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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 17:04:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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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:
> > >
> > > - 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
> >
> > <zapped>
> >
> > But what about police, "defence", courts, and some sort of governmental
> > foreign policy office?
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> Oh, all of those things should be privatized...oh wait, that's not the
> conversation we're having...
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> Well, defense and foreign policy pretty clearly fall under "The assurance that
> our global neighbors are behaving" above and police and courts I guess are just
> a way of administrating the goals of government. I certainly don't think that
> either one should be the main emphasis of a government.
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> (But I really do think they should be privatized.)
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> Chris
My mistake. I misunderstood your position. Out of interest, how could the
police be funded outside the TAX system? Would one have to have insurance to
ensure , say, ones own murderer is tracked down? Would one also have to have
insurance to cover the cost of ones own murderer’s incarceration?
Scott A
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