[lbo-talk] Progressive taxation vs flat tax

Bill Bartlett billbartlett at dodo.com.au
Sun Aug 8 12:29:16 PDT 2004


At 8:45 PM -0700 7/8/04, martin wrote:


>Disbelief - that belief. Self justification for all beliefs. Should
>be a campaign slogan - remember to give me credit.

Are you sure, it sound like the kind of campaign slogan that would go down like a lead balloon?


>What is Tas or where. I'm thinking tasmania. Yes. Van Diemen's Land
>it was called, but it was renamed for the explorer Tasman, and then
>joined australia, but never anything about belief systems (or tax
>systems for that matter).

One of the colonies that federated to create the Commonwealth of Australia, didn't join Australia. Renowned for in-breeding, extermination of its aboriginal population (alas no aborigine in the family) and cruel and inhumane treatment of convicts (not polite to ask if there's any convict "stain" in the family). Not necessarily in that order.

Bit of in-breeding in my family history so I believe, alas no aborigine blood and of course its not considered polite to ask if there's any "convict stain" in the family. ;-)


>Anyway, is disbelief a belief?

I'm agnostic about that, who cares.

Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas



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