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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (59560)	3/17/2004 11:12:19 PM
From: Dinesh	of 64865

Lizzie While I agree that it's a highly contentious issue and the debate will always bring on far more sub-issues than merely the living cost disparities, the specific issue is not unknown to the government, esp. the IRS. IRS has long published acceptable per diem rates (lodging, food, transportation) by zip codes and cities, by major world cities and by countries for a long time. Every year it revisits this chart of rates so is isn't deadwood either. See this website: policyworks.gov You may not agree with the exact amounts in this chart but it is the relative cost that I would like to stay focused on, just to avoid that complex "living costs" trap. So it is not that our administration is entirely clueless. On the contrary I sometimes feel our beaurocracy is pretty good at collecting and collating an amazingly large set of data. Rather it is the policy makers whose motives I find suspect at times. There could have been some relief in the tax code but apparently not. The cynical view would be that that would have been perhaps unfair to the poor :-\| Regards Dinesh

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