On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > "Taxes are the price we pay for civilization." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
