At 01:53 PM 7/19/01, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>Hmmmm....
>
>Everybody tips the waiter in the Restaurant, and why not?
>(a) because it's a few percentage
>(b) because not tipping gives you a bad name
>
>Maybe it might be possible to come up with a pseudo-tax
>system that uses accountability as an advantage. For
>example, there is a law project here in Brazil to
>overt*x an extra 5% in all restaurant bills and use this
>money to eliminate hunger.
>
>It might be made optional *and* accountable. Those that
>don't accept it would have their names posted in the
>Internet, and should give a good reason for not giving it.
>
>If this works, maybe it could be used for all t*xes:
>if you don't accept a t*x [say, if you don't want to
>pay for the Minister/Secretary of Defense/War] you
>would be listed among those that don't pay the defense
>t*x, but you would have a chance to justify it [say,
>you are a pacifist].
>
>Hmmmm....
And if enough people say "I will pay my own way rather than contribute my
taxes to social programs," where does the money come from for those who
(through no fault of their own) cannot afford to pay their own way?
-- Ronn! :)
