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To: E who wrote (4120)	1/30/2001 10:52:59 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Many people do not eat meat. Our government subsidizes meat production. Hindus cannot eat cattle for religious reasons- it is a horrible sacrilege to kill cattle- should they be taxed so the government can do something so abhorrent to them? Should vegetarians who detest the slaughter of animals be taxed?

To: E who wrote (4120)	1/30/2001 11:28:41 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

They think of it as murder on a massive scale because of their religious beliefs. Not all pro-life people are religious and a position on the question of should abortion be legal isn't really a theological position. I am willing to entertain the idea that everyone get a religious or moral veto on government expenditure of their tax monies. I think in practice such an idea is close to unworkable, and also would cause people to all of the sudden come up with new ideas that they are "morally opposed to" in order to get a tax break. I would instead say that in general the government probably shouldn't fund things that a large minority are very strongly opposed to. But then I think government should fund a lot less then it does include things that are no so controversial. Tim