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Oh come on now! You're going to contract national defence (as an example)
out to some private organization? I don't think so. That might have worked
back when you were just colonials, but in this day and age, I'm glad that my
parents paid some taxes and saved me from a Nazi/Communist upbringing.
I agree that there are many things that might be better provided by private
enterprise, and I fully support people's right to legally minimize their tax
burden, but to suggest that we could function as a nation without some level
of taxation is a bit far fetched.
Andrew
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From: <editorial@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Omega List <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: stop paying income taxes
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> > But, I think anyone who is unwilling to pay the taxes,
> > ought to move from the US. Or, stay here but make
> > sure you drive on no roads, take no medicine that
> > even indirectly came from research supported by the
> > NIH, never listen to the weather, drink only water
> > that's not tested by government agencies for purity,
> > never read any material from the USDA before you farm
> > or trade corn, etc.
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> I have great respect for cpbow. But on this issue I'm afraid he's
mistaken. The government has no right to one cent of my earnings.
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> All of the things mentioned above can be done by private enterprise. And
they would be done by private enterprises, just as so many other things are,
were the government to not do them.
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> The fundamental question is philosophical: Does the individual *owe*
something, simply because he earns something? Does the "majority" have a
right to part of my earnings, simply because they vote themselves that
"right"? What if I do not desire any of the "benefits" procured by my
taxes, including those mentioned above?
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