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  1. Newsgroups: misc.consumers
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!jvnc.net!erenj.com!rufus.erenj.com!srfergu
  3. From: srfergu@rufus.erenj.com (Scott Ferguson)
  4. Subject: Re: Just a Question
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan5.212328.21076@erenj.com>
  6. Sender: news@erenj.com (USENET News System)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: rufus.erenj.com
  8. Organization: Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
  9. References: <1993Jan4.193327.233@merlin.dev.cdx.mot.com> <1993Jan4.231338.22061@ads.com> <1993Jan5.174930.1348@merlin.dev.cdx.mot.com> <1993Jan5.212124.21005@erenj.com>
  10. Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 21:23:28 GMT
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  13. In article <1993Jan5.212124.21005@erenj.com>, srfergu@rufus.erenj.com (Scott Ferguson) writes:
  14. |> I suggest we go to all consumption tax, and no income tax. Then we encourage
  15. |> conservation of everything, and sleazebags can't slime out of paying their
  16. |> taxes. Any other theories?
  17. |> 
  18.  
  19. Of course, in self-rebuttal, consumption tax implies a flat rate, so the
  20. poor pay the same as the rich. Comments, anyone? I guess we're crossing
  21. into the realm of misc.something.else here...
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  25. Scott Ferguson                        Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
  26. Project Engineer                      New Jersey
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  28. "Always bark at a dog."
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