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Non-Tech : Who Really Pays Taxes? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: c.horn who wrote (4)	8/13/2000 7:35:47 AM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 666

Actually I do not see how it is "spending", as you say. Seems to me that Clinton is unaware of trickle down effects of more available money in the public hands, particularly among people who have the funds for private investment. If you were to consider the effect of the '87 market burp the effect on people of more substance on average may have been a 6 month cutback in expenditures. These expenditures however contributed to the economic well-being of each of us. When there is more money in the mix the average person has a better opportunity to earn and provide him or herself with an ability to improve personal standards of living. Further, it is a logical leap to presume that Estate Tax will remain in force as well. So what of issues such as farmers, large landowners whose children could not inherit the real estate due to the tax burden. As these farms pass into the mists of time replacing them with more townhouses for more people may result in a different set of socio-economic problems. It may not; but what of these people who cannot afford to keep the family farm. Obviously these are not wealthy people. This tax issue, I believe, will hurt the democrats particularly in the Heartland.

To: c.horn who wrote (4)	8/14/2000 6:18:32 AM
From: scotty	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 666

Younger workers are getting the shaft, I feel retirees should contribute more....some stuff...http://www.concordcoalition.org/facing_facts/index.html