10.17.2005

And You Want Government Health Care?

Cuffed, arrested, hauled in for not paying taxes...
how much did she owe?

$1

Just a stinking dollar. How much did the city spend in stamps, court costs, booking employee salaries? What judge issued the warrant for $1? I think that people should pay the taxes they owe. I don't think the city should kill itself to collect anything where the effort to collect exceeds the amount owed!

In a related reference to efforts for so small a dollar amount; the 80's teen-angst movie
  • Better Off Dead
  • features a paper boy who is obsessed with collecting $2 for the paper delivery from the main character played by John Cusack. The running gag is how Johnny shows up everywhere screaming
  • "I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS!!"
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    For more funny stuff from the movie, Tom seems to have it enshrined like no one else:
  • Tom's Better Off Dead Page