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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] Unless you believe that it's already unfair to make the people who earn more pay more percentagewise as WELL as simply pay more cashwise, the logic behind the fact of which I have yet to be shown by any tax proponents. And, of course, that wealthiest 10% generates HOW MUCH of the ancillary wealth of the rest of the country by being the driving forces behind industries, production, and employment? You know, some rich guy whose name escapes me has just donated a huge amount of money to my hometown (he's from there, too) for the construction of a library/science technology and reference center. This is cash we'd never have gotten from the government, without jumping through 50-odd hoops or so. I know this, because the city council's been trying for years to do just that thing. Of course, he couldn't have donated that money if he'd had to pay it to the Feds as taxes. How much could he have donated if he'd had 20, 30, or even 40% more, over several years? I can tell you what, as an impoverished county with a small fraction of people with old 'coal money' and 'steel money,' we see a lot more coming our way from donations from those rich residents and companies than we EVER see from the federal government. (State, yes. We at the library get some state aid. But not Federal. I think the last Federal project in this area was the building of the National Road. (back in the mid 1800's) [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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