To the Tax Reform Panel:
Gay couples are consistently discriminated against in the US tax code, with the result that we pay higher
taxes than heterosexual couples. This is, effectively, taxation without representation - one of the unfair
acts upon which the American Revolution was started. Gay Americans should not be forced to pay
higher taxes than heterosexuals. In the truest sense of the phrase, that is un-American.
Sincerely,
Paul Lerner
Los Angeles, California
-----Original Message----From: PaulLerner@aol.com [mailto:PaulLerner@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 1:49 PM
To: comments
Subject: Public comment on tax reform
To the Tax Reform Panel:
Gay couples are consistently discriminated against in the US tax code, with
the result that we pay higher taxes than heterosexual couples. This is,
effectively, taxation without representation - one of the unfair acts upon
which the American Revolution was started. Gay Americans should not be
forced to pay higher taxes than heterosexuals. In the truest sense of the
phrase, that is un-American.
Sincerely,
Paul Lerner
Los Angeles, California
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