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Posted by The poster last in PDX in 2003 on September 17, 2007, 12:16 pm
On Sep 17, 9:38 am, Don Homuth <dhomuthoneatcomcast.net> wrote:
> >Don Homuth wrote:
> >> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:22:19 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
>
> >...
> >>> And some account for nearly all the burden. (Police stats, for example,
find
> >>> 90% of calls are to 10% of the same locations, again and again.)
>
> >> Would you prefer that a bill be sent to those locations, exacting a
> >> specific charge for the call?
>
> >Actually, if you're simply asking about personal preference, sure I
> >would prefer that.
>
> >Realistically, of course, not practical...but surely would make sense
> >to, in essence, tax the troublemakers out of existence if it were.
>
> How might it accomplish that? They'd still be troublemakers,
> regardless of whether the bill were paid or not.
>
> Which is why it would make No sense to do it.
>
> Theoretical considerations don't really matter, save to Libertoonians
> et al, who prefer to live in their own self-constructed Hypothetical
> Universe, where they and Only they get to reify their own personal
> preferences into public policies.
>
> Which is not how a representative republic works, is it?
Privatized mental health and strangled medical plans suck.
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Posted by Matt Barrow on September 17, 2007, 11:48 am
> Don Homuth wrote:
>> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:22:19 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
>>
> ...
>>> And some account for nearly all the burden. (Police stats, for example,
>>> find 90% of calls are to 10% of the same locations, again and again.)
>>
>> Would you prefer that a bill be sent to those locations, exacting a
>> specific charge for the call?
>>
> Actually, if you're simply asking about personal preference, sure I would
> prefer that.
>
> Realistically, of course, not practical...but surely would make sense to,
> in essence, tax the troublemakers out of existence if it were.
>
What? Put an extra burden on scofflaws and parasites? Heresy!!
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Posted by Don Homuth on September 17, 2007, 12:08 pm
On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:48:12 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
>
>> Don Homuth wrote:
>>> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:22:19 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
>>>
>> ...
>>>> And some account for nearly all the burden. (Police stats, for example,
>>>> find 90% of calls are to 10% of the same locations, again and again.)
>>>
>>> Would you prefer that a bill be sent to those locations, exacting a
>>> specific charge for the call?
>>>
>> Actually, if you're simply asking about personal preference, sure I would
>> prefer that.
>>
>> Realistically, of course, not practical...but surely would make sense to,
>> in essence, tax the troublemakers out of existence if it were.
>>
>What? Put an extra burden on scofflaws and parasites? Heresy!!
How do you extract money from folks who don't seem to have any?
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Posted by Scratch on September 17, 2007, 12:27 pm
Don Homuth <dhomuthoneatcomcast.net> wrote in
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:48:12 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
>
>>
>>> Don Homuth wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:22:19 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
>>>>
>>> ...
>>>>> And some account for nearly all the burden. (Police stats, for
>>>>> example, find 90% of calls are to 10% of the same locations, again
>>>>> and again.)
>>>>
>>>> Would you prefer that a bill be sent to those locations, exacting a
>>>> specific charge for the call?
>>>>
>>> Actually, if you're simply asking about personal preference, sure I
>>> would prefer that.
>>>
>>> Realistically, of course, not practical...but surely would make
>>> sense to, in essence, tax the troublemakers out of existence if it
>>> were.
>>>
>>What? Put an extra burden on scofflaws and parasites? Heresy!!
>
> How do you extract money from folks who don't seem to have any?
Put them on a socialist program so that it will overtax the system and
allow for larger govt control by hiring more do notings through higher
taxes?
Everyone must do their part ya know.
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Posted by Baxter on September 17, 2007, 1:09 pm
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> Don Homuth <dhomuthoneatcomcast.net> wrote in
>
>> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:48:12 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
>>
>>>
>>>> Don Homuth wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:22:19 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
>>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>>> And some account for nearly all the burden. (Police stats, for
>>>>>> example, find 90% of calls are to 10% of the same locations, again
>>>>>> and again.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Would you prefer that a bill be sent to those locations, exacting a
>>>>> specific charge for the call?
>>>>>
>>>> Actually, if you're simply asking about personal preference, sure I
>>>> would prefer that.
>>>>
>>>> Realistically, of course, not practical...but surely would make
>>>> sense to, in essence, tax the troublemakers out of existence if it
>>>> were.
>>>>
>>>What? Put an extra burden on scofflaws and parasites? Heresy!!
>>
>> How do you extract money from folks who don't seem to have any?
>
>
> Put them on a socialist program so that it will overtax the system and
> allow for larger govt control by hiring more do notings through higher
> taxes?
>
>
> Everyone must do their part ya know.
>
Or else what? Put them in jail which costs far more and insures that they
become more of a problem when they're released?
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