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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
- Message-ID: <9212212145.AA13008@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.politics
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:45:51 -0800
- Sender: Forum for the Discussion of Politics <POLITICS@UCF1VM.BITNET>
- From: Andy Freeman <andy@SAIL.STANFORD.EDU>
- Subject: Re: prime theories
- In-Reply-To: <POLITICS%92121915512285@OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
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- >> Not being a mind-reader, I won't guess what KAT really "means" and
- >> comment only on what he writes. Since it is so hard to discuss things
- >> with him without being a mindreader, perhaps discussing things with
- >> him is poor judgment. I guess that says something about both of us.
- >
- >So if I say, "men are deprived from a fundamental joy since they
- >may get pregnant," you need to be a mind reader in order to realize
- >that I simply dropped a "not?" What do people call this attitude?
- >Condescending?
-
- KAT confuses an occasional slipup with a consistent pattern.
-
- >> How about not? After all, we've seen that progressive marginal has
- >> some bad properties and there doesn't seem to be a good argument for
- >> it. (Note that arguments for progressive AVERAGE are not necessarily
- >> arguments for progressive MARGINAL.)
- >
- >"Bad properties," which bad properties? I don't recall seeing anything.
- >Can you elaborate a bit and be a bit more specific? And "there doesn't seem
- >to be a good argument for it?????" Are you serious? Did you think I
- >would let this pass by? How about this for at least one good argument
- >for it: it put a higher burden on those who can afford it.
-
- Try again. Progressive AVERAGE rates do put a higher burden on those
- who can afford it, but progressive MARGINAL ones may not. That's one
- of the differences between AVERAGE and MARGINAL.
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- -andy
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