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Re: Marriage Penalty

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From: Keith A. Glass
Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 11:01
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On Fri, 04 May 2001 05:42:12 GMT, "mapanari" <mapanari@earthlink.nut>
wrote:

>I don't think you quite got the message.
>
>Of course we should re populate our own selves, otherwise we'd be like
>Russia with a net drain of people and a dying economy.
>
>But if you have one or two children, and you love them and take care of them
>and provide for them then this does not apply to you.
>
>But you must agree that if you want to have a whole trailor full of snotty
>nosed macro-encephalactic hobbling children all feeding off the public
>welfare, that you shouldn't be rewarded for this but penalized.
>
>I don't want to pay for your excess children and defectives.  But I'm happy
>to pay the massive taxes and property taxes for your two, healthy,
>well-behaved and well-brought up children who come from mentally healthy
>homes who are loved and taken care off.

Thanks for oiling up that slippery slope.  Who decides whether the
kids are healthy, well-behaved, well-brought-up, etc ???

And who decides who SHOULDN'T breed ??

Should we sterilize people on the purchase of a trailer home, or the
acquisition of a license to practice law, or an aol.com account ???
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From: salgak@earthling.net (Keith A. Glass)
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Subject: Re: Marriage Penalty
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