Re: [Leica] Taxes, was: the price of an 35mm apo

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

Well stated Raimo.   Actually, the tax burden could be a lot worse than most
of us in USA experience.   There is, however,  problem in the distribution
of the tax burden which is contributing to the effect of a diminished middle
class buying power.   There are multiple causes to this trend that will have
to be addressed.

Roland Smith
Oakland, California
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Raimo Korhonen <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Taxes, was: the price of an 35mm apo


> Hah! You live in the US of A and brag about taxes. Compared to us: just
> peanuts. Here in Finland even the church has the right to levy taxes. And
> we are not all dead, taxation does not even figure among the most frequent
> causes of death. On the other hand, to the East of us there´s a country
> where the people do not pay their taxes - you would not want to live there
> either.
> All the best!
> Raimo
> Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
>
> ----------
> > From: DonjR43198@aol.com
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] the price of an 35mm apo
> > Date: 20. joulukuuta 1999 18:46
> >
> > In a message dated 12/20/99 11:15:16 AM Central Standard Time,
> > bdcolen@earthlink.net writes:
> >
> > <<
> >  DR. BLACKTAPE CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER...
> >  How many lenses you could buy if you didn't spend it on the crack
you're
> >  obviously smoking. >>
> > How many cameras and lenses could you buy if you didn't get taxed to
> death or
> > do you just like to pay taxes?
>