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From: suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Long Distance
Message-ID: <989@terak.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 11:45:53 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 11:45:53 1986
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> In article <966@terak.UUCP> suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett) writes:
> >Regardless of how much I may CHOOSE to give to
> >charities that I SELECT, being FORCED to financially support a
> >charity that I DID NOT select is repugnant to me.
> 
> I assume, then, that Ms. Barnett and others who share her feelings
> are even more repulsed by the concept of TAXATION by the government.
> After all, those taxes go towards things like welfare, social security,
> and other payments to the poor which are essentially charity.  And
> they are far from voluntary.

I do not object to taxation. What I do object to about
taxation, is that the current federal taxation system is
unfairly distributed. If you're rich enough, you can invest
enough money in various ways that you pay very low percentages
of taxes compared with middle income individuals. The taxation
differences between being married and single, for tax purposes
are significant. They shouldn't be.

Also, like most everyone, I feel that some things the
government spends money on are inappropriate, either to be
supporting at all, or the amount of money provided. In other cases,
I feel not enough money is budgeted for things I do support.

However, there is a big difference in taxation by a government
and a surcharge by a private company. I can vote, and thus
elect those in the government who control the various aspects
of taxation. If I disagree with how they administer their
office, I can vote against them. Polititions are sensitive to
their constituents, either from the feeling that they have a
responsibility to them, or from the feeling that if
their constituents turn against them, they'll be elected out
of office. (Yes, I realize we don't elect the IRS officials
and don't directly control their actions. That is a point of
aggravation.)

I have no means of controlling a private company, of
which I am a customer.
> 
> While we're at it, you probably are opposed to paying higher prices
> at your neighborhood store to compensate for shoplifting, or to your
> doctor to compensate for malpractice insurance.  But it happens.
> For any service you buy (electricity or gas, for example) you pay
> extra because of the deadbeats who won't pay their bills.  Many of
> them aren't even poor.
> 
> 	Mark

I couldn't agree with you more.
-- 
Suzanne Barnett-Scott
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