One of my favorite episodes of I love Lucy was the one where she was in Rome, separated from little Ricky on his birthday. A local urchin, making the most of her mood, declared that it was his birthday too, and got a new pair of shoes for his trouble. A few minutes later he shows up at her hotel room in his new wingtips with about 30 other barefoot children declaring that it's "all of their birthday's too".
Something about that exchange has always reminded me of how government works. People always respond to the poorly thought out government incentives, and this one is no different.
In fact I predict that if this all works out, the fastest growing religious sect in America over the next few years will become "The Amish".
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Whoa! I didn't know they were exempted from Social Security and Medicare too!
Someone needs to create a "church" that asserts a religious objection to Social Security, Medicare, mandatory medical insurance, plus whatever other manifestations of the nanny state it can get away with. It would charge its members fees which it would use to pay a bunch of lawyers to defend the religious freedom of its members. Weekly "worship services" could be held online to keep overhead down. Get enough people involved and the fees could actually be pretty reasonable.
Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y.,... said a spokesman, Maxwell Young, who called the provision a "no brainer."
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Yup, NO brains needed these days to win elected office. Spines unnecessary as well. Another, not-so-hidden exemption, I'd guess?
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AMEN!
(irony intentional)
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