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Re: Just Teasing, I Have No Intention of Debating Any of This...
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Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:13:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> Would you prefer that the Federal Government taxes you, or would
> you rather be robbed with impugnity by a crooked stockbroker who
> didn't let you see the prospectus?
While I agree with the trend of your note as a whole -- times have never been
perfect and nostalgia is often silly, This one point seems weird.
I would rather that people have the ability to trick me losing my money than to
take it from me at gunpoint. Isn't that how everyone would answer?
And there is something to be said for the notion of going back to a simpler
government with the knowledge that we have gained since those times and adding
on the needed layers of complexity with purpose rather than as a series of ad
hoc measures.
Chris
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