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Paint It Black

12.21.07 @ 12:01AM

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If the "Fair Tax" plan was law, that would mean every time I bought something and used my savings I would be paying taxes AGAIN on money already taxed once. The low income families with children and the oldest would be badly hurt.

If you want to read about what not to like about this plan check out past issues of James Taranto's OpinionJournal -- Best of the Web Today, here is just one link.
-- Elaine Kyle

DELICATE APPETITES
Re: L. Bryan Williams' letter (under "Nice Dish") in response to Timothy P. Carney's Why Hillary Will Lose Iowa in Reader Mail's Mahony Hits Back:

Mr. Williams recommends the Midwestern culinary delight of meatloaf. While I agree that this was indeed one of my favorites as a child (and still is today at 53) I might suggest the Pennsylvania Dutch (a misnomer) favorite of Scrapple as a great culinary alternative. While it was supposed to be a breakfast food, my mom served it as a special dinner. It's not that she was a bad cook, but being poor, simple pleasures like meatloaf and Scrapple were indeed "treats." In fact, I believe I was a teenager before I ever tasted steak.

Uh, if you don't know what Scrapple is, try it before you Google the ingredients. I still can't believe all that "stuff" is in Scrapple. But then, some people even like Head Cheese.
-- Karl F. Auerbach
Eden, Utah

Casserole is a delicacy. But what elevates it to fine cuisine is SPAM luncheon meat. To confirm ask anyone in Austin, Minnesota.
-- George Siletzky

BURN BABY BURN
Re: Charles Paul Freund's A Brutalist Bargain:

No sooner do you have an article that mentions the Old Executive Office Building was fireproof, a fire breaks out in it. Just a coincidence? Or maybe Anti-Preservationists striking back...
-- Robert Nowall
Cape Coral, Florida

SECRET SANTA
Re: Quin Hillyer's Simple Simeon:

Thank you, Mr. Hillyer, and a merry Christmas to you, too.
-- a reader

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