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In article <linleyCsnro9.KCA@netcom.com>,
Bruce James Robert Linley <linley@netcom.com> wrote:
>enjoying the benefits of 20-year homeowners. These people _invested_ in their
>future and are now enjoying the benefits that (waaaaaaa!) you want now or
>spitefully want to deprive them of (the f***-you-too mentality).
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				    The essence of democracy

>>I say, soak the rich.
>
>Ah! there's the aforementioned mentality showing itself right now!

It's more complicated than just "soak the rich".  The essence of
democracy is that the majority gets its way and rules over the
minorities.  The rich just happen to be the juiciest target among
the minorities.

>Guess who there's more of? Of course, I do not believe that is right to tax
>people differently based on their incomes. I support a flat percentage federal
>and state (for those states that do so) income tax. Everyone pays
>proportionally the same amount. This would make things very fair for
>everyone and simplify paperwork greatly for you and for the gov't saving
>even more money. No muss. No fuss. (Annual income) * 0.15 mailed in to
>Uncle Sam every year.

That's silly.  Anyone who supports income tax is a sucker for big
government.  No matter how you reorganize it, income tax insures work
for lawyers.  No matter how simple a tax plan may seem, if it's income
tax the lawyers can spend forever finding better and better loopholes
to replace the ones you close.  And when you close each loophole you
add complexity to the income tax law.

And don't forget, no matter how simple the income tax seems, it still
gives the government the right to invade your privacy and demand that
you show them your bank account, where you spent your money, where you
earned it, whether you did any moonlighting work, whether you have any
forgeign bank accounts, etc., and they can even justify demanding that
you explain every minute of your life to them to insure that you didn't
earn unreported income on the side.

>Do not consider any of the above as an attack upon you personally. It is also
>meant as an attack upon all of the we-need-bigger-gov't tax-tax-tax pinko
>liberalites.

Such as yourself and all other income tax suckers.