[Rhodes22-list] Politics: Taxes

[Wally Buck]

Bill,

>Many of the arguments are specious, and the facts wrong.

Like any debate I see plenty of questionable facts coming from all sides and 
angles.

>Most people oppose any "welfare" that isn't going to them.
>

I don't know about most people but I am for welfare, I am also for the 
recent welfare reform.

>
>And the man who opposes "welfare" for others wants to believe that the 
>money he received as "unemployment insurance" is in some other category, 
>because he personally contributed, at an earlier time, all of the money he 
>subsequently collected.  (As they used to say "t'aint so, McGhee".)

What t'ain't so, you do help pay for unemployment insurance costs with your 
wages. If you haven't put into the system you can't collect unemployment (at 
least in TN).


>
>And many people seem to favor war as a solution to a multitude of problems.

You are right here but I am not one of them.

>People speak of wanting a "flat tax", but at the same time they say they 
>want to exempt dividend income.  These policies are mutually exclusive.

Sorry, they are only mutually exclusive by your definition. I am for a flat 
tax on WAGES. Dividend income is not a wage.

As you say, there is a lot of misinformation out there.

Wally



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