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- From: adric@access.digex.com (William Johnson)
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- Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal: Illegitimate-conception Tax
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 22:23:48 -0500
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- References: <1993Jan17.042429.16551@rotag.mi.org> <1993Jan17.163155.20964@midway.uchicago.edu> <1993Jan18.032012.19296@rotag.mi.org> <1993Jan21.080537.25451@pegasus.com>
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- In article <1993Jan21.080537.25451@pegasus.com> tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan) writes:
- >Then there is the "finger fee" since people with fingers potentially can
- >hold a gun and shoot other people. If you'd like your fingers removed
- >you won't have to pay the fee.
-
- Exactly! And so therefore, we punish all those people who are irresponsible
- enough to have fingers. That segment of society shoots more people, so let's
- let THEM pay the taxes to support the victims.
-
- >I've got it... the government can set it up so if anybody wants to have
- >sex they pay a fee regardless of whether anybody gets pregnant. It can
- >be called the "Pimp Act".
-
- Sounds good. After all, sex can lead to AIDS, so let's tax anyone having
- sex and let THAT pay for AIDS research. After all, that segment of society
- is irresponsible, even if they are married and trying for children.
-
- >Your idea is mindless. You know why they don't "just pass a fat people"
- >tax ? Because it wouldn't pass and nobody would pay and anyone who
- >tried to enforce it would be screwed... If you're trying to devise a
- >way to place 30% of the American population in jail you're on the trail
- >if you're trying to solve a problem your engine has derailed.
-
- But wait, a fat people tax would be GREAT! Don't you realize that fat
- people are a huge burden on the rest of us? After all, they have many
- more heart attacks than the rest of us, and who knows what costs there
- are to the public for those who get so fat they can't work! Let's tax
- the ones who can. After all, that segment of the population is
- irresponsible enough to be fat, it shouldn't punish the rest of us.
-
- Now why do I not believe that Darcy will understand the sarcasm here, or
- will claim there is some fundamental difference between his proposals and
- yours (with my expansions)?
-
- Could it be because he seems to lack any grey matter what so ever?
-
- Nah, that couldn't be it.
-
- >FUME!<
-
- (Oh, and for anyone who might think that I'm so strongly motivated on this
- subject only because it effects me, I would have been just as upset at his
- small-minded crap two months ago, before we found out, as I am now.
- I guarentee it.)
-
- Will.
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