"Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
news:408E848B.45F197D4@yahoo.co.jp...
> (about ten million yen from elementary through high school per child). I
know local millionaires, but only
> on this newsgroup have I ever encountered people who actually claim that
what someone pays in taxes is
> enough to cover what is spent on them.

If you count government debt as something that taxpayers pay (they certainly
do, unless the government goes out of business), then on average everyone
must pay their way by definition.

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom