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To: J.B.C. who wrote (314703)	11/5/2002 3:52:57 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

I also hope they pay their legally owed taxes but I doubt it.

To: J.B.C. who wrote (314703)	11/5/2002 4:33:18 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

They do by investing (taking risks) and creating more business and jobs. That is really beside the point. While a progressive tax rate can be implemented stupidly, there is no requirement that it be so. Nobody gets wealthy on their own labor alone (even a baseball star couldn't get his salary if the hotdog vendors weren't pulling in revenue), there is always a chain of people involved, but our system of rewards which benefits those at choke points of product is not a completely efficient way of recognizing that value chain. TP