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- From: greg@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Gregory Nowak)
- Subject: Re: Flat Tax Defended
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.123917.523@Princeton.EDU>
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- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 12:39:17 GMT
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- In article <9209101646.AA02789@helium> dolan@nrlmry.navy.mil (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
- }David,
- }
- }There will always be someone below the poverty line; right now it is 31
- }million or so "somebodies", a national disgrace attributable in large
- }part to spending for military and income transfer rather than for the
- }development of profit making enterprises such as exploitation of space,
- }so there is no magic "just enough income" that needs respecting by a
- }"progressive" income tax to the detriment of the country. I'm not
- }proposing that the "safety net" stuff be removed, just that it be taxed
- }the same as the rich person's income, so that the poor have as much
- }(you would say "more") reason than the rich to vote for fiscal
- }responsibility in their politicians, rather than pork barrelers.
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-
- A well-defended thesis, Kent. But seeing as how the discussion has
- become inappropriate for this group, why don't you move it to
- talk.politics.misc? I'm sure that it would provide a better audience.
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- --greg greg@phoenix.princeton.edu
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- "Excuse me, but I created alt.sewing, and participated in the move to
- rec.crafts.textiles." --sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bob Sloane)
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