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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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Wed, 3 Jan 2001 13:18:17 GMT
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> > It appears to me that is the
> > areas where tax should spent which is where we differ on?
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> I think what you're saying is that we disagree about what should be funded.
> But I don't think so. I can have a discussion about what tax money (setting
> aside that the concept of taxation is evil) should be doing. And I think,
> though this might surprise you, that you and I would agree on a huge amount of
> stuff.
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> If taxation were not evil -- and I were in favor of it, or if we're talking
> about what a behavior a government should be incenting, given our modern
> context, I think that the following things are most important:
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> - Education of the highest quality possible for the highest number possible.
> - Keeping people fed while they get their education
> - The assurance that our global neighbors are behaving
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But what about police, "defence", courts, and some sort of governmental
foreign policy office?
Scott A
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