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1996-05-06 - Re: Why I Pay Too Much in Taxes

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From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
To: Alan Horowitz <alanh@infi.net>
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Reply To: <Pine.SV4.3.91.960505214552.19234C-100000@larry.infi.net>
UTC Datetime: 1996-05-06 10:28:02 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 18:28:02 +0800

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From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 18:28:02 +0800
To: Alan Horowitz <alanh@infi.net>
Subject: Re: Why I Pay Too Much in Taxes
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                          SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,

On Sun, 5 May 1996, Alan Horowitz wrote:

> didn't the feudal vassels only pay 33% ?

Actually, no.  When I used to edit a magazine, I commissioned an
article about how much "tax" slaves, serfs, etc. paid.  That is,
how much of what they produced, did they get to keep; how much
went to their masters.  The surprising, cross-cultural answer my
researcher/writer found was that they got to keep everthing they
produced except 5-10%.  That's a lot better, percentage-wise,
than for modern "tax slaves."


 S a n d y

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