Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihuxb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!ihuxb!mcal From: mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford) Newsgroups: net.taxes,net.abortion,net.kids Subject: Re: An Immodest Proposal Message-ID: <978@ihuxb.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 08:07:36 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxb.978 Posted: Tue Apr 9 08:07:36 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 10-Apr-85 06:25:39 EST References: <3521@alice.UUCP> <5112@cbscc.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 10 Xref: watmath net.taxes:798 net.abortion:1427 net.kids:1151 > Hmm. What if we adopted a "flat tax" proposal that did away > with deductions for dependants. Would that mean the dependants > (born or not) are not human? > -- > > Paul Dubuc cbscc!pmd No, of course not. It would simply mean that couples would not get a tax break for having children.