Posted on 10/05/2004 8:30:54 AM PDT by avg_freeper
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A group of Swedish parliamentarians proposed levying a "man tax" to cover the social cost of violence against women.
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"It must be obvious to all of us that society has a huge problem with male violence against women and that has a cost," Left Party deputy Gudrun Schyman told Swedish radio on Monday.
"We must have a discussion where men understand they as a group have a responsibility," said Schyman, one of the party members to sign the motion for debate on the new tax.
Sweden already has the highest taxes in the European Union (news - web sites) as a percentage of gross domestic product to pay for its famous but hard-pushed cradle-to-grave welfare program.
It is also one of the world's most advanced nations in terms of gender equality, but Schyman said in a headline-hitting 2002 speech that discrimination in Sweden followed "the same pattern" as in Afghanistan (news - web sites) under the Taliban.
The last time I got in touch with the child within, I got accused of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Absolutely unbelievable.
Spitting coffee into the keyboard!
"Any excuse to raise taxes."
Think you hit the nail on the head. This isn't about stemming the abuse of women by men - it's all about money!
*sniffle* See if I ping YOU to any more threads about Pam Anderson's used panties being sold on eBay.
No, you LIKE that, so it would be more of a reward!
So since women also often abuse men, even if we assume for the sake of argument that it is less often, shouldn't they also have to pay a tax, perhaps prorated for the frequency. I mean, if it is only a difference of degree, why is there accountability on only one side, rather than accountability for both, rationed according to number of incidents or something like that?
"A third aspect is fairness. Most people think resources should be distributed more evenly than would result from a private market alone. This is why taxes are used to redistribute resources. Redistribution occurs directly by means of transfers such as child allowances and social welfare allowances and indirectly in that, for example, everyone can attend school without paying any fees."
Income redistribution for fairness. How very John Kerry.
Destroyed again by the law of unintended consequences!
/ A male Swedish freeper, taxed to death
I'll bet all the Islamic males in Sweden are just gonna love this one!
Kr-10/point (adjusted to deduct the female normal level; and for age) on a mandatory annual testosterone level test?
Sounds "fair" as pouffes would score & pay low, while bull-dykes would score high & pay accordingly, as it would be the "evil" testosterone that "CAUSES" male violence to be taxed, rather than simple sexism.
Test would be "free" under their socialized medicine, and the proceeds would naturally go to bureaucrats, who would then disburse it to women's shelters, "anti-violence initiatives", 'domestic violence' police units, schools for 'anti-male violence' education programs, and to grants to "study" and "track" the problem.
Naturally, they would end up spending 150% of what they collect, so raise taxes....
You just have to learn to "think" like a Euroweeweeweinie.
This is why transsexualism is so popular in Sweden.
Double, double, toil and trouble
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!!
avg_freeper wrote:
(I know I shouldn't of. I'm very sorry. Y'all can spank me now.)
All part of the big plan..
NOW...Let's see if any freepers kn ow what big plan I am referring to.
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