[CoLoCo] Tax Time Again

[Paul Schwartz]

----- Original Message ----
> From: David L. Willson <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
> To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-co at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:37:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] Tax Time Again
> 
> > From: Jim Hutchinson 
> > > To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community
> Team
> 
 
> > > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:53:46 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] Tax Time Again
> > > 
> > > On Jan 17, 2008 8:07 PM, Collins Richey  wrote:
> > > > On Jan 17, 2008 5:09 PM, W S  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Of course, the bigger issue is why we have such a
> complicated
> 
 tax
> > > > > system in the first place? >:)  I mean, seriously, I want
> > > a
> > > 
> >  post-card
> > > > > I can mail in and be done with my taxes in 15 minutes.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, I can't resist the opportunity for a little
> political
> 
 humor. I
> > > > know of a party that can accomplish that in no time, even
> without
> 
 the
> > > > need for a postcard. Just send us all you earned, and we'll
> > > > redistribute it to those who really deserve it. .
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Or conversely, keep all your money and learn how to put your
> own
> 
 fires
> > > out, catch criminals, build your own roads, etc., etc.
> > > -- 
> > Wouldn't be too bad if they would cut out all the etc stuff.
> > 
> > Paul
> 
> I have no problem with "etc", since "etc" includes education and some
> few other things that need to be as "equal opportunity" as we can
> manage, but I WANT THAT POSTCARD!  As a computer geek, I'm tired of
> being paying more tax because I'm not a tax geek.  I want simple, fair,
> and sustainable.
> 
> That said, aren't we pretty far afield?  Aren't we, in fact, discussing
> one of the two "forbidden" topics?  I know CLUE-talk
> specifically
> 
 allows
> this sort of thing, and I've gotten into some pretty high fun
> there,
> 
 but
> I wasn't aware that the these subjects were fair game on the CoLoCo
> list.
Probably pretty far off-topic. Even itellectually superior computer geeks will have a hard time contructing a "fair" approach to taxation and redistribution. However, I feel that whenever the collector's share is big enough to either want to make me quit my efforts or drive me to a different venue, it's clearly not serving the general good.

JMNSHO

Paul





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