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To: Joe NYC who wrote (354644)	10/12/2007 3:14:53 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573678

Joe, > But their inclusion in the system would make them "owners" of the country, and responsible for its well being. John once said, "The obvious conclusion is to raise taxes to cut spending..." Message 23935626 The oxymoron is best explained by his previous post: Message 23935288 > You think the public will ever make these guys reign in spending when they don't have to pay taxes to support it? Tenchusatsu

To: Joe NYC who wrote (354644)	10/13/2007 8:00:32 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573678

re: As I said, this is would be just a symbolic thing. It's not that the amount raised will make much of a dent. But their inclusion in the system would make them "owners" of the country, and responsible for its well being. It would be more than symbolic to the poor... it might just push them over the edge to homelessness. And as you say it wouldn't raise much revenue so wouldn't solve our deficit problem. I'm not sure their feeling of being "owners" of the country would be so heartfelt when they are living in a cardboard box.