From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!rocheste!heliotis
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: Re: marriage and taxes
Article-I.D.: rocheste.240
Posted: Tue Nov 16 09:24:14 1982
Received: Wed Nov 17 05:21:01 1982
References: tekid.571

The spirit of the "higher taxes for married people" idea was, I believe, as
follows:  Married people live together; single people don't (hmmm..).  If
two people decide to live together, their ability to share resources makes
them have more money to spend on other things ==> they are richer ==> tehy
should be taxed more!  If barbaral was renting an apartment for over $215
a month, and then married, moved in with her husband (no sexism--an arbitrary
choice), and payed the extra $2500/year in taxes they'd be saving money!
This was especially attractive in the old days, since if you look at what
happens when someone who works marries someone who doesn't, they are actually
taxed less.  This taxation system no longer works because people can live
together and not be married, save the money through sharing, and not pay
the taxes.