Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!mmt From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Socio-economic cancer Message-ID: <1316@dciem.UUCP> Date: Mon, 31-Dec-84 13:37:38 EST Article-I.D.: dciem.1316 Posted: Mon Dec 31 13:37:38 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 31-Dec-84 14:49:18 EST References: <739@oliven.UUCP>Reply-To: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 20 Summary: >I don't think it's 'too bad' that the most likely motivation >for a revolt is taxation. What a person's pocketbook represents >to him is survival. Those of us who are in this business >usually make enough to lose recognition of the fact, but >for most people, a tax increase means having to go without. >For computer types, and for the rest of those who may be >categorized as 'labor aristocracy', taxes are a nuisance. >For the people who don't have what they need, tax is the >difference between an empty cupboard and an empty belly. > >