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48,000 tax-protesters at Conneticut anti-tax rally

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the people in it. He is also looking at how to take a state whose elected officials like to give away more than they get, and make it economically sound. One way of doing that is to use a standard income tax. It should be pointed out

The standard income tax has done a remarkably piss-poor job so far of making states (and the US itself) economically sound.  It’s just another excuse by big spending politicos to get more money for their pet pork projects. Bill Weld used another method in Massechusetts… he cut spending! (gasp) (is that legal?)  For instance he save the taxpayers 2.75 million every year by contracting UPS to pickup the lottery stuff instead of having people make 15 stops a day in $20,000 cars to do it. The state unions raised hell, of course, but they’ll oppose any spending cuts. — White dwarf seeks red giant for binary relationship.

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   A few days ago the Gov of Conneticut signed a law he had pushed through the legislature which allowed him to skim money directly out of the residents’ paychecks.    At the capital he was greeted with the curses and phlem of an estimated forty-eight thousand of Conneticut’s irate citizens who had gathered to protest this tax. I was struck by several things: …    Third:   How little media coverage the protest got compared to what …

FOURTH:  There was no mention of the Libertarian Party, at all, even tho this issue would have been a perfect opportunity, and despite the fact that Andre Marrou’s prime issue is repeal of the Federal income tax! Was this due to the usual press blackout on non-Demopublican party activity, or due to the fact that there is no active LP in Connecticut? … I guess some causes take precedence over others in the media. Jim Del Vecchio

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Having known the Governer since I was a child (what can I say, it was my dad who told Ella to run… ). I know that he does care abvout the state and the people in it. He is also looking at how to take a state whose elected officials like to give away more than they get, and make it economically sound. One way of doing that is to use a standard income tax. It should be pointed out that this also balances the tax base out so it is more equally devided between the haves and the have nots. In addition, it lowers the sales tax. You bet the well dressed were out in force, you would be to if it were your $’s that were being taken instead of the poorer folk. In fact, the poorer folk make out much better with this new system. It is the wealthy that will be paying for this, by paying their fair share. As for the "protest". It should be noted that the leader of the protest is a former state elected politician. He was ousted by his district. He is trying to get some name enhancement and some of the bucks from the haves. He is also not a volunteer, but a full-time paid employee who makes more than most of the 40,000+ who were there (just like he did when he was a representitive). Go Gov! jmi

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It seems to me that you’re just making a gratuitous snipe at certain types of people and causes you like less than this one.

Yeah, I can hear the commie-libs now: "Gee, what do you mean people don’t like to be taxed?" MD — —  Michael P. Deignan                 / Sex is hereditary. If your —    UUCP: …!uunet!rayssd!anomaly!mpd /   are you won’t either… — Telebit: +1 401 455 0347               /

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| | It seems to me that you’re just making a gratuitous snipe at | certain types of people and causes you like less than this one. | | Yeah, I can hear the commie-libs now: | | "Gee, what do you mean people don’t like to be taxed?" | I think you just proved my point. — IBM Research, 30 Saw Mill River Road, P.O. Box 704, Yorktown Heights, NY  10598

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| |     A few days ago the Gov of Conneticut signed a law he had pushed | through the legislature which allowed him to skim money directly out of | the residents’ paychecks. | |     At the capital he was greeted with the curses and phlem of an estimated | forty-eight thousand of Conneticut’s irate citizens who had gathered | to protest this tax. | | I was struck by several things: | |     First:  that it was the first protest I’ve ever see in the news that | wasn’t largely made up of long haired dope smoking tick infested freaks | looking like they haven’t had a job in years.  In fact, they looked like | normal people.  Many looked like people who were dessed up for a day at the | office or the shop.    Very odd. | |     Second:  by the number of workers who showed up to protest the tax. | Fortry-eight thousand.   That’s such a huge mob.  Even the anti-war pro- | testers couln’t come up with that many people in my state during the war. | |     Third:   How little media coverage the protest got compared to what | it might have gotten if they had been PETA-type whackos protesting frog | experiments, or people seeking to get some government handout or another, | rather than workers trying to keep the state from pilfering their paychecks. | | I guess some causes take precedence over others in the media. Are you kidding?  It was a lead story on most local radio stations, including WCBS, WINS, etc., which are New-York based and network-affiliated. I don’t know which station serves Washington, Connecticut (WTIC?), but please support this. Which radio stations, papers, etc.?  When was the last PETA protest in Hartford and what coverage did it receive in your area? It seems to me that you’re just making a gratuitous snipe at certain types of people and causes you like less than this one. Followups directed to alt.activism. — IBM Research, 30 Saw Mill River Road, P.O. Box 704, Yorktown Heights, NY  10598

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    A few days ago the Gov of Conneticut signed a law he had pushed through the legislature which allowed him to skim money directly out of the residents’ paychecks.     At the capital he was greeted with the curses and phlem of an estimated forty-eight thousand of Conneticut’s irate citizens who had gathered to protest this tax. I was struck by several things:     First:  that it was the first protest I’ve ever see in the news that wasn’t largely made up of long haired dope smoking tick infested freaks looking like they haven’t had a job in years.  In fact, they looked like normal people.  Many looked like people who were dessed up for a day at the office or the shop.    Very odd.     Second:  by the number of workers who showed up to protest the tax. Fortry-eight thousand.   That’s such a huge mob.  Even the anti-war pro- testers couln’t come up with that many people in my state during the war.     Third:   How little media coverage the protest got compared to what it might have gotten if they had been PETA-type whackos protesting frog experiments, or people seeking to get some government handout or another, rather than workers trying to keep the state from pilfering their paychecks. I guess some causes take precedence over others in the media. Jim Del Vecchio

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    First:  that it was the first protest I’ve ever see in the news that wasn’t largely made up of long haired dope smoking tick infested freaks looking like they haven’t had a job in years.  In fact, they looked like normal people.  Many looked like people who were dessed up for a day at the office or the shop.    Very odd.

Many of those "long haired dope smoking tick infested freaks" happen to be long-haired non-drug users who have good jobs…     Second:  by the number of workers who showed up to protest the tax. Fortry-eight thousand.   That’s such a huge mob.  Even the anti-war pro- testers couln’t come up with that many people in my state during the war.

That was pretty impressive… I wonder what his chances of being re-elected are?  :)     Third:   How little media coverage the protest got compared to what it might have gotten if they had been PETA-type whackos protesting frog experiments, or people seeking to get some government handout or another, rather than workers trying to keep the state from pilfering their paychecks.

It was the first protest that had an aerial photo on my local news.  Also, it was one of the only protests where the local news used organizers’ estimates for numbers instead of the police estimates (excluding a recent pro-life demonstration). But then again, I live in Utah… /)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)/)  "I speak only for myself" -me ) "But if someone came for you one night  _     _  _     _    ___       )  and dragged you away, do you really ( ` D  L ( `   /_ |  |        )  think your neighbors would even care?"  7 | L  7   | | L_ |        )    –Jello Biafra,

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