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Old Feb 11th, 2004, 07:46 PM       
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Regulations do nothing but hinder the natural flexibility of the market and lower or raise incentives disproportionate to the demand.
We're not talking about the market, we are talking about the law. You said people wouldn't pay taxes. I (as did Max) listed steps that could be taken to improve this. You call me an "idealist," yet advocate self-regulation. You are dumb.

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Oh, you mean we should force corporations to keep all their workers? Sorry, I'd like to see technological progress in the future. Not to mention that corporations must downsize in some cases in order to survive. I trust you don't want more corporate welfare, now do you?
If a corporate can't survive, if its business is not successful enough, it shouldn't need any government assistance, right? This would simply be the market adjusting and correcting herself, right?

I don't believe every person should be guaranteec a job. I do however believe that corporations that lay off workers, move corporate headquarters to p.o. boxes in Conecticut, and open up bogus accounts in Bermuda are traitors looking to increase stock value. Is Dell a corporation in need of layoffs to survive??? Let me answer that-- no. It's about cutting pennies and maximizing profit for management, period.

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prosecute expatriots who set up accounts in Bermuda for treason
Why? Global competition within the banking structures will ensure higher efficiency.
It will ensure that our country is deprived of tax revenue. I'm glad to see that Thomas Jefferson was right-- the monied classes have no country. You can go ahead and include yourself in that group, sport.

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go after those who habitually use tax loopholes (particularly those who are rich, who happen to have more options when it comes to avoiding Uncle Sam)
You mean, go after those who obey the law? That doesn't sound like a fair system to me.
We have laws. The wealthy lie and use grey area loopholes to violate these laws. They should be prosecuted.

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reinforce the IRS
No, we need to eliminate the IRS. It is a horribly inefficient agency.
Shut up, seriously, just shut up. You're on an infantile market rampage right now, and the little Friedman loving militia guy inside your head is clouding your judgement.

You say we need simpler tax codes. Fine. I'll bite, that's cool. You're entitled to your Libertarian Party line opinion. But these people are violating the law right now. There's those who work to enact change, and then there's those who buy books written by this jackass and rape the flaws in the system. They're two different things, and you can't have it both ways. These people are using what you refer to as an inefficient system to their advantage. They should be prosecuted.

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send people to jail
Send innocents to jail, I might add.

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This isn't "idealism," this is the law.
No, it's class warfare.
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I'm glad to see that law, nation, and civic duty take a back seat to your ideological fixations. Get your head out of your ass.
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