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Re: It IS about Taxation ;-) (Was Re: (Sub|Ob)jectivity and related case studies on .debate (...or is it just about taxation :-)
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Sat, 23 Dec 2000 18:44:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:

Do they not ask you each and every time there is an election in the US?
Sure, I expect you were out-voted - but that is democracy for you!
...In that context, how can taxation be theft?

Your stace here is (if I understand you correctly) that since a bunch of • people
think taking my money is OK, that I don't have a right to call it theft.

I think, we are back to where we started on this one.

So we've gone around in a circle and I still haven't heard any explanation as
to why it is OK for you to take the resources of your fellow.  It's not even
that I _just_ disagree.  I don't have anything reasonable with which to
disagree.

Chris



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  Re: It IS about Taxation ;-) (Was Re: (Sub|Ob)jectivity and related case studies on .debate (...or is it just about taxation :-)
 
(...) I do not "take" anything from my fellow man in the manner you mean. I have no problem paying tax within the UK/EU system... as long as it is managed democratically. I vote for governments who tax and spend in the way I find acceptable... I am (...) (24 years ago, 24-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: It IS about Taxation ;-) (Was Re: (Sub|Ob)jectivity and related case studies on .debate (...or is it just about taxation :-)
 
(...) I think, we are back to where we started on this one. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 23-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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