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From: jj@rabbit.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Tax-voluntary check-off system
Message-ID: <2141@rabbit.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 31-Oct-83 15:15:56 EST
Article-I.D.: rabbit.2141
Posted: Mon Oct 31 15:15:56 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 3-Nov-83 04:46:56 EST
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There was a story in one of the SF magazines (or F&SF, maybe) a few
mohths back that described a new system of income taxes.  While the
taxes weren't changed in amount, they were changed so that
every citizen could specify what amount, or percentage, of his
taxes went to what government body, for what effect.

While the ending in the story was (at best) described as 
Pollyanna-ish, I won't mention it here, what does
the net community think of the idea?  It's clear that
TRC (and others) have proposed something like this, but
only attached to space research/flight.  What about the same
idea for everything?  That way, liberals could assuage their
guilt, conservatives could buy guns, and us sensible people
could fund our way into space, where we won't get blown up
with the rest of them.

Serious comments to the net.  I don't particularly propose
this system, but I don't think it's been discussed.

Those who wish to flame and ridicule please do so in
net.flame, where such things are appropriate.

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