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From: murphy@hou2a.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.taxes
Subject: earmarking taxes
Message-ID: <171@hou2a.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Nov-83 08:41:36 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 11 08:41:36 1983
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          One of the interesting possibilities of earmarking taxes is
          that the the "typical" tax earmarker may be a different 
          animal from the "typical" voter--for better or for worse.

          It seems that many voters are more concerned about how to spend
          OTHER people's money. The tax earmarker can only stipulate 
          how to spend his/her money.

          It may be true that ultimately we are all irresponsible idiots,
          but accepting this idea provides an easy excuse to give up
          the search for better solutions to our problems.

                                               Rich Ganns
                                               hou2a!murphy