At 03:55 AM 7/26/01, Jeroen wrote:
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: Ronn Blankenship
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Verzonden: Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:22 AM
> > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Onderwerp: RE: Poll (US posters only)
>
> > >How typical American to call "someone forcibly taking your money" a
> > >restriction of freedom. Over here in Europe, we just call it
> > "theft". :-)
> >
> >
> > Some people over here call it that too. If they refuse to go along,
> > though, the IRS sends the police to their door to toss them in jail and
> > seize all they own.
>
>Different interpretation of "forcibly". You read it as "force of law", while
>I used "forcibly" in the meaning of "violently".
>
>I don't consider taxes a form of theft, since no force (violence) is used to
>get me to pay taxes; the government doesn't hold a gun to my head and say
>"give us your money or we'll shoot".
What would happen if you refused to pay?
>Don't know who the IRS collects taxes, though... <grin>
IRS = "Internal (or Infernal) Revenue Service": the agency of the US
government responsible for collecting the income tax.
--Ronn! :)
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