Ronn wrote:
> I was exaggerating a bit when earlier I compared taxes to theft, but . . .
> if you don't pay them, those nice friendly people in blue (or khaki, if
> they're from the county sheriff's department) uniforms WITH GUNS on their
> belts or elsewhere come and drag you off to prison for tax evasion, and if
> you don't go meekly, they will use whatever "persuasion" is necessary to
> get you to go with them, so that a sense the government _is_ holding a gun
> to your head and saying "give us your money or we'll shoot".
Yeah, in the sense that the government is also holding a gun to your head
and saying, "Drive within the speed limit or we'll shoot" and "keep your dog
on a leash or we'll shoot".
Adam C. Lipscomb
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