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

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From: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
To: Alan Horowitz <tcmay@got.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-05-06 09:55:00 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 17:55:00 +0800

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From: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)
Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 17:55:00 +0800
To: Alan Horowitz <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: Why I Pay Too Much in Taxes
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At 21:48 5/5/96, Alan Horowitz wrote:
><< " I paid approximately 60%...." >>
>
>
>didn't the feudal vassels only pay 33% ?      To paraphrase - I forget
>which Presidential candidate of yore - "are you better off than you were
>a thousand years ago?"
>
>ANd that's not even counting the interest you pay on your mortgage. Count
>that, and the vassels were head and shoulders above Californians.

Generally, the feudal subjects paid the Tithe. Yes, Robin Hood and his men
fought the evil Sheriff of Nottingham for his crushing 10% tax. :-)

[My last post in this off-topic thread.]


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