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From: denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Luxury tax on computers!
Message-ID: <6356@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 4 Oct 90 15:26:19 GMT
References: <4797@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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Comp.sys.mac.misc is not the appropriate forum, but it is where the
original message was posted....

This is highly edited, but I have attempted to retain all the facts.  See
<4797@crash.cts.com>, by mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com (Morgan Davis) for the
full text.

> BACKGROUND ON NEW COMPUTER LUXURY TAX
> In Washington, members of the Bush Administration, the House of
> Representatives and Senate have been meeting in a budget summit to
> negotiate a bipartisan plan to reduce the deficit.... They have been
> considering various proposals to raise new taxes as part of package....
> it appears that computers have been included as taxable products....
  [at the rate of 10% of the amount over $1000.00]
> If anybody is concerned about this proposal, telephone calls to
> Congressional representatives and senators could be a critical help. 
> Interested persons should do the following:...

No. No. Please don't.  If I have to spend a couple of hundred dollars
when I buy my next commputer, I don't care.  What I do care about is
the fact that every person owes about $2000.00 (yes two thousand dollars)
per year in interest on the national debt.  (national debt/population
size * interest).  Until the deficit goes away, we can't work on the debt.

-- 
William C. DenBesten   is   denbeste@bgsu.edu  or   denbesten@bgsuopie.bitnet