On 9/19/05, Michael Halcrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 03:21:38PM -0600, Sasha Pachev wrote: > > >This works fine, until the Prime Rate goes up. And then you are > > >screwed with a capital 'S'. > > > > I find it much more productive to fight the battle for financial > > security in the field of financial dispipline rather than in the > > field of income. You pay an income tax in proportion to how much > > you make. Thus, for every gain there is a certain immediate > > loss. Two steps forward, one step back. However, there is no tax on > > financial discipline. > > I am horrified by this. I can think of few better ways to stagnate an > economy than to encourage this mentality. ``You are punished for > producing, so stop worrying so much about producing, and reduce your > demand for other peoples' production!'' Brilliant. Absolutely > brilliant. I'd love to see where that will get us before too long.
Ugh, that's dumb. When did economists become altruists? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
