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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (629938)	9/30/2011 7:56:39 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578069

There's nothing in her words that talks about degree. As far as I'm concerned, you're the one introducing that context, not her. That's because you are being superficial...you have to listen to the woman beyond the few words in the one statement I posted. That question is something YOU really ought to be answering, if you're of the opinion that her words are relatively benign and don't amount to a socialist manifesto. Why is it my responsibility to debunk an accusation you have made without proof? She probably wants to take everything after leaving behind some "fair share" for the factory owner. After all, her "logic" would apply just as much to that extreme as it would to some relatively benign difference. Probably? ...this is the sad shame of our politics...we start with a bias that invades every thought we entertain then proceed to vilify some crazy image of our opponent....you don't even know what she has been saying and you are already convinced that she has a picture of marx in her office... Al

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (629938)	9/30/2011 10:07:33 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578069

Al says, "..depends on how many tax attorneys and lobbyists one can afford. " This is bullshit. Totally. The tax writing process is one that does not lend itself to lobbying influence and as a result, there are few provisions that a result solely of lobbying efforts. The JCT has a great degree of control over the tax writing process which has the effect of filtering out a lot of the lobbying effects normally found in legislation. True, Congress can put anything it wants to into the IRC; but it normally goes through an intensive review and rework by the JCT and its staff long before becoming law. It isn't like some lobbying effort is going to have a direct effect on the tax code. It doesn't happen often. As to how many attorneys one can afford, the marginal value of adding attorneys is minimal even for wealthy people. What is more apt to make a difference is how much one can afford invest in particular directions that may have tax benefits associated with them. Wealthy people can afford to invest, e.g., in tax-free municipal bonds. Of course, the other side of that coin is that congress made tax free bonds for a REASON, i.e., to encourage lending to municipalities which OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAPPEN.