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To: Lane3 who wrote (17116)	4/20/2010 10:00:41 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 42652

For anyone thinking that the US has already gone off the deep end and down the slippery slope, here's some perspective... <g> Egalitarianism: The Next Step A blog reader alerts me to this piece from the Times of London: Brussels decrees holidays are a human right AN overseas holiday used to be thought of as a reward for a year’s hard work. Now Brussels has declared that tourism is a human right and pensioners, youths and those too poor to afford it should have their travel subsidised by the taxpayer. Under the scheme, British pensioners could be given cut-price trips to Spain, while Greek teenagers could be taken around disused mills in Manchester to experience the cultural diversity of Europe. The idea for the subsidised tours is the brainchild of Antonio Tajani, the European Union commissioner for enterprise and industry, who was appointed by Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister. The scheme, which could cost hundreds of millions of pounds a year, is intended to promote a sense of pride in European culture, bridge the north-south divide in the continent and prop up resorts in their off-season. Tajani, who unveiled his plan last week at a ministerial conference in Madrid, believes the days when holidays were a luxury have gone. “Travelling for tourism today is a right. The way we spend our holidays is a formidable indicator of our quality of life,” he said. Tajani, who used to be transport commissioner, said he had been able to “affirm the rights of passengers” in his previous office and the next step was to ensure people’s “right to be tourists”. gregmankiw.blogspot.com

To: Lane3 who wrote (17116)	4/20/2010 10:35:35 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

What does it matter that the deductions are available to everyone as long as when they are used by a family at that earnings level, the result is no income tax paid? That gets to the righteousness of the taxation system. It is for instance true that a very rich person whose income is derived primarily from investments pays an even lower total tax rate than the poor slob with family of four scraping by on $50K. Where do you want to take this argument? Do you want to further tax the family of four with an AGI of 30K for instance, after that same family pays full SS and Medicare, state taxes, sales taxes on practically everything they make, etc......that's what the article is talking about, ok? The morality of taxing the poor. Al