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Re: Can Harry Browne do it?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 6 Nov 2000 00:20:47 GMT
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > What beats personal and group responsibility with as much liberty as you • can
> > swallow? Almost everyone I talk to will admit that they agree largely • with
> > Libertarian ideals, but that they think they're radical zealots and so • they'll
> > go ahead and vote for their Republicratic candidate.
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> I've gotta look this up to be sure, because I couldn't believe my ears, • but I
> thought that Browne said there was no federal income tax before something • like
> 1913. If I heard that correctly and it's true, it means that there are • people
> alive today whose parents didn't ever have to pay any federal income tax. • I
> probably already learned this in high school but federal income taxes are • such
> a huge part of life that it's sometimes tough to imagine life without
them.
I believe it was implimented temporarily for the Civil War by Lincoln - and
intended to be temporary. That's what I remember learning, though I may be
wrong.
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| (...) I've gotta look this up to be sure, because I couldn't believe my ears, but I thought that Browne said there was no federal income tax before something like 1913. If I heard that correctly and it's true, it means that there are people alive (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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