I had almost forgotten that Iraq adopted a 15% flat tax. Hopefully it will serve to educate U.S. politicians on a simple and fair taxation system and also stimulate the Iraqi economy after decades of heavy-handed government control . Thank you for the invitation but I think it will be some time before Kabul will rival the Grand Canyon as a vacation destination. Brian On May 24, 2005, at 10:50 PM, Andreas Ramos wrote: > Brian and everyone else who suffers under the heavy burden of the > State can just go to > Afghanistan or Iraq. > > Those enlightened countries have abolished taxes, regulations, and > just about everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html