Message no. 1

From:	Wafflemiesters <evamarie@**********.NET>
Subject:	sinless COL
Date:	Wed, 11 Mar 1998 18:21:31 -0600

Unfortunately, the Shadowrun rules aren't very clear on this. If a
SINful person pays 5,000Y (!?!) a month for a Middle Lifestyle (assuming
that nearly half of that is put towards paying taxes, car insurance,
cell phone bills, and any other monthly service you require a SIN for),
a SINless person should pay *far* less. But they don't.

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Its assumed they end up paying for individual services that are cheaper
legally. To use an from the book, a legit SIN means your condo
association hires security approriate to a middle lifestyle. No Sin
means you pay off gangs and barricade your house to provide the same
security.

Plus, there's a million little costs, annoyances, grafts and scams you
gotta put up with when you only do business in "cash". If "lifestyle"
costs were more detailed, it would be appropriate to go into those, and
maybe avoid them (or maybe get ripped off BIGTIME). They don't have
rules for dodging taxes if you DO gave a sin, either.

Mongoose