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Subject:	Re: Rights to free goods? (was Re: What happened?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Sat, 3 Jul 1999 08:24:08 GMT
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On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 00:44:51 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... > - fixed percentage sales tax that applies to all goods and services. No > exemptions. > > You would tax food? It is something essential to life itself. Though one could argue taxation on certain items of food (1), to tax *all* food items, IMO, is criminal and insane. (1) Difficult to determine what really could or should be taxed. Could some foods be determined as "luxury?" And would you tax "unhealthy" foods? (Which would result in govermental interference in lifestyle, etc. Examples of unhealthy food would be alcohol, for instance. Yeah, yeah, I know it is a drink, but "food" would possibly imply water, also essential for life). There would have to be, and must be one exemption, food. Period. -- _____________________________________________________________ richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net remove nospam.(lugnet excepted) Web Site: http://freespace.virgin.net/richard.dee/lego.html ICQ 13177071 AOL Instant Messenger: RJD88888 _____________________________________________________________

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		Re: Rights to free goods? (was Re: What happened?
(...) I disagree. We've seen various proposals here that say you wouldn't tax "unprepared" food but you would tax prepared food. So you wouldn't tax the mass-produced ham you buy in little packets, but if you decide you'd like fresher meat from the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Rights to free goods? (was Re: What happened?
(...) What part of "no exceptions" don't you understand? ALL or nothing. Water is something essential to life itself. So is gasoline if it's in the car that's rushing you to the hospital, or nails if they're in the 2by4 directly over your head (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Rights to free goods? (was Re: What happened?
Whoops... first time round was just mailed to Frank, meant to post this instead, so here it is. (...) Right. that's because I'm Libertarian Macho Flashing(tm). I do it all the time. I'm not this over the top out in public, trust me. For a somewhat (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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