From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Mon Jun 24 2002 - 08:30:16 MDT
>From: "Olga Bourlin" <fauxever@sprynet.com>
>I meant in a figurative sense, as when rich people or big
>businesses lie, cheat, avoid taxes and exploit their workers
>(Enron, ImClone, Martha Stewart of late - granted, she's only
>under investigation as of now). Remember Leona Helmsley - "We
>don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes." The results,
>however, are often literal: more poverty for the poor.
Ms Helmsly was wrong and paid the price.
The fact is that the upper 5% of wage earners pay half of ALL
taxes. Contrary to popular belief.
>I don't care what today's allegedly compassionate liberals think
>of anyone else. How people feel and think cannot be legislated.
>What is important is that basic medical insurance (to use one
>example) would benefit many people, and that this is something
>possible to attain.
I'd be happy to see the plan. I'm more than willing to pay my fair
share.
Unfortunately every plan I've seen to date would require me to pay
several times my fair share to work.
So obviously I don't support them.
Brian
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