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Re: Trying to understand
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Thu, 16 Mar 2000 22:36:40 GMT
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Bill,
Bill Farkas wrote:

But this is not a socialist country. It's not right for the gov't to take my
money and force me to make charitable contributions as it sees fit. This is
mandatory benevolence and as such ceases to be so. Beides, the gov't is so
inefficient that most of the money goes to gov't unionized workers - hmmm a
liberal constituency - what a coincidence.

It's interesting that the biggest union in the country is the Union of
Federal Workers. It gives a good hint of why government never gets
smaller.

Scott S.
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(...) But this is not a socialist country. It's not right for the gov't to take my money and force me to make charitable contributions as it sees fit. This is mandatory benevolence and as such ceases to be so. Beides, the gov't is so inefficient (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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