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To: TimF who wrote (148420)	10/21/2004 9:46:22 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<you can find quite a few people who do supporter higher taxes on the rich as a matter of principle> This is a principle that relates to foreign policy. Right now your son or daughter does not have to go to Iraq if you are wealthy. We have a backdoor draft through the reserves. When we did have a draft, wealthy people did not have to go to Vietnam -- you could find a way out completely as Dick Cheney did five times or you could sidestep it as Bush did. We have some things that a burden to be shared. Wealthy people need to share in supporting the society that has given them an environment that has enabled them to be wealthy. A progressive tax code is one way of doing exactly that. Should Bil Gates be taxed at a higher rate than a single mother with a job at the golden arches -- your darn tooting he should. Should the children of wealthy families be able to evade serving in the military -- no way. We have serious issues about fairness in this country. Dick Cheney can send your child to die for nothing in Iraq, but he was smart enough to save his own skin when it was his turn. There is something wrong with that.