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To: Weirdad
From each according to his ability, To eash according to his need.

They could keep tuition down and let everyone pay their own way --- how sad for the ambitious kids working their way through college to have to pay so much more so the lazy can sit on the butts and get everything free.
17 posted on 02/29/2004 8:26:40 AM PST by FITZ
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To: FITZ
Exactly. The same thing happens in health care. Patient who pay cash pay ironically MORE than everyone else because the masses of those who get excessively subsidized care jack up the price for everyone else, and those who get inadequately subsidized care with a mandate to treat them anyway at that price cause the cost to be shifted to other sick people who do pay full price.

That's also the problem with "vouchers" for education. I suppose if everyone gets them it will not be an issue, but if they ever become a reality you can bet that they will be "means tested" and that those who are "too rich" because they save their money instead of spending it on junk will end up paying inflated prices made possible by the vouchers.

Businesses can deduct basically every expense in the world including cars that are well beyond what is needed for the business, trips, educational training expenses that involve airline flights and hotels, etc. etc. But heaven forbid that an individual choose to educate himself or herself as part of their own business plan for themselves--that's NOT deductible. And why? Because those who don't pay taxes don't get anything out of deductions so it would be considered a "tax break for the rich" if educational expenses could be deducted. So government is happy to blatently discriminate against "the rich" and refuses to permit even sensible breaks for people making their own way.

Socialism and Fascism stink in every way.

21 posted on 03/01/2004 12:08:07 AM PST by Weirdad (A Free Republic, not a "democracy" (mob rule))
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