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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (857)	2/15/2001 3:02:28 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Respond to of 14610

Trust me, I've given the idea serious consideration (at least for a moment or two) The other thing that pisses me off is this "working family" propaganda. There are workers. Period. I don't want to see any laws that favor ANY marital or familial construct. bp@flattax.com

To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (857)	2/16/2001 10:39:02 AM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

Regarding the marriage penalty---- a colleague of mine (dyed in the wool liberal Union lawyer) decided to explain to me the error of my ways re: supporting repeal of marriage penalty. He says that Clinton was extremely wise to have vetoed the bill. The theory is that elimination of the marriage penalty would have the effect of giving an additional bonus to some married taxpayers. In other words,in the case of married taxpayers with one non-working spouse, that spouse will ultimately be entitled to receive SSI benefits, despite not having worked. This is the "bonus". If the marriage penalty is eliminated, that would give an "extra" bonus to such taxpayers. He went on to say that the real reason for the Republican support of elimination of the penalty is to encourage women to stay home with their children, again because it increases the bonus. Imagine that. The tax code being used by anyone for social architecture.......