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To: energyplay who wrote (54223)	10/14/2004 11:02:59 AM
From: Tommaso	Respond to of 74559

"idiots from their folly" Well, we do it by making addictive drugs somewhat hard to buy. And by taxing distilled alcohol at high rates. 150 years ago addiction to opium in the form of laudenum (sp?) was common. You could buy as much as you wanted, cheap, at any drug store. A gallon of Jack Daniels whisky cost 50 cents a hundred years ago. Lots more people than now stayed drunk all day. Aggressive pushing of credit cards should be illegal. Exorbitant late-payment fees should be illegal.

To: energyplay who wrote (54223)	10/14/2004 11:27:03 AM
From: Seeker of Truth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Easy as pie. Just put a tax on interest on consumer loans so punitive that the credit card companies will retreat from the business. Or not allow them to deduct losses. Same result. Some people at the bottom of the economic ladder would be unable to replace their wreck of a car. So they'd have to move closer to where the jobs are or where public transportation is. But what a wonderful way to encourage people to save!