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- From: evansmp@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Evans)
- Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal: Illegitimate-conception Tax
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.133117.14225@aston.ac.uk>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 13:31:17 GMT
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- Kevin Darcy (kevin@rotag.mi.org) wrote:
- : In article <17JAN199311115080@utkvx3.utk.edu> dchatham@utkvx3.utk.edu (Chatham, Doug) writes:
- : >In article <1993Jan17.042429.16551@rotag.mi.org>, kevin@rotag.mi.org
- : >(Kevin Darcy) writes...
- : >>Relatively short and sweet, primarily directed at those folks who keep mixing
- : >>up the economic and biological aspects of the paternity child support issue...
- : >>
- : >>PROPOSAL:
- : >>
- : >>Abolish traditional paternity child support, and, in its place, make every
- : >>man and woman who cause a conception, while not married to each other, pay an
- : >>"Illegitimate-conception Tax". ...
- : >>
- : >> [...]
- : >>
- : >
- : >PROBLEMS:
- : >
- : > 1. The issue of CONSENT is not addressed by this proposal. Should
- : >women who have been raped be further injured by being forced to pay an
- : >18+ year tax? On the other hand, should the children who are the result of
- : >rape not be supported?
- :
- : Hmmm... an oversight. The tax should only apply to unmarried folks who cause a
- : conception by a voluntary act. A rapist should be liable for the tax, but not
- : his victim.
-
- This still has loop holes (in fact comes rather near to a no-win situation)
-
- You then create a situation where someone can attempt to get out of the tax
- by claiming to have been raped.
-
- Also what about where the pregancy is a result of deliberate sabortage of
- contraceptive devices, caused by either of the participents or a third party.
- (false claims that an oral contraceptive had been taken also)
-
- And also you have assumed that in a rape it MUST be the male who has commited
- the rape.
-
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