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From: eric@gang.UUCP (Eric Kiebler)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.taxes
Subject: Re: SIMPLE TAX: Article Excerpts
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Date: Fri, 27-Apr-84 04:37:40 EDT
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Posted: Fri Apr 27 04:37:40 1984
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[Now just a cotton-pickin, ah say, a cotton-pickin minute here, boy...]

Please don't flame Missouri.  I'm tired of it.  All Missourians are
tired of it.  We have a maximum 6% tax because the vast majority of tax
payers are in agricultural fields (no pun intended).  Face it -- farmers
don't like paying taxes and don't elect people that do.

There are lots of reasons to live in Missouri rather than other portions
of the country.  (This is a limited retort, I assure you).

First, the taxes are lower (:-)!  If you drive through the state on I-70
you don't see much very interesting.  If you drive through the lower
part of the state, there is landscape which rivals anywhere else in
the country. The Ozarks are wonderful, and some parts of it are even 
civilized.  No culture?  In St. Louis, we have a wonderful Symphony,
outdoor and indoor theatre, a number of fime educational institutions,
and all that shit.  We have hot, muggy summers, and mild winters with
occasional periods of severe cold.  We have earthquakes and tornados,
too, but that's about it.

I have lived here half my life.  I have left and come back.  People are
here because they *like* it here.  I live here for that reason.  I
would rather make 10% less and spend it 30-40% better than making
10% more and spending it 30-40% less effectively in other cities
(such as Boston or most of CA).  And both TWA and AIR-1 have their
hub here, so when you have to leave, you just go!

And, of course, we have that stupid arch...

All seriousness aside,
eric
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