I am personally aquainted with, and am trying to help, a young woman with two
children, ages 4 and 7, whose husband was killed in an accident two years ago.
He was a construction worker and they lived paycheck to paycheck and couldn't
afford life insurance. So, after going into debt to bury him, applying for and
receiving social security benefits of a whopping $1800 per month, she went to
work as a waitress at IHOP. Her child care expenses are just about equal to
her mininum wage pay and tips, even when she works seven days a week,
occasionally doing a double shift. I'm sure they'll have another merry
Christmas, maybe even with a cute little digital camera under the tree with
which to record their joy. It won't be an E-1, but it'll be the only digital
camera I buy this year.
Exactly how much tax would you and Dubya like her to pay?
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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>
> In a message dated 10/29/04 1:57:43 PM Central Daylight Time,
> jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> > Not entirely clear if you understood Bill was proposing that everyone paid
> > a
> > comparable percentage of their income
>
>
> That is not at all what I was proposing. I do feel that everyone should pay
> something (many don't today) and that a graduated tax is probably what is
> fairer, however 50% of the population paying less than 5% of the income tax
> load
> is not fair, just as the top 10% paying nearly 70% of all income tax
> collected
> is not fair. So, I'd add some tax on the lower end and decrease the rate at
> the upper end.
>
> I would not have responded to this had what I said not be misrepresented.
>
> Olympus content: I'm still having an absolute blast with my e-1. Have
> probably captured 160 images in the last two days while walking through the
> patio,
> look at the moon, waiting for a meeting . . .
>
> Bill Barber
>
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