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Tax on Men for Violence on Women Proposed
Yahoo News ^ | reuters

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.

 

"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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: sweden; tax
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To: martin_fierro

The last time I got in touch with the child within, I got accused of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.


41 posted on 10/05/2004 9:48:44 AM PDT by Iwo Jima
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To: anguish; AzSteven; Bartholomew Roberts; Charles Henrickson; duke_h3; Eurotwit; fdsa2; good_fight; ..
"Just when you thought you heard everything" ping to the Swedish Ping List.

Absolutely unbelievable.

42 posted on 10/05/2004 10:03:30 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Swdish Ping List)
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To: hunter112; Bad Dog2
Gudrun Schymanhater:


45 posted on 10/05/2004 10:13:21 AM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Swdish Ping List)
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To: avg_freeper
Two legs good! Three legs bad!

Spitting coffee into the keyboard!

46 posted on 10/05/2004 10:15:11 AM PDT by good_fight (Anglo-Catholic in religion, classicist in literature, realist in politics.)
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To: yankeedame
Are you sure? Because my Google turned up:


47 posted on 10/05/2004 10:19:03 AM PDT by whd23
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To: Alia

"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!


48 posted on 10/05/2004 10:23:33 AM PDT by LibSnubber (liberal democrats ARE domestic terrorists)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

*sniffle* See if I ping YOU to any more threads about Pam Anderson's used panties being sold on eBay.


49 posted on 10/05/2004 10:49:01 AM PDT by TheBigB (I < heart > Sam McPherson!)
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To: avg_freeper

No, you LIKE that, so it would be more of a reward!


50 posted on 10/05/2004 11:04:29 AM PDT by Still Thinking
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To: avg_freeper

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?


51 posted on 10/05/2004 11:07:27 AM PDT by Still Thinking
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To: avg_freeper
From Swedish Tax Brochure:

"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.

52 posted on 10/05/2004 11:13:26 AM PDT by Sender (It is not their patriotism, but their judgment, that is so sorely lacking. -Zell Miller)
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To: TheBigB

Destroyed again by the law of unintended consequences!


53 posted on 10/05/2004 11:39:57 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Pay no attention to the Nattering Newbies of Negativism)
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To: Charles Henrickson
Got room for another immigrant over there Charles? I think I better join the green card lottery or something! ;)

/ A male Swedish freeper, taxed to death

54 posted on 10/05/2004 12:29:25 PM PDT by anguish (while science catches up.... mysticism!)
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To: lafroste

I'll bet all the Islamic males in Sweden are just gonna love this one!


55 posted on 10/05/2004 12:34:19 PM PDT by mdmathis6 (The Democrats must be defeated in 2004)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
And how do you assess the tax

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.

56 posted on 10/05/2004 12:43:17 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The world needs more horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
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To: avg_freeper
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A group of Swedish parliamentarians proposed levying a "man tax" to cover the social cost of violence against women.

This is why transsexualism is so popular in Sweden.

57 posted on 10/05/2004 1:00:16 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Double, double, toil and trouble

Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!!

58 posted on 10/05/2004 1:53:46 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard
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To: avg_freeper

avg_freeper wrote:



(I know I shouldn't of. I'm very sorry. Y'all can spank me now.)







Ordinarily, we would.........

but we are afraid that if we do, somebody will try taxing it....


:-)


59 posted on 10/05/2004 1:55:50 PM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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To: RansomOttawa

All part of the big plan..

NOW...Let's see if any freepers kn ow what big plan I am referring to.


60 posted on 10/05/2004 2:02:08 PM PDT by Rca2000 (Helping to swing the swing state of Ohio to "W")
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