Tax the Beautiful to Feed the Ugly?

http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2007/12/05/tax_the_beautiful_to_feed_the_ugly.html?partner=rss

by Jaggu • 19 years ago

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Jaggu• 19 years ago

I personally have seen many people who got many advantages due to look...

raju• 19 years ago

Right off the bat, I agree with the author that this is ridiculous... Everyone has a talent that they should develop and exploit, and blaming the good looking guy/girl in the next cubicle for your failures is unforgivable...

I read someone that those who are lookers at an early age tend to do better in life, and that's not because they are good looking, but because their good looks give them the confidence to do more... they make better salespeople, better salespeople of themselves and their skills...

tlrobinson• 19 years ago

Ridiculous. Beauty is subjective, it would be completely unfair to tax people based on such subjective qualities.

rrival• 19 years ago

Disagree! Symmetry/attractiveness indicates genetic traits which predispose individuals for success / survival / more options in selective mating. This could, if taken to an extreme, result in the dilution of the gene pool and the elevation of Hot or Not to some kind of Big Brother.

icky• 19 years ago

Let's tax the stupid to pay for the time wasted in reading their proposals....

Tax the Beautiful to Feed the Ugly?

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