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From: gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Luxury tax on computers!
Message-ID: <1990Oct4.211107.21809@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 4 Oct 90 21:08:44 GMT
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In article <1990Oct4.203906.3559@eng.umd.edu>, russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes...
[...]
>> 
>>HOW THE TAX WOULD WORK
>>The luxury tax is a 10% tax assessed on the value of the following
>>luxury items over the following threshholds:
>> 
>>    Cars over $30,000
[...]
>>    ELECTRONICS over $1,000

Fascinating.  If I want to buy a $25,000 auto, I don't have to pay any
additional tax.  But if I were to buy a $1500 Mac Classic, I have to cough up
$150 extra.

This is BS.

Robert


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