education is the key to the future of our nation. It also gives everyone a
chance at success regardless of their parents success. (True we don't have
equal oppurtunities now, but can you imagine what it would be like not going
to school at all?) To jeopordize this to put a few extra bucks in your
pockets is either short sighted or just plain selfish.
-george
>From: "Paris Lundis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Revenge has it's place
>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 13:53:45 -0400
>
><CF_RANT>
>I pay more money in income taxes a year than the median income is in
>the United State. Sure I should structure and play games like eveyone
>else and skip paying the share I am supposed to right ? Just like Cisco
>and Microsoft who pay no corporate tax even though they post billions
>of dollars in profits...
>
>Flat taxes should be implemented. I don't get more rights so I
>shouldn't pay more...
>
>And people who want incentives for having children, pay for it
>yourself. It should be a financial decision I shouldn't have to pay for
>it either.... I don't want to pay your school taxes, taxes for federal
>college tuition, etc. I am tired of breaks for people that have
>children.. it is blatant discrimination... it is as dumb as giving
>people on welfare more money to have kids...
>
>While we are on a kick, no more $900 toilet seats for the Pentagon. No
>more hundreds of billions of dollars a year either for the prison
>complex... Face it, all the military people had to find jobs, so we
>created a prison culture... go research it... and we get free labor
>there to which can compete head on with regular workers... Heck, no
>benefits and under $1 per hour.... Can't beat that in a country with
>slavery... go research UNICOR and see how big they are compared to the
>big companies you know.. and don't forget, each state system has its
>own penal industry company as well... research that...
>
>And minimum wage, another dumb idea... If we are going to have that,
>lets have a maximum wage too... Tell Eisner at Disney no more 50million
>a year...
>
>In a country with such wealth we shouldn't be considering the cost of
>one barbaric treatment vs. another. :) Socially it is wrong for
>someone to kill someone right? But if the masses want death they can
>order it? Illogical.
>
>Afterall how many dollars a year do you directly give to the death row
>support slush fund? Ever seen a breakdown on where your money really
>goes?
></CF_RANT>
>
>-paris
>[finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present]
>[connecting people, places and things]
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ang�l Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 12:08:56 -0400
>Subject: RE: Revenge has it's place
>
> > I don't care whether it is more punishment or less.
> >
> > As long as I don't have to pay to support a murderer.
> > if those people that are against the death penalty had to pay a
> > little bit
> > each month to support the prisoners who would be on Death Row,and
> > that
> > support did not come out of our general tax dollars, then I bet you
> > their
> > tune would change..
> >
> > *smirk*
> > ;-)
> >
> > -Gel
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Gilchrist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > What are people's thoughts on the idea that a person rotting in jail
> > for the
> > rest of their lives is punishment enough for any crime? It's
> > interesting
> > that in Ireland we just voted out the any provision for capital
> > punishment
> > out of the constitution (we also just rejected the European Nice
> > treaty and
> > shocked a lot of people, an interesting mix of left and right
> > (anti-federalism)).
> >
> > I don't want to start a flame war so I'll try and provide some
> > counterpoints
> > and rebuttals.
> >
> >
> >
>
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