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From: baba@flairvax.UUCP (Baba ROM DOS)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Fuzzy headed liberals
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Date: Thu, 1-Nov-84 01:44:26 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  1 01:44:26 1984
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(This is probably not worth the effort)

>From: simard@loral.UUCP (Ray Simard)
>In article <790@flairvax.UUCP> baba@flairvax.UUCP (Baba ROM DOS) writes:
>>I do not evaluate my life in dollar terms.  I saved thousands of dollars
>>in taxes last year due to President Reagan.  I took the money, but I would
>>honestly rather have kept the EPA, the Interior Department, and the National
>>Endowment for the Humanities intact and have lower worldwide interest rates.
>
>     Is the federal government the origin of our "humanity"?  Is it our role
> to look to Washington for spiritual guidance? I think not.

What are you talking about?  Do you even know what the National Endowment
for the Humanities *is*?  Oh, well, you probably don't like books, art, music, 
or dance anyway.

>     During Mr. Reagan's tenure, programs to improve  the  safety,  cleanli-
>ness,  and  general  usefulness of our national parks have been implemented.
>The attitudes that have risen against the Interior  Department  seem  to  be
>oriented around the "don't put it in my neighborhood" mentality; we want oil
>for our cars and homes, and wood for houses, but we don't want wells drilled
>or forests harvested for them.  How do you propose to satisfy these markets?

Markets are not savage tribal gods that must be fed, they are systems of
interaction between people.  The majority people of northern California are
willing to pay more for fuel if that's what it takes to keep the coast
intact.  But again, you probably don't understand how anyone could value
such a thing.
 
>>You 'greedy' headed conservatives
>>will be the first to SQUEAL when your purchasing power is reduced because
>>of Mr. Reagan's VAT.
>
>    This is buying into the Mondale line. HE invented  "Reagan's  (whatever
>tax)",  and it's nothing but a bogus campaign ploy. What about Mr. Mondale's
>taxes?  Won't they reduce your purchasing power? He makes no bones about  it
>- if he's elected, those taxes WILL HAPPEN, with the energetic support of T.
>P. O'Neill & Co.  I don't need that, and neither do you.

I'm not getting the notion of a probable VAT from Mondale's rhetoric.  It's
simply that:

1) There is no possibility that economic expansion can produce enough revenue
   to cover the deficits.  Ask anyone personally knowledgeable in economics or 
   finance.

2) Mr. Reagan has publicly stated that a VAT is the sort of tax that he might
   find acceptable.

3) Throughout the campaign, Mr. Reagan has promised no new taxes ON INCOME.
   He used that qualifier consistently in the debates.

4) A VAT is a sales tax rather than an income tax.


							Baba