Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!stormy.atmos.washington.edu!jeff From: jeff@stormy.atmos.washington.edu (Jeff L. Bowden) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Dram Prices... Message-ID: Date: 8 Jan 89 18:54:44 GMT References: <18814@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <84369@sun.uucp> <2542@stiatl.UUCP> Sender: news@beaver.cs.washington.edu Organization: Ministry of Silly Walks Lines: 13 In-reply-to: john@stiatl.UUCP's message of 8 Jan 89 04:26:57 GMT In article <2542@stiatl.UUCP> john@stiatl.UUCP (John DeArmond) writes: >As to subsidies, one could also note that the US government subsidizes >almost ALL US industry. Don't believe me? Well consider for a >moment Investment Tax Credits, Capital Gains taxes, interest deduction, >depriciation, state & local tax deduction, expense deductions including >labor costs. I guess this means that you think businesses should be paying taxes. Perhaps the solution to competitiveness on the global market is to do away with taxes on businesses. -- "...lies, damned lies, and heuristics."