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Re: Finally some church/state mingling that I can really get behind!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 13 Aug 2003 15:23:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Carl Nelson wrote:
> Your point also illustrates another fallacy in the governor's reasoning.
> IMO, everyone should pay taxes to the government (even if it's only $10 at
> low incomes, or even if they're given money through welfare only to pay part
> of it back). Otherwise, a situation is created where people are not
> invested (in the emotional as well as financial meaning) in the support of
> self-governance. They have no stake in the cost of it, and therefore no
> reason to be concerned with it being efficient or using the money that it
> receives well. So it's another example of something that sounds good in the
> short term but doesn't really help anyone out.
Everyone who buys anything (excepting a few items like food and, in some
cases, clothing) already pays taxes, so this particular fallacy as you frame it
does not exist in the governor's reasoning.
Dave!
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