Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site umn-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!goldman From: goldman@umn-cs.UUCP (Matthew D. Goldman ) Newsgroups: net.taxes,net.abortion,net.kids Subject: Re: An Immodest Proposal Message-ID: <671@umn-cs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Apr-85 13:40:29 EDT Article-I.D.: umn-cs.671 Posted: Wed Apr 24 13:40:29 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 3-May-85 02:51:10 EDT References: <3521@alice.UUCP> <5112@cbscc.UUCP> <978@ihuxb.UUCP> Reply-To: goldman@umn-cs.UUCP (Matthew D. Goldman ) Organization: Computer Science Dept., U of Minn, Mpls, MN Lines: 20 Xref: watmath net.taxes:824 net.abortion:1509 net.kids:1269 Summary: In article <978@ihuxb.UUCP> mcal@ihuxb.UUCP (Mike Clifford) writes: >> 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. No, it means that it is 'open season' on people who don't pay their taxes. ;-) Matthew Goldman ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!goldman Home is where you take off your hat... Banzai!