From: Gary Howland <gary@kampai.euronet.nl>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 96 05:24:21 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: NSA says strong crypto to china??
Message-ID: <199601111321.IAA15089@bb.hks.net>
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> you think that's a bit ridiculous?  i'm paid via an NIH grant given to my
> adivisor by the govt.  this stipend is taxed.  it didn't used to be
> (started to be taxed around '86  i believe).  why the hell doesn't the
> govt just save everyone the trouble and pay me less.  i'm sure they could
> get rid of a couple of IRS people this way.

It's even sillier over here in Europe, and the paperwork is probably
a couple of order of magnitudes more expensive (due to the translations
required).  Quick example (but old figures) - the EU spends $10 million
a year to campaign against smoking, and then spends $1200 million a year
to subsidise tobacco production.

Thought for the day - Think about what the 'S' in IRS stands for.

Gary
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