[46955] in Cypherpunks
Re: NSA says strong crypto to china??
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gary Howland)
Thu Jan 11 08:32:05 1996
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:21:40 -0500
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Gary Howland <gary@kampai.euronet.nl>
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> you think that's a bit ridiculous? i'm paid via an NIH grant given to my
> adivisor by the govt. this stipend is taxed. it didn't used to be
> (started to be taxed around '86 i believe). why the hell doesn't the
> govt just save everyone the trouble and pay me less. i'm sure they could
> get rid of a couple of IRS people this way.
It's even sillier over here in Europe, and the paperwork is probably
a couple of order of magnitudes more expensive (due to the translations
required). Quick example (but old figures) - the EU spends $10 million
a year to campaign against smoking, and then spends $1200 million a year
to subsidise tobacco production.
Thought for the day - Think about what the 'S' in IRS stands for.
Gary
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