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From: kjm@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ken Montgomery)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Marriage penalty
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Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 10:56:42 EST
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[ This is cross-posted from net.flame... ]

From: hrs@homxb.UUCP (H.SILBIGER)
>Let's put the question another way:
>
>Why should two people living together without the
>formality of marriage pay less taxes than a formally
>married couple?
>
>Whether the question is put this way, or the way it
>was phrased in previous questions, it is not always true.
>If two people are living together, not married,
>but one earns all the income, then they would pay
>more taxes than if they were married!
>
>Can anyone suggest a solution which would not have any
>inequities.

No taxation at all.  Charge user fees instead.

>Herman Silbiger

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