Re: Congress. AARRGGGHH!! (like to say I support Ann for Governor

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From: John Iacoletti
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 1994 00:40

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In article <395nei$1n2@crchh518.bnr.ca>, tomg@bnr.ca (Tom Gargulak) writes:
|> Oh I see.  Juan Gonzalez is more important to society than a good
|> teacher.  You must be a proud parent!

Obviously he is.  Whether you like it or not, professional sports are packing
50000 seat arenas at 30, 40, 50, 100 dollars per ticket.  People vote for
what's important to them with their wallets.

|> BS.  Whats the differnce between having $50m and $100m?  You'll find
|> that the vast majority of people who hit it rich like this were just
|> as much lucky as smart and hard working.  I am not saying take away
|> the extra $50m, just tax 'em heavy.

Why?  They earned it.  Why do you have more rights to their money than they
do?  If you tax it away, they just won't bother to work for that extra
$50m.  Why should they?

--
John Iacoletti     IBM RISC System/6000 Division     johniac@austin.ibm.com
        My opinions do not reflect the views of the IBM Corporation
                "Practice random acts of senselessness"

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