-=> Quoting Kurt Ullman to Robert Keith <=-
 KU> It has always been thus in real life. It is just that the bean 
 KU> counters are starting to count the beans of the middle class and THAT
 KU> is what  is really starting to tick people off.
Do not agree that it's "always been thus in real life". It's only been
lately with the surge of HMOs. Why is there so much news about HMOs
refusing needed care?
 KU> Germany also has an unemployment rate stuck in the mid-teens, a GDP 
 KU> way below ours, job creation rate well below ours, etc. etc. FYI, much
 KU> of the  rest of Europe has similar problems if they have the more
 KU> socialist outlooks  so reunification is not the sole reason for above. 
 KU> FWIW the actual effective top rate is nearly 40% because they lose 
 KU> deductions like IRAs, and even a %age of itemized above a certain
 KU> level. 
If things are so bad in Germany why and how are they beating the soxs off
us in world trade?
 KU> I believe our top rate should be
 RK>increased to pay for better health care coverage for everyone, excludin
 RK>one.
 KU> My guess is you don't pay the top rate and are worried about you
 KU> health insurance. So you are talking about other people's money. 
You're right, I don't pay the top rate being retired, but I am not worried
about my health insurance. I'm OK. Pity more don't care about those less
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fortunate.
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