1. And if you reduce
- administration costs then you are also eliminating the oversite that
- catches cheats.
-
- The remainder of your post is too vile to deserve comment, except
- that when you use the term "basket case" you should contemplate the
- lyrics to _Johnny, We hardly knew ye_.
-
-
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- Larry Headlund lmh@world.std.com Eikonal Systems (617) 482-3345
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