Re: Conscription and Taxation Re: They gave their lives....

[Brad DeLong]

>At 07:55 PM 5/30/01 +0100 William T Goodall wrote:
>>Britain used to be a Colonial power, but isn't any more.
>>Britain used to have conscription but doesn't any more.
>>Britain used to execute people but doesn't any more.
>>Britain used to elect Conservative governments but doesn't any more.
>>
>>So Britain was crap in the past, but it has got better.
>
>Britain, of course, still has income taxes.   In other words, Britain
>expropriates the fruit of individuals' labors without their consent.
>

No it doesn't. People *voted* for the representatives who passed the 
income tax laws.


Brad DeLong