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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (9616)	3/9/2010 4:14:38 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15994

"So" seems to imply that the idea strongly follows from what I said, I don't think that is the case. I would oppose the societal tax associated with birth (in fact with declining birth rates in many places, the reverse may make more sense, not that I necessarily support it either). If you have such a tax, I think high achievement usually provides its own rewards (more reliably so than any political effort), but I would oppose confiscatory taxation or other government efforts to level down or remove those rewards.