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edwardk@aimnet.com (Edward N. Kurmudgeon) wrote:

>Travis Corcoran (tjic@alta.openmarket.com) wrote:
>: Come to think of it, what would be fair would be a true FLAT tax (not
>: a flat percentage, but a flat fee): Bill Gates pays $4k a year to the
>: government, I pay $4k a year to the government, and you pay $4k a year
>: to the government (or somthing alone those lines).  Now *THAT* sounds
>: fair.  We all get the same number of votes, we all have the same
>: freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights, we all get judged by the
>: same judicial system....we should all pay the same taxes.

>Well, I am not sure, Travis.  If the Russian came, Bill Gates would lose 
>2 billion dollars of income a year, and I some what less (about 2 billion
>dollars less).  So, don't you think he should pay more since he has a 
>larger stake in this Russian thing?

Listen up folks -- this is Marxism talking here!  Sorry Edward. Travis' idea
may be a little naive but the essence of his proposal is just.  We must pay
for what we get -- not what we have already earned!!!  In the scenario you
attempted, the effort to protect Bill Gates would concurrently protect Travis
-- same service, same price.  By your logic  Bill Gates should pay more for
food than Travis -- simply because he had the audacity to innovate more
effectively than Travis.  And that sir is Socialism in its most vile form:
"..from each according to ability; to each according to need..." and other
such Marxist tripe.