[Info-vax] Nice printers for OpenVMS?

[David Froble]

Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <f82237cc-f818-4972-9d12-a942597b0db7 at h5g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, Doug Phillips <dphill46 at netscape.net> writes:
>> My total taxes (in the US) + health insurance + healthcare not covered
>> by insurance + education costs take a big chunk out of my income.
>> Probably more than Jan-Erik's taxes. And, I make life-decisions based
>> on those costs. I would gladly pay a 50% tax if I didn't have to worry
>> about those things.
> 
>    Education costs are a great example.  I choose to live in a high tax
>    area because of the great public schools.  Schools which offered
>    programs no private school can match.  And the tax rates are lower,
>    but the taxes are higher because the home values are higher.
> 
>    I had an opportunity to move to a state where the taxes were tiny,
>    and I'd have had to pay big bucks to put my kids in private schools
>    to get just part of the education they got where I am.
> 
>    And, yes, there are life style benefits to staying here, that I want
>    and am willing to pay taxes for, that will keep me here now that
>    my youngest is off to college.  With two scholarships made possible
>    in large part by those programs I mentioned above.

I know that the matter of "choice" is in this somewhere, but, do you really feel 
that a society where some kids have a better start than others is a good thing? 
  Wouldn't it be better if every child had the opportunity of getting a good 
education, and going as far as his/her abilities allowed?

Pretty much the same argument for medical care.

Myself, I do not care for a classified society.

As for property taxes on your home, this is a terrible idea.  You are assessed 
taxes not on what you can afford to pay, but on what you own.  Makes it so that 
you don't really own your home, you just rent it, and the day when you cannot 
afford the rent you're kicked out.  I'm aware that the money to pay for services 
has to come from somewhere, and that most likely it will never be entire fair. 
Regardless, some type of tax on consumption, such as many other countries have, 
would be much better.