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Re: IP ( was Re: LP POINT 1
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Tue, 12 Dec 2000 00:53:40 GMT
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Christopher Weeks writes:
> I have yet to hear you or any other
> liberal disprove my assertion that taxation is thievery. (Or even to address
> it beyond mocking it and me.) Why should I fail to call taxation theivery? I
> think quite honestly that it is the most objective assessment of taxation
> possible.
I'm not calling myself a liberal, but to address this would require that one
knows what you mean by taxation and thievery. I agree that taxation
without representation is thievery, but I doubt that is what you are saying.
What if there were a tax referendum and you voted for it.
Would you call that thievery? If so, why?
What if a tax were being used for something that benefited everyone and
there were no practical way to restrict the benefits only to those who
paid the tax. For example, a war tax during wartime.
Further, suppose there were a national referendum on it, and you voted
against it, but it passed. Would you call that tax thievery?
If so, why?
/Eric McC/
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| (...) address (...) I (...) OK. That seems fair. I started to just answer, and then I went and looked tax up in m-w. It says that a tax is "1 a : a charge usually of money imposed by authority on persons or property for public purposes b : a sum (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) it (...) Um, well, I think most people get angry sometimes. That doesn't mean that they can't be objective. And is it your contention that the use of the term 'theft' is a clear indicator of subjectivity? I have yet to hear you or any other (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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