At 7:05 AM 5/3/96 -0400, Michael Loomis wrote:

No tax system will ever been perfect, but income taxation is a good system of taxation. Income taxation inevitably requires some accounting costs, but these costs should be going down with advances in computing technology and other technology...

My principle objection to the income tax is not the money, but the bookkeeping. When I am earning the money to pay my taxes, at least I am working at jobs that maximize my enjoyment and earnings. When I do the bookkeeping, I am doing a job I hate. (I'd rather be digging out septic tanks.) I have no choice but to do that job. Fortunately, I have a wonderful wife who does the bookkeeping. However, come tax time, she spends far too many evenings and weekends glued to the bookkeeping. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Frantz | The CDA means | Periwinkle -- Computer Consulting (408)356-8506 | lost jobs and | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | dead teenagers | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA