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To: ahhaha who wrote (334)	10/20/2000 8:25:37 PM
From: Ahda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24758

Nothing is fair and what is the proper approach. In this country we allow deductions on mortgage payments in Canada they don't. Yet their seniors are in many ways more protected than ours under their blanket plan. And youngster used to be given additional checks family allowance (i dontknow if this still applies) . So that meant having numerous children gave you a greater allotment of government funds, which is ridiculous. You can't create fair in any system. I liked the idea of a flat ten period and to me it was very simple all paid ten percent on taxes. It would of ruined the lives of half the IRS however as in my mind it was clear wording flat ten across the board With that thought I ended all tax litigation and put most of the tax people out of work. This created a surplus of employees due to backlash solved two problems in one shot. You can't take away the emotional element of people and the constant bicker of who has more or less. Nor the need of human beings to feel secure in order to progress. Nor human need to be above and plop guilt somewhere else instead of direct hit and change to self. If you hit the fifty thousand bracket before taxes apply and that is not equal. It is to simple to work and anything that is simple has to have something wrong with it I guess.

To: ahhaha who wrote (334)	10/21/2000 4:55:20 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24758

The purpose of taxes is to make us equal. It's called the Robin Hood theory of economics. Long time ago I was wondering about why we had a graduated tax rate. I thought it wasn't very "fair" to tax those people that made more money at a higher rate. The person I asked explained it to me this way: As you get higher on the income scale more of your income is derived not from your own labor, but from the labor of other people. I'm not arguing this point is correct just pointing it out.