On Sep 12, 2008, at 4:09 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Charlie Bell wrote: >> >> Oh, I thought it was just what tax is - it's giving up some of your >> wealth to pay for roads, schools, infrastructure, basic health needs >> and basic support for society. >> > In theory. In practice, tax is used to finance the tax-collecting > nomenklatura and the parasites that infest the congress.
Adjusting for the natural greed and malfeasance of human beings (which must always be taken into account, because they've always been a factor), taxes are the dues we pay for being part of a society. They're the bit that each of us chips in to provide the things that none of us could possibly afford in private. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
