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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (14088)	5/10/2001 2:34:29 PM
From: nasdaqian	Read Replies (1) of 42834

not sure what you mean here. my point was that the 100% tax rate for income over $100k is so extraordinary that nobody really knows what would happen - if you think you do, imho, you are fooling yourself. in any case, the example was made to make a point and nothing more. I did misread the 1st time. However, I think it's pretty obvious the govt would become huge and very "protective". not sure what your point is. defense is a legitimate role of govt. that absolutely does not mean that folks can't abuse a legitimate role. specing out $20k toilet seats when $100 seats would do fine could be an example. since the mfr of the $20k seat is a friend of govt officials and they contribute a lot of dough, no big deal, right? ;-( Not the norm and therefore not a valid general condemnation. Problematic yes, but manageable. vouchers are just another way to limit access to improved education to poor people. this totally defeats what i'm talking about. blaming poor undereducated people for creating poor undereducated children is kind of silly (poverty tends to continue until someone breaks the change - often with the need of some help). if society wants to solve the problem, instead of just b* about it then poor kids need equal access to education. if you think vouchers will enable the avg poor kid from south central to go to private school then you have not thought through the issue or do not understand supply and demand dynamics. I pretty much disagree on all points here. A voucher system would stimulate the creation of more private schools because there would be more demand for them. Competition in price in performance would be quite preferable than the failing, dumbed-down, monopolistic system we have. Funny how competition and entrepreneurship works. Vouchers would open access for poor people to better education. Those who would now like to send their kids to private schools would be more able to do so. Please don't lecture me about supply and demand dynamics. You are not equipped. the kids in less than ideal circumstances don't care who provides the help. But I do. So should you.

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